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The 15 Best Neo-Noir Films
Since its beginning with The Maltese Falcon in 1941, the genre of film noir has been the quintessential American film style. It is recognizable around the world and features actors that went on to be stars and a wave of directors that became the best of their time. It has retained its popularity and relevance and with just a few films made over a 17-year-period, film noir still inspires cinema tod...[Read More]
Five Remakes That Suck and Five That Don’t
The disturbingly more frequent trend of remaking or recycling classic or popular films and/or properties into vehicles designed to appeal solely to a target demographic without any consideration given to quality or whether a remake is actually warranted or needed has really got me annoyed. Witness the recent release of Dredd, the remake of Judge Dredd which starred Sylvester Stallone or this year’...[Read More]
The Ten Best Baseball Movies Ever Made
There’s a speech given by James Earl Jones as writer Terence Mann in Field of Dreams that perfectly sums up the American love affair with the game of baseball. As Mann tries to convince Kevin Costner’s character, Ray Kinsella, that a baseball field in the middle of an Iowa cornfield is a surefire money-making business venture and not the byproduct of a midlife crisis, he hits upon why we love the ...[Read More]
Top 10 Film Performances by Professional Wrestlers
The inspiration for this list came from a few different sources. Somewhere between wondering what I could write about to further my geek cred and wondering how the recently announced remake of The Princess Bride would be able to top the iconic performance of Andre the Giant as Fezzik, the haze started to lift. What exactly are the top ten performances by professional wrestlers in film? Is creating...[Read More]