This deadpan, affectionate parody of film noir tropes is named for film critic Pauline Kael's influential 1968 collection of film reviews and essays. Released: 2005 Directed by: Shane Black Also ranks #3 on 13 Great Action Movies That Are Also Perfect Rom-Coms Also ranks #4 on The...
Its blend of crime movie tropes and holiday themes make it an unconventional Christmas classic. Released: 2005 Directed by: Harold Ramis Also ranks #6 on The Top Ten Christmas Action Movies Also ranks #11 on 15 Great Christmas Movies That Are On The Naughty List Also ranks #62 on The ...
Filmed with almost no dialogue, Childhood uses visual cues to convey its narrative. The movie understands how to portray a teen romance through subtle body language and intimate facial expressions. The plot itself isn't innovative and relies on overused tropes. However, the storytelling technique is...
Described as a “ramen Western” (as a play on the spaghetti Western genre), “Tampopo” creates laughs from a mishmash of film tropes. The Japanese movie pokes light at the film noir genre, and even has atraining montagewhere Tampopo has to lift heavy buckets and perform tasks to her ...
In terms of actual quality--I was happy to find quite a few scenes that were REALLY well directed and made me go twinkly-eyed-silent instead of "iiiihhh". That's heavy praise coming from me.Unfortunately, it's bursting with tiring and gross stereotypes and tropes-- especially Alpha Male...
Movie 1 hour The Stranger by the Beach (2020) Adapted from a manga,The Stranger by the Beachis a slice-of-life BL anime movie about two guys who live on an island. They first met on the beach as strangers, back when they were still kids. Now that they are older, their relationship...
Word to the wise: This one may be a cult classic Lifetime movie, but it's really not for the faint of heart. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Watch The Best Dramatic Lifetime Movies Now The Best Lifetime Movies: Crime When you flip on a Lifetime movie, you usually expect to see...
Sun, Aug 29, 2021 Eve McCarney is an American production designer who has worked on loads of projects - from A24's The Ballad of Lefty Brown, to the horror anthology shows Into the Dark and Ryan Murphy's new American Horror Stories. Eve takes listeners through her journey as a newspaper...
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The first movie created several famous tropes for alien invasion movies, such as the facehugger, chestburster, and acid blood. But even back then, it was still different from other alien movies in many ways. While most other stories of extraterrestrial life focus on humanity’s discovery of ...