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I decided to discover the complete works of Masaki Kobayashi for two reasons: I loved Samurai Rebellion, and I had purchased The Human Condition a couple of years ago (after having seen it years back) and was simply not getting around to the nine-and-a-half hour long feature film, especially when I’m filling most evenings with… Continue reading Masaki Kobayashi: The Definitive Ranking
Jacques Tati was one of the most wonderful voices in cinema. His combination of visual gag based humor, good humor, positive outlook, serious thought, and ability to dramatize his points without any dialogue to explain it created some of the most delightful and funny comedies ever that still manage to stand the test of time… Continue reading Jacques Tati – The Definitive Ranking
Superman was the first real cinematic superhero. That opening from the first Richard Donner film was meant to open up the world to a new world of films based on comic books, a new kind of mythic story for the modern child in all of us. But...the Salkinds owned the rights through the seventies and… Continue reading The Superman Franchise (Theatrically Released Feature Films): The Definitive Ranking
Akira Kurosawa was one of the titans of cinema. Across his 30 feature films, he created some of the great populist entertainments, adapted foreign literature expertly into the Japanese idiom, and captured some of the best performances on film. Without him, the world of cinema would be quite different. He effectively created the modern action… Continue reading Akira Kurosawa: The Definitive Ranking
kinopoisk.ru The Omen franchise is an odd duck. Begun as a one-off that seemed to try and build off of the success of The Exorcist, the franchise always felt like it had an idea of where to go in creating the story of the Antichrist's rise to power, but it was constantly hobbled by desires… Continue reading The Omen Franchise: The Definitive Ranking
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