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Classic Book Adaptations The following five book adaptations are classic films because they did the seemingly improbable: They took highly regarded source material, stayed largely true to each novel and still delivered films that will reward the viewer each time he revisits them.   |
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Classic Kung Fu Movies Kung Fu movies are dubbed, they have terrible acting, and very little in the way of plot, but that doesn't stop them from being just plain fun. Here are our choices for the Kung Fu movies that pack a little more punch than most. |
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Kyle Darbyson |
Underrated Book Adaptations Each one of the following movies successfully adapted unconventional and challenging source material. It's a gutsy way to make a film, but when it succeeds the results are sometimes magnificent beyond anything the industry has ever seen. |
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Kyle Darbyson |
Classic Money Movies The concept of money has been examined, celebrated, vilified, and mocked in a number of great Hollywood movies. Here's our top five money movie picks. |
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June 9, 2000
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The player His new musical version of "Love's Labour's Lost" is flawed, but Kenneth Branagh remains our greatest living interpreter of Shakespeare. |
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Kyle Darbyson |
Classic Crossover Movies These films feature two characters previously featured in other films. Here's our list of favorites from this fairly limited genre. |
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September 2006
Doug Stewart |
To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare While skeptics continue to question the authorship of his plays, a new exhibition raises doubts about the authenticity of his portraits. |
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Kyle Darbyson |
Overlooked Music Biopics Coal Miner's Daughter... Lady Sings the Blues... Backbeat... Bird... Sid & Nancy... |
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Classic Gang Movies From punks, to motor-cycle riding hooligans, to street corner loiterers, Hollywood and audiences love gang movies. Here are five classics from the genre. |
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December 2011
Eric Barkin |
The Monday Morning Numbers on Movie Marketing How international growth, social media, and a decline in DVD sales are changing the film industry's marketing strategies. |
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Kyle Darbyson |
Overlooked Film Noir Movies The genre breeds excellence by providing all-star sets of performers with an infinite number of memorable roles, as these films demonstrate: Raw Deal... Touch of Evil... Lost Weekend... The Killing... Dead Again... |
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September 21, 2000
Michael Sragow |
Lear meets the energy vampire Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" remains a bloody and spectacular depiction of doomsday karma -- and the trickle-down theory of anarchy. |
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January 26, 2001
Andrew O'Hehir |
"Blood, breasts and beasts" Lloyd Kaufman's splatter movies cost less than Sandra Bullock's hair budget, but his real legacy is Troma -- still fighting "devil-worshiping international conglomerates" after 27 years... |
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March 2, 2002
Gavin McNett |
Mystery man A new documentary revives an old controversy: Was actor and landowner William Shakespeare merely a front man for Christopher Marlowe, the flamboyant gay genius and shadowy Elizabethan spy? |
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Ashley Allinson |
Possession movies For those interested in seeing more gripping possession flicks, these DVD suggestions will haunt you from the inside out: Beyond the Door... Possessed... In the Grip of Evil... The Bad Seed... Rosemary's Baby... |
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August 7, 2002
Jonathon Keats |
"After Shakespeare" by John Gross, ed. Victor Hugo raised him in a seance, Voltaire ripped him off and Byron called him a vulgar dog. The world's great writers just can't leave Shakespeare alone. |
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June 30, 2000
Stephanie Zacharek |
"Shakespeare in Love" DVD Review: A historical romance made up out of whole cloth -- as if that mattered. |
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Ross Bonander |
4 Steps To: Clear Your Conscience The bad news is that a burdened conscience is a rotten thing and until you take arms against it, life can be brutal. The good news is that the need to clear your conscience implies its existence. Read on for tips to lift that load on your mind. |
