Proving one's manliness is an important endeavor. It's recommended by most manliness experts that you re-prove your manliness at least once a month, and one solid way to do this…

As Jean-Luc Godard once put it when a critic accused his movies of being too bloody: "That's not blood, that's red." That also goes for these bloody movies, which probably…

What better way to spend Valentine's Day than snuggling up with the special someone in your life and "catching a flick," as the kids are always putting it in between…

Ghosts are expected to be scary, but the normal perception of these ghoulish fiends are no more advanced than that of an individual wearing a white sheet over their head…

The role of a king is difficult to fill. Portraying royalty requires a certain gravitas, an aura of confidence and power that demands attention and respect. Over the years, many…

Formula One is a dangerous and intoxicating sport. Each driver who participates in the sport puts themselves at risk; the early years of the sport were blighted with numerous deaths…

Opera is regarded as one of the key artistic movements in the history of culture, with many elegantly dressed upper class rich folk visiting various theaters around the world so…

Swashbuckling adventures have been a mainstay of cinema since the silent era. To tell a tale of the seven seas, all you need to have in your possession is some…

Fast food has become the subject of a number of different films in our culture over the past decade or so. This is because unhealthy eating is something that has…

SXSW film festival screenings, or by having many of the greatest events Austin Texas has to offer (air guitar championships), this chain is truly worthy of a spot on this…

  auteurs proved that they are among the best at their craft in 2011.   Mike Cahill  - “Another Earth“ The Sundance film favorite, “Another Earth” took audiences to a…

One of the studios involved in the film "Drive," the people at Odd Lot have a "lot" (sorry) to be proud of for their work in 2011 for that film…

VH1 behind the music special, this doc doesn't go for low shots about drugs, women, and various other band break up stories. What actor and Spike Lee acting troupe member…

Some of the most busiest and overlooked  people in the film industry are make up effect artists. They are the ones who make the impossible happen on screen, as we’ve…

An honest and heartwarming script about a young black girl dealing with her sexuality and coming of age in a conservative household, Dee Rees, brings the film a great perspective…

Hesher" Piecing together a movie like "Hesher" looked to be one hell of task. It deals with various themes of death, abuse, coming of age, head banging music, and never…

  While the image is important in a normal film it is doubly so in a silent one. With “The Artist” Gui-omme Shiffman showed expert skill in the framing of…

Public transportation is often laughed at, hated and abused by its users for its unreliability and god awful smell. Whilst those who possess their own cars look down on the…

“Mad Men” is loved by critics for it’s painstaking attention to detail, by women for all the delicious blast-from-the-past dresses and hairstyles, and by men for all the beautiful women…

Che Guevara's bike ride turned this want to be guerrilla into the most famous rebel the planet has seen. Gael Garcia Bernal looks pretty cool on a motorbike too. Doug, Woody,…

Friends popularity amongst American viewers was astronomical. People stayed in rather than drink with their own buddies so that they could catch up with the latest goings on at Central…

Everyone goes to the movies for a thrill that you won’t find sitting at home watching reruns on a Friday night. Sometimes, it’s in the form of a gasp-inducing kiss,…

Space. It's really, really big. So big, in fact, that hundreds of thousands of stories can take place without ever crossing paths. George Lucas' masterful "Star Wars" saga is of…

The progress of technology over the last decade has meant that studios have had to embrace different forms of promotional techniques. Gone are bus posters and countless TV appearances from…

It takes a lot to become a general. You have to go through military school, see some hard combat, and yell at a lot of privates. It doesn't always lead…