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Top Quirky Crime Flicks

The best crime films are those that do not subscribe to a particular formula. Those that keep you on the edge of your seat because you are caught up in the mystique of it all. Good crime films aren’t heist films or action flicks. They are character studies where fascinating personalities take center stage and the plot seems to unfold around them. Some of the classic crime capers of the past, films like Reservoir Dogs …

Three Quirky Flicks With 70s Flair

Article written by Herb Kimble.

The 70s were film’s most audacious time period. There are slews of parodies on the porno-infused grindhouse movies of the time, and the era including a string of blockbuster “blacksploitation” style films that played on tropes of African-American culture with a kung fu flair. This wild landscape of cinema was full of car chases, nudity and failed heists. It was also home to some of the most thought-provoking drama of …

How to Make Rain in Movies

Rain can be an important dramatic effect, but it’s one of the most difficult to capture on film visually. Rain adds tension, and it can help highlight the mood of a particular sequence. Jurassic Park, The Matrix, Shawshank Redemption, and a host of other classic films of almost every genre have incorporated rain into their productions to add drama and make the world more believable.

So, what’s the movie magic behind this particular trick? Read …

The $200 Million Lesson of Titanic

James Cameron, the director of “Titanic,” is the man who made the most expensive movie to ever come out of Hollywood. Although it became a worldwide sensation, he did not forget the struggles they all faced during the early filming days. Peter Chernin, the president and COO of News Corp., the parent firm of 20th Century Fox, remembered just hoping that they could break even with the entire project.