Vote up the secretly smart movies that deserve more credit than they get. Starship Troopers, Road House, Robocop... it's likely these films don’t bring to mind the phrase "deadpan satire," but they should. Some of the most brilliant satirical films of the last five decades ...
Vote up the secretly smart movies that deserve more credit than they get. Starship Troopers, Road House, Robocop... it's likely these films don’t bring to mind the phrase "deadpan satire," but they should. Some of the most brilliant satirical films of the last five decades ...
Or did he? As he recounts the tale, it's revealed that a gunslinger named Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) might be the story's true hero. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2007. 23 / 100 Kurosawa ...
but everything is done so tongue-and-cheek that it’s never truly horrifying…which is what can be confusing. Is this meant to be scary, funny or what was the aim of the filmmakers. Certainly, you don’t want to make a film, based on a jaunty fun theme park ride,...
Aliens have landed during the earliest scenes of this Denis Villeneuve film, but don't take that to mean it's a standard invasion movie. Incorporating a range of (literally) universal themes, it follows a linguistics expert (Amy Adams) as she tries to determine whether the visitors come in...
Vote up the secretly smart movies that deserve more credit than they get. Starship Troopers, Road House, Robocop... it's likely these films don’t bring to mind the phrase "deadpan satire," but they should. Some of the most brilliant satirical films of the last five decades ...
Also ranks #2 on 16 Great Movie Romances Where They Don't Get Together In The End 61 Young Frankenstein Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman 425 votes Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Trans...
Vote up the secretly smart movies that deserve more credit than they get. Starship Troopers, Road House, Robocop... it's likely these films don’t bring to mind the phrase "deadpan satire," but they should. Some of the most brilliant satirical films of the last five decades ...
Vote up the secretly smart movies that deserve more credit than they get. Starship Troopers, Road House, Robocop... it's likely these films don’t bring to mind the phrase "deadpan satire," but they should. Some of the most brilliant satirical films of the last five decades ...