Movies To See Before You Die
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Movies To See Before You Die
Movies to See Before You Die: “All About Eve”
1, Mar 2011
With the Oscars recently wrapped up, it’s time to take a look at a movie that dominated the Academy Awards like few have before and few will again. This film was not only nominated for a record 14 Oscars (a feat that’s only been tied by the juggernaut that was Titanic). Under the guise of the New York stage, All About Eve – known by some as “the bitchiest movie ever made” – puts the backstage politics of show business on screen like no film had before.
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There are a select few “one of a kind” movies left for viewers to find. Especially in Hollywood, where most successful formulas are quickly copied and watered down by a plethora of posers who hope they can make a quick buck. This is particularly true of the horror and comedy genres, where low budget films can make back their money quickly regardless of quality. Despite the vultures, there are still a few films that have a tone that’s all their own. One such film is An American Werewolf in London.
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- Tags: 1981, An American Werewolf in London, Claude Rains, Coming to America, David Naughton, Dead & Buried, Dog Soldiers, escape from new york, Evil Dead II, Excalibur, Friday the 13th, Ghost Story, Ginger Snaps, Griffin Dunne, Halloween, Jenny Agutter, John Belushi, John Landis, Lon Chaney Jr., My Bloody Valentine, National Lampoon's Animal House, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Re-Animator, Shaun of the Dead, Spies Like Us, The Blues Brothers, The Evil Dead, The Howling, The Road Warrior, The Wolf Man, Van Helsing, werewolf, werewolf films, Zombieland
There are few films that make me smile as often as Young Frankenstein does, and I’m always a bit thrilled when I find someone else who loves it too. Those of us “in the know” could potentially spend hours quoting the film back and forth – I’m terribly partial to the “Werewolf?” scene – and there are few truer facts to me than the fact that more people need to love Young Frankenstein.
Movies To See Before You Die: “The Limey”
24, Jan 2011
Overshadowed by other films from its director and year of release, Steven Soderbergh‘s 1999 thriller The Limey is an unfairly forgotten piece of cinematic gold. Starring Terence Stamp as an ex-con known only as “Wilson”, The Limey succeeds as a revenge film while refusing to submit to the traps that most films of its sort fall into.
by John Murphy
Harrison Ford, as Indiana Jones, is an archaeologist who goes on a search for the mystical Ark of the Covenant, while outwitting Nazis who compete to obtain the Ark for its fabled supernatural power. Raiders of the Lost Ark is a movie that you need to see before you die.
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- Tags: Breck Eisner, Christopher Reeve, Flickchart, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, John Williams, Karen Allen, Matthew McConaughey, Paul Freeman, Penélope Cruz, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sahara, Star Wars, Steve Zahn, Steven Spielberg, Superman II, Terry Gilliam, The Road Warrior, Time Bandits