Giddy Up Cowboy! Mel Brooks’ classic western pushes the comedic boundaries to deliver his finest work, Blazing Saddles. The hugely successful satirical western was nominated for several Oscars including Best Film Editing. It was the winner of the prestigious, Writers Guild of America for Best comedy written directly for the screen. With such success and…
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The Shining: The Shining Classic
As a soldier of the transformation of Old Hollywood to New Hollywood, a film director who rescued waned Hollywood since World War II, Kubrick has made some really great films. Kubrick’s works are very poor compared to most American directors. He started his directing career in the 1950s, and he only made 18 works in his life. Kubrick didn’t seem to be…
After The Blood Comes The Boys!
The 1976 movie Carrie who was played by Sissy Spacek as the lead role as Carrie. This movie was about a young girl who started her period and she got bullied. Carrie had telekinesis powers that she started after she started her period at school. She took notice and did research. The girls who bullied…
The Shining is Just as Scary as Everyone Says
The horror genre is one of the most polarizing and perplexing of the last quarter century, and for many, the first horror film to come to mind is “The Shining.” Few can deny the cultural and historical impact that “The Shining” has had not only on the genre, but on the film industry as a…
Were the Monkees a-HEAD of their time?
One of the main questions a Monkees fan or just an outside observer can ask of the film Head is, what were they thinking and why? As someone who has known about the late 1960s band who have been compared to the likes of The Partridge Family and a mockery of the Beatles, I found…
A Landmark Film: Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde is considered a landmark film, and is regarded as one of the first films of the New Hollywood era, since it broke many cinematic taboos and was popular with the younger generation. Its success prompted other filmmakers to be more open in presenting sex and violence in their films. The film’s ending also…
The Power in Storytelling
In times of hardship, storytelling can be a powerful coping mechanism. The 1967 film “Bonnie and Clyde” directed by Arthur Penn is quintessential in that aspect. It was one of the most groundbreaking films of all time, testing the limits of cinematic content and metaphorically pressing ideas of revolution within current events. The dynamic duo…
The Infamous Couple
“In contrast with secret criminals- the furtive embezzlers and other crooks who lead seemingly honest lives- the known outlaws capture the public imagination, because they take chances, and because, often, they enjoy dramatizing their lives.” This is the life of Bonnie and Clyde. When you read the title, did you immediately think about Bonnie and…
A Mother’s Struggle With Reality
“A Woman Under The Influence” is a very powerful film directed by John Cassavettes. This movie was released in 1974. The story begins with what seems to be a husband and wife and their beautiful three children living a normal life. The husband, Nick, has plans to take his wife, Mable, out for a date…
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde, an authentic true to life film. “Years from now it is quite possible that “Bonnie and Clyde” will be the definitive film of the 1960s, showing with sadness, humor and unforgiving detail what one society had come to. ” – “Bonnie and Clyde Movie Review (1967)” by Roger Ebert. It doesn’t get…
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