In a world that is rife with corruption, The China Syndrome has much to tell us, even after forty years. The China Syndrome is a thriller about an accident at a nuclear plant. A reporter…
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Have you ever worked in an office? Then Office Space is a film about your life. The technology may be twenty years out of date, cubicles may be replaced with open plan offices, but still:…
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Is it time we reevaluate this underrated flick? Inkheart was released in 2008, and it was adapted from the fantasy novel of the same name by Cornelia Funke. The main character is a ‘silver tongue’,…
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It might be sixty years old, but The Hidden Fortress is fun, comedy, and adventure rolled up in an epic package. It is just as good today as when it was first made. A Japanese…
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Call me a grinch, but I have to say it: After 50 years, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is not as great as some might have you believe. The story revolves around an inventor, his two children,…
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Mississippi Burning is thirty years old this month. Based on real events that occurred in 1964, 54 years ago, it depicts the way racism divides and destroys the community. In 1964, three civil rights workers…
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In 1948 The Red Shoes was released, and after seventy years this story about passion that warps into obsession still resonates. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, known as the Archers, directed The Red Shoes, using a Hans…
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It’s hard to believe that Quantum of Solace is already ten years old. Looking back, did it add much to the James Bond franchise, or was it a low point in the series? Bond films…
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They Live was released in 1988 with John Carpenter using the film to satirize the so-called “Reaganomics” of 80s America. It deals with a drifter who finds sunglasses that show the world is controlled by aliens. They…
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Eternal Winter will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! One of the films being shown at the Denver…
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Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes is eighty years old this month. It has become dated in some respects since 1938, but it hardly matters, because it’s still a lot of fun. The plot revolves around…
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Fifty years ago, this month saw the release of a low-budget horror movie called Night of the Living Dead. The director, George A. Romero, and everyone involved did not anticipate how this film would become…
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Bullitt, a crime/action movie, was first released fifty years ago today. Starring Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn, it’s far more intelligent than you might expect, and it has become a cinema classic. The Synopsis Just…