Check out various lists of the best movies of all time, ranked by magazines and film critics, as well as bloggers and pundits. if you were to rank the best movies of all time, which movies would make the list?
Foolishly, I set out to tackle the 10 Characters meme, started by Squish (I was tagged by Jason Bellamy ); only recently have I managed to narrow it down to forty. And even that's sort of a cheat, but you'll have to wait until the end of my list to find out why. In four parts, over nine categories, I revel in the great characters of film history. This list full of my own prejudices. Hardly any of these people are folks you'd want to invite over for dinner. All but five are men (indeed, there... Read Full Story
These directors have won the most Oscars® for Directing: John Ford (4): The Informer (35), The Grapes of Wrath (40), How Green Was My Valley (41), The Quiet Man (52) - no westerns Mister Roberts , my favorite Ford film Frank Capra (3): It Happened One Night (34), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (36), You Can't Take It With You (38) William Wyler (3): Mrs. Miniver (42), The Best Years of Our Lives (46), Ben-Hur (59) - two anti-war films Best Years of Our Lives , one of the great U.S. films Wyler has... Read Full Story
Just when you thought the web was safe from horror snobbery, here I am back once again with another pontification from on high. Many of you, no doubt, remember how I gathered together a veritable "Justice League" of horror bloggers and writers on several occasions in the past and polled them on very relevant issues. The results included our "Top 50 Horror Films of All Time" and the first-ever Cyber Horror Awards , amongst other things. This time around, I set out to do something unique, which... Read Full Story
Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?
– HAL 9000
Starting off this classic movie viewing month with a bang, I wanted to visit one of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest films, 2001: A Space Odyssey . Ranked #89 of the Top 250 of all time on IMDB. It was nominated for four Oscars, winning one for Visual Effects.
I am a huge fan of Kubrick’s flicks. This movie is considered his masterpiece. It is visually beautiful, but I have more questions about the ending that I will bring up in the... Read Full Story
Here are the "readers picks", best 100 movies of all time, from Mr Showbiz : Star Wars (1977), dir. George Lucas The Godfather (1972), dir. Francis Ford Coppola Pulp Fiction (1994), dir. Quentin Tarantino Casablanca (1942), dir. Michael Curtiz Gone With The Wind (1939), dir. Victor Fleming Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), dir. Steven Spielberg Schindler's List (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles The Empire Strikes Back (1980), dir. Irvin Kershner It's A... Read Full Story
Mr Showbiz published the following list, based on "critics" evaluations. What do you think? Casablanca (1942), dir. Michael Curtiz The Godfather Part II (1974), dir. Francis Ford Coppola North By Northwest (1959), dir. Alfred Hitchcock Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles Lawrence of Arabia (1962), dir. David Lean Manhattan (1979), dir. Woody Allen Gone With The Wind (1939), dir. Victor Fleming Chinatown (1974), dir. Roman Polanski The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), dir. John Ford... Read Full Story
We all like to sit back and watch a great movie, but can you remember them all and name the 10 most watched movies on the planet? During this last century thousands of movies have been produced, but only a select few have become the most watched movies on the planet. Here you will discover some really great examples of cinema-graphic work by highly talented producers and directors.
This is a list of the 10 most watched movies on the planet. The ranking of each movie in the list is determined... Read Full Story
