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Aug 13 2008
Horror Flicks, the most anticipated movies of the year. Good quality horror movies are the types that send chills down your whole body and not just your spine. Horror movies are known for providing pure sadistic pleasure. They give a certain kind of high that is peculiar to them. We derive ultimate delight from our [...]
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Aug 13 2008
The moment somebody says Epics and Movies, we are immediately reminded of the fairly recent blockbuster Troy. Epic movies are based on epics that are indispensable part of any culture. Epics go far back to the times of Homer, the Greek and Roman civilizations. Epics generally have a hero who is caught in a situation [...]
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Aug 13 2008
The burgeoning Hollywood industry takes special care of children when it comes to movies. Every year there is a plethora of movies that can be watched by kids if not exclusively for kids. Okay, so we have movies for children but do we have the right movies for children? Animated or otherwise does not make [...]
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Aug 13 2008
Recent ban on showing smoking in movies imposed by authorities has not gone down very well with movie-makers. Tobacco, since time immemorial has been a signature style of leading male actors and popular characters. Directors have opposed this kind of control on creative liberty vehemently on grounds of hindrance to artistic expression. Cigarettes do add [...]
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Aug 13 2008
Often times, you must have heard your parents say, ‘Oh that movie is a classic!’ Generally, these expressions are concerned with the long lost movies of yesteryear and not for those made in contemporary times. So what is it that makes a move, classic for all times to come? And has Hollywood really stopped producing [...]
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Aug 13 2008
The relationship shared by censor boards and cinema is as old as the cat and mouse metaphor. The hostility that cinema feels against censor boards is a direct result of the hampering of creative liberty and freedom of expression at the hands of censor boards. However, after the replacement of the Hay’s code in 1966 [...]
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Aug 13 2008
The entertainment industry world wide is ever growing and one of the profitable capital of the industry these days are the movies! Movies is one of the most important aspect of our cultural life. Cinema and motion pictures have left behind theater far behind in therms of popularity and success. Movies enable the entertainment industry [...]
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Aug 13 2008
There is a popular notion about how movies influence society and vice-versa. Movies and mass culture share more than an amiable relationship. That is to say that both shape the identity of the other in some way or the other. John Belton’s book, titled, Movies and Mass Culture discusses this issue comprehensively. He comes to [...]
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Aug 13 2008
Movies that pull crowds do not appeal to critics. Have we ever wondered why is there a discrepancy between the choice of the critics and the public? The same movie that entertains the masses is disdained by the critics? Why? What do the critics expect out of a movie? What do they look for? What [...]
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Aug 13 2008
Since the invention of motion picture camera in 1895 by Louis Lumieres and his brother, motion pictures or movies have us spellbound with their magical power and equally enchanting visual appeal. Visual arts have always struck a harmonious chord with the public as it engages predominantly the sense of sight. Initially, the movies that were [...]
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