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Most bankable actor in America? There’s no doubt about it, it’s Samuel L. Jackson. Based on past box office performance, he is forecasted to add $18 million to each non-franchise film at the...
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“Roots,” the story of an African American man tracing his family history to the slave era, was a groundbreaking television miniseries when it debuted in 1977. Since then, the miniseries has...
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Music has gone along with cinema since the beginning – originally in the form of live orchestras or a theater organist accompanying silent movies. When the first sound films were released, the...
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Many successful movie franchises are based on already-popular characters or concepts. In addition, horror movie franchises do particularly well and animation franchises always find an audience,...
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This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Colman Andrews. “Titanic” was the most successful movie of the 1990s both in terms of box...
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A clever, devious movie villain can somehow pull off the most ingenious robberies or diabolical murders. Although such villains almost always pay for their crimes, they show us plenty of skill and...
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It’s not quite life imitating art, but given the impact of COVID-19 on the world, the spate of movies depicting the often apocalyptic outcomes of a viral outbreak on humanity has a certain...
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Folks from all walks of life join the military. Even some of the biggest actors of all time have spent time in the armed forces, and you might be surprised at who some of them were. There’s no...
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War movies have been a movie staple since the days of silent movies. Hugely successful, “The Birth of a Nation” (1915) was primarily about the Civil War and the founding of the KKK. There have...
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Ireland is rich in character and history alike and so too are many of the films that take place there. The most recent examples are Colm Bairéad’s “The Quiet Girl,” about a 9-year-old girl...
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Over the course of cinema history, screenwriters, producers, and directors have seeded and sprouted subgenres as they root for original ways to tell stories. One example of this evolution was the...
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Movies are memorable for many reasons. They may include an engrossing plot like the film noir “Chinatown,” a gripping direction such as that of Alfred Hitchcock in “Psycho,” a tour de force...
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Some experts believe that the world is entering a new Cold War. On one side is NATO. On the other, depending on the issue, is either China or Russia. Certainly, U.S. relationships with both are at...
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Successful sports movies often conjure an effect that’s similar to the experience of the real thing. Indeed, watching something like “Rocky” or “Any Given Sunday” for the first time is not...
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Animated movies, films about time loops, dark dystopian flicks, and coming-of-age classics headline the offerings on Hulu in March. To determine the best movies to stream on Hulu Plus this month,...
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