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When movie makers are casting for a film, an actor’s box office performance in previous films as well as his or her fitness for a role is considered. And besides the ability to draw at the domestic...
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High speed chases, daring automotive stunts, and exotic cars are all staples of action movies. Audiences clearly love to watch cool vehicles in action, and they often express their affection for the...
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While directors sometimes have a strong idea of who should play a particular part in their films (Woody Allen created the character of Annie Hall with Diane Keaton in mind, for instance), an...
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Few industries were more profoundly disrupted by the Covid-19 outbreak than the motion-picture business. Theaters closed, workers were idled, some stars passed away, and projects were delayed or...
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Most actors are storytellers at heart and so it’s no surprise when one tries their hand at directing. The results can be predictably mixed, ranging from forgettable indies to some of the best films...
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Born in London, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) went on to become the greatest – and wealthiest – silent film star of his generation. Today, several of his movies, including “Modern Times,”...
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Some movie franchises are conceived as multi-film series from the beginning, but most of them grow in response to the success of film number one. Major motion pictures are tremendously complex and...
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The best gangster movies are commentaries on why some people can’t, or won’t, assimilate into a civil society. These films often depict their protagonists as victims of their environment –...
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Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro…. With these movie duos, sometimes you can’t think of one without the other. And in some cases – Fred...
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Actors are the face of a movie; directors (along with screenwriters) are the people with the vision behind the movie. Since the silent era, however, there have been numerous examples of the actor and...
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When it comes to the action genre, studios spend big bucks in the pursuit of big spectacle. Throw in marketing costs, box office sharing, and good old creative Hollywood accounting, and it’s no...
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Journalism, at its best, is an ethical vehicle for relaying facts and revealing the truth. Films about journalism can highlight the struggles that reporters go through to bring their work to light....
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What makes a film a cult classic? The fervor of its fans – the growth of a community of people who love the film, have probably seen it numerous times, can probably quote lines from it, and often...
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As long as there have been motion pictures, there have been horror films. The genre has gone through numerous evolutions since the first three-minute horror short, “Le Manoir du Diable” (“The...
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With its fearless heroes (and anti-heroes) and reliance on recurring tropes, modern action movies, one might argue, pick up where classic Westerns left off. Consider 1970s blockbusters like “Star...
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