Scripts are passed around frequently in Hollywood. There are often many movie makers who become attached to a project before the script ends up in the lap of the eventual director of the movie. Below…
On Halloween night, I was watching a movie that had a lot of death, murder, larceny, forgery and stealing mentioned through out it, BUT IT WAS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE! (FYI: We're No Angels (1955) ) What ma…
Now that I've got your attention, here's the real question : This is a list of 35 classic movies whose title in French is far from being a literary translation. When turned into English, it's like the…
The movies in this list have one thing in common: they all start with a number between 1 and 30. The question is as easy as 1-2-3. Which one do you like most? Discuss the list here
Die Hard 6 has been confirmed by Bruce Willis, who is adamant that the film will be made (though he doesn't know when). The current work-in-progress title is Die Hardest. Which of the following poten…
On Easter, and the subsequent weeks, Christian religions celebrate a theme that most of the world's major religions share: redemption. Redemption is not necessarily religious, though: anytime someone …
Which of these 20 movies that made one of Gene Siskel's annual Top Ten (link to the late critics Ebert & Siskel's Top Ten lists) surprises you the most, in a pleasant way? Discuss here
Which film do you like better, The Gauntlet (1977) or 16 Blocks (2006)? Upon reading the plot summaries of these two movies, they appear to be almost identical. It is just that in "The Gauntlet&q…
The Wilhelm scream was recorded for the film Distant Drums (1951). You can hear the scream in a scene where a man is bitten by an alligator. Years later this sound effect was called 'Wilhelm', named a…
This is a list of films that start abruptly with little warning, or context of what is happening. However, it intriguingly informs the audience of the tone, severity, style and themes of what will fol…
Everyone loves a broken narrative but sometimes it's those movies told in real time that really hold our attention. For these films, events are portrayed at the same rate at which the characters exper…
Veteran director Richard Donner has made several highly-regarded classics over the past five decades. With the recent announcement that he is beginning work on a sequel to "The Goonies," whi…
Police is necessary for any healthy society. Without our upright officers, we would stick in chaos and maybe civilization would fall apart. So please give the officers in your neighborhood respect and…
