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Cartoon Swoon: Our 10 Favourite Animated Feature Films
Animation. It’s not just for kids, but it never really was, was it? Adult humour and situations have been prevalent in the genre since day one, yet for some reason, it’s still associated with children and the whims of fantasy. Perhaps that’s because it has been the domain of fantasists for so long – through…
Four Great Boxing Movies You Haven’t Seen
Sports movies present a challenge. Especially American sports movies. For even though we Yanks talk a lot about democracy and the people, we really, at heart, reserve our highest accolades for exhibitions of individualism. Our art reflects that. The Western is our greatest film creation and no other genre elevates the value of the individual…
The World’s Most Educated Movie Stars
It’s a complete myth that some of the world’s biggest celebrities aren’t blessed with intelligence. Many believe that the stars we see on the big screens or in magazines are only famous for being incredibly beautiful or for dating another famous person or just because they were pretty good in one particular film or television…
Scary Movies: 11 Classic Films to Watch on Halloween
With Halloween on the horizon, I thought it might be a good time to revisit a number of classic flicks that would be appropriate to view on the holiday. All of these movies rely on atmosphere to underscore their frissons, providing sufficient creepiness for the occasion. Some of them are more well known than others,…
The Three Quarter Mark: The Best (And Worst) Films and Performances of 2014 Thus Far
I tried. No one can say I didn’t try. In the waning days of September, I travelled across Australia. I visited the strange, mythical Cheesebridge, England. I pretty much toured the whole damn world with Simon Pegg. No one can say I didn’t go out looking for movies that would let me conclude the first…