Archive for March, 2010

Please recommend classic detective films?

I’m studying the detective genre in Media Studies and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a set of staple detective films to watch. I need films from across the eras, although I have the Sherlock Holmes covered. So anything from pre-film-noir right through to modern day examples like Brick and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang [...]

What would you say are the 10 greatest films of all time?

fight club
Die Hard
Casablanca
Schindler’s List
The Wizard of Oz
The Sixth Sense
pulp fiction
Star Wars
E.T.
It’s a Wonderful Life

what is that typical scary background music that they use to play in alot of scary movies like old films?

its really lame , like everyone knows what it is we have all heard it i just dont know how to describe it on here, u know it goes eee eee eee eee ………eeee eeee eee eeee……………….hahhahah u see i cant describe it and i cant think of a movie its in but u [...]

What are the best films for teaching English foreign students?

The Big Lebowski.

Who is the artist who draws the characters of the classic disney films…?

Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella all seem to have that same style of drawing, I was wondering who is the artist who draws the characters?
They have a whole group of artists, what happens is that specific ones focus on only one character, so you’ll have one or three people doing a side [...]

Unforgiven is one of the greatest films ever made, does anyone agree?

Eastwood is great and the whole dispelling of the myth of the wild west is fantastic. It wasnt glamerous, killing a person did actually mean something and they were consequences
It’s one of those films that really makes you think about violence and what is really does. To hell with shooting a man, holstering a gun [...]

Why does it seem like old films have bad acting?

Maybe it’s just me… But movies from the early ’60s, ’50s, ’40s and so on just don’t have believable actors. It all seems so theatrical and exaggerated.
I know, I’m such an uncultured idiot right?
Different times, different people, different intentions, different ways of life, different ideals of what Entertainment was.
Just count your lucky stars that [...]

Anybody know any really funny comedy films?

me and my mate always wanna watch a really funny film that will actually make us laugh but can never think of one so end up watching something really bad, so can anyone give us some ideas of some really funny comedy films?
American pie
American pie 2
American pie wedding
American pie band camp
American pie naked mile
American pie [...]

What are the one or two best Disney films?

Or the best ten. You can answer however you want.
Here is a link to the official canon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_features
Do you have a favourite Disney film that you would not consider one of the best?
I really like the remakes of Peter Pan and Alice and Wonderland. I’m sure you’ve seen the Slice in Wonderland previews, but [...]

100 Years At The Movies

A short film by Turner Classic Movies
Duration : 0:9:9