Posts Tagged ‘Classic’

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The Man Who Laughs (1928): Eureka Masters of Cinema Blu-Ray Review

August 28, 2020

Whilst I think a 90 minute cut would make this practically perfect, there is no denying transformative powers of star Conrad Veidt and director Paul Leni, who both unfortunately died before they could find major success in the talkies.

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The Simple Genius of Saul Bass Posters

July 31, 2020

There is a lack of creativity in poster design today. In terms of the mainstream studio movies especially, there is very little variation. Popular tropes that we see movie posters constantly imitating today include the “half face” poster, often reserved for dramas or anything with a tone that can be described as “gritty”. Or the approach of any self titled blockbuster, from Marvel to the depressing revival of long dead franchises, which is to simply throw the entire cast [...]

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An Introduction to Robert Newton

February 5, 2020

As of a couple of months ago, I didn’t know who Robert Newton was. During the over 100 years of cinema history at this point, there have been thousands of actors, male and female, that have come and gone. Whilst the most popular lead actors of yesteryear may have a place in our modern popular […]

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by Oliver Woodings

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Hitler’s Hollywood

November 6, 2018

Eureka Entertainment has released an intrinsically interesting documentary about a subject matter unjustly unexplored. Suchsland knows how to compose a documentary and Hitler's Hollywood is certainly a focused piece of work

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by Oliver Woodings

The Invisible Man

July 28, 2014

Of all the classic Universal Monster movies, The Invisible Man seems to be the most unknown, living in the impeccable shadow of its brothers Dracula, Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. This may be because The Invisible Man by definition, isn’t a monster, but a insane scientist made invisible by his own experiments. There is nothing […]

by Oliver Woodings

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