Alfred Hitchcock was a popular filmmaker in England. This came to the attention of Hollywood. The producer, David O. Selznick, signed him to a multi picture deal. The first film that was given to Hitchcock, was a film adaptation of the Daphne Du Maurier novel, Rebecca. The production of the film was chaotic. There was […]
He was once called the funniest man in the world. This would be appropriate for Charlie Chaplin. His creation, The Little Tramp, defines the word pathos. Chaplin became world famous. His character appeared in many shorts and several features. This fame could have been enough. Chaplin went on to other forms of comedy,such as satire
Hollywood is full of people who are woke. They believe that everyone should give back a large slice of their income. The everybody means everyone but them. The hope of this majority, is to have a utopia of sorts. This ideal is for a perfect Marxist world. This won’t work even in their fairy tale
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During Hollywood’s golden age, studios were known for certain movies. MGM was known for musicals, Warner Bros. was known for their hard hitting dramas. There was one studio that became known for horror films. That studio was Universal. It gave the movie going public, Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, The Invisible Man and The Mummy in the
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Hollywood has made many films that feature dystopian societies. Civil War is the latest example. This is meant for those people who despise super hero movies, musicals and any other film that lets a person escape reality for a couple of hours. It stars Kirsten Duntz. She became famous in a super hero movie, Spider-Man.
Martial arts movies were made famous by Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Many were entertaining for their actors fight moves. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings goes beyond that. It has well choreographed fight scenes, particularly one involving a runaway bus. Andy Cheng did this one and all of the fight scenes. He
A film like Columbiana is different from many that are similar. The main difference is what makes Cataleya,(Zoe Saldana), a killer. This is shown in the opening sequence. A young Cataleya,(Amandla Stenberg), witnesses the death of her parents. They are murdered by a drug lord, Don Luis, (Beto Benites). Her father, before dying, has given
An actor takes a role for a few reasons. His agent says its good for his career. The actor may be under contract forcing him to accept the role. The actor may be doing a favor for a friend. it is best to think that Matthew McConaughey chose the third option. A person would like
Norma Desmond has a quote in Sunset Blvd. She says, “We didn’t need dialogue, we had faces.” This line sums up silent films. It also sums up Lon Chaney’s career. He could with any expression, sum up his character’s feelings. There is no better example of this than his greatest role, in The Phantom of
Kirk Douglas’ character, Chuck Tatum, lights a match against his typewriter. This gives the audience a foreshadowing of the story. The tale, at its best, shows how journalism works. It is at its worst,how this profession goes for a story that sells papers. Newspapers when this film was released, were the main news source. Most