For this Top 10 I looked at the nominees for the Best Picture Oscar and chose the film that I felt should have won instead of the actual film that did win 10. LA Confidential (Titanic won) 9. Pulp Fiction (Forrest Gump won) 8. Dallas Buyers Club (12 Years A Slave won) 7. Secrets and …
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10. The Boston Strangler (1968) 9. Zodiac (2007) 8. Silence of the Lambs (1991) 7. Helter Skelter (1976) 6. The Deliberate Stranger (1986) 5. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) 4. The Black Panther (1977) 3. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) 2. Psycho (1960) 1. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
10. John Ford and John Wayne 9. Luis Bunuel and Fernando Rey 8. John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands 7. Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant 6. Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski 5. Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune 4. Brian De Palma and Nancy Allen 3. John Carpenter and Kurt Russell 2. Martin Scorsese and Robert De …
10. Hi Mom! 9. Phantom of the Paradise 8. Raising Cain 7. Scarface 6. The Untouchables 5. Sisters 4. The Fury 3. Carrie 2. Blow Out 1. Dressed To Kill
A young man is accused of stabbing his abusive father to death. 12 jurors assemble in a room to vote and discuss whether he is guilty or not. The verdict must be unanimous. If there is any reasonable doubt, the men must return a verdict of not guilty. If the young man is found guilty …
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I love that as I progress through this Top 10, the more I write on the films. I tried to keep each description down to a couple of succinct sentences but trying to do that with masterpieces like Pink Flamingos, Polyester and Female Trouble was impossible. John Waters isn't just a brilliant film director, screenwriter …
Another cinematic revisitation- I rewatched 48 Hrs for the first time since seeing it on VHS in the mid-80's. Walter Hill really is a terrific director and the comic book, technicolor touches that he applied to The Warriors he also adapts here and it works magnificently. In fact, I played 'Spot the Warrior' throughout the …
I remember the first time I ever saw any scenes from The Brood was in the excellent documentary, Terror in the Aisles. I then went on to see the film from start to finish in a Film Studies lecture at university. There's a sinister institution within The Brood that's called The Somafree Institute of Psychoplasmatics. …
Inspired by Sight and Sound's Greatest Films of All Time, I have compiled my Top 10 Films of All Time. For ages I've known what my Top 5 films have been but I've had to have a bit of a think as to the other entries. But, I'm happy with my other choices although there …
I love combing through the archives of the local newspapers to see the ads used for my favourite films as they were released in Yorkshire. If one of these films is controversial enough, it will find itself the centre of attention wherever it is released. One such film was, of course, The Exorcist. The film …
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