Sports movies may not be the most popular genre on the block these days, but the success of Creed proved that they aren’t entirely gone. And besides, all our favorite sports films of old are just waiting to be revisited, from underdog classics like The Sandlot and The Mighty Ducks to the big legendary franchises like Rocky. And now, you …
Hundreds of movies are released every year, and for every movie that’s released, there’s a movie poster to go along with it. While these movie posters typically do a great job of advertising the film for a few weeks prior to release, very few of them end up being remembered for more than a few …
It would have been thrilling to have been around in the 70s to witness those foreboding billboards for The Exorcist, or the disconcerting adverts for Alien, at a time when a sense of ‘the other’ was probably more acute. Let’s face it, movie posters constitute some of the most iconic art works of our times; …
The obligatory movie catchphrase…memorable golden dialogue for the cinematic soul. What film fan does not enjoy reciting and repeating their favorite movie quotes? After all, there are countless catchphrases in films–some are famous, some are familiar, some are obscure. Still, paraphrasing movie quips has become an art onto itself? So what are your all-time movie …
For some of the oldsters out there they may recall the 1973 Gamble & Huff-produced R&B hit single “I’ll Always Love My Mama” by the musical group The Intruders. This musical anthem was certainly a lyrical tribute to caring mothers and how their sacrifices shaped our childhood and adulthood. This finger-snapping song definitely captured the …
If you think back to some of the most successful Hollywood blockbusters of the last three decades, chances are that Tom Hanks has starred in a fair few of them. Hanks may have debuted as a comic actor with his feel-good all-American persona, but he’s also shown himself to be a complex and sensitive artist …
Film locations are rarely given much screen time. They are seen in a moment, establishing where the action takes place. They are no more than a beautiful backdrop, and the actual location may not be remembered. Yet there are some locations that become characters themselves on film. Countless films have been shot on location in …
Put together to compete in the SXSW Title Design Competition, Ian Albinson has edited a large mix of some of the greatest film and television titles ever made. Slashfilm reports that the websites mission is: A compendium and leading web resource of film and television title design from around the world. We honor the artists …
“If it can be written, or thought,” said Stanley Kubrick, “it can be filmed.” Kubrick could very well have been articulating the credo for every cinematic explorer of the fantastic since Georges Melies. Ironically, Kubrick – who was second to none in pushing the limits of filmmaking technology – several times found himself in the position of …