Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) is the embodiment of the “nice guy”. He goes out of his way for others, only to get the short end of the stick, or people just walk all over him. Whether it’s a co-worker he bought concert tickets for, the mechanics ripping him off, or his landlord giving him hell, he […]
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Thumbelina is one of the creations to come from the mind of well known animator Don Bluth… The film that is, the original story was written by Hans Christian Anderson. Although one could argue this isn’t a very strict adaptation of the tale. I am well aware that many in my own age bracket have
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There’s a reason why the general census on Jon Favreau’s pointless 2019 revamp of the 1994 Disney animated classic was so derided. You cannot improve on perfection. The Rob Minkoff / Roger Allers original frequently tops lists of Best Animated films, remains to this day the most financially successful hand-drawn animation in history, and holds
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It’s hard to remember a time before superhero movies were consistently juggernauts at the box office. The nineties saw the genre’s highest and lowest moments. The Batman franchise was fizzling out after Batman & Robin. But Marvel Studios soon arrived on the scene with the surprise success that was Blade. Before either of those releases
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When we think of auteur collaborative projects, bits of film pieced together from the finest filmmakers of the era sharing a common theme, we think of those short film omnibus packages, made for the big screen to give a snapshot of an era of film, but rarely consumed after the fact. We never imagine these
1994 in Film: The Teen TV Movie Series That Bridged Two Eras of French Cinema Read More »
The film opens with Ryu battling Sagat in a field during a thunderstorm. Watching them is a surveillance robot, tracking stats and recording the encounter. Ryu swiftly defeats Sagat, with a combat rating of over 3000. After the fight, Ryu disappeared, but became the obsession of M. Bison, the leader of the Shadowlaw terrorist organization. After
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Wong Kar-wai is a true professional when it comes to presenting romance on the screen. Many reading this have seen, or hopefully are at least aware of his best known work – In The Mood for Love (2000). Before that masterpiece came other tales, and in possibly one of his more unabashedly upbeat films we
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It seems unpopular now to lay praise on Forrest Gump. It’s old fashioned, sentimental, politically confused at times, and overall unremarkable when compared to other films of that year. Yet when it was released, you could not escape the film. The catchphrases like “Life is like a box of chocolates” or “stupid is as stupid
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When Wes Craven died, horror critic and writer Kim Newman tweeted something very succinct. “Wes Craven reinvented horror at least four times – most directors don’t even manage it once.” He refers to the intense, in your face horror of The Last House on the Left, a film so intense that many have never seen
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Where generally when it comes to Studio Ghibli and anime film in general, the majority of the attention goes towards the works of Hayao Miyazaki. Next to him stands long time director Isao Takahata, who not only co-founded Studio Ghibli with Miyazaki, but had a stacked filmography himself. Starting with more childlike animation, such as
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