10 Movies I Wish Were Based on True Stories | Jinni Blog - StumbleUpon The Men Who Stare at Goats, starring George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges and Ewan McGregor, is about a secret, psychic military unit. Just a few things this unit does: Attempt to kill goats by staring at them and examine the use of Barney the Dinosaur’s theme tune on Iraqi POWs. Oh, and it’s based on a true story. Wait, what? 10. Why do I wish it was true? Here, a teenage girl is approached by all sorts of different people - each claiming to be God delivering instructions for her next mission. 9. 12 Monkeys (1995) Why do I wish it was true? When a man enters a hospital claiming to have journeyed back in time from the future to stop a killer virus from exterminating mankind, a beautiful psychologist decides he might be more than delusional. 8. Why do I wish it was true? A megalomaniacal millionaire asks two dinosaur experts to act as consultants on his entrepreneurial endeavor - an amusement park with DNA-cloned live dinosaurs. 7. Why do I wish it was true? 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
10 Dumbest Moments In Movies | Interesting Movies - StumbleUpon I’ve seen a lot stupid movies in mi life, but some moments are just too stupid. I’m sure it happened to you too. Well, i I have right, take a look, and i am sure that you will recognize some really stupid moments in movies. Take a look, and enjoy Compromised FBI agent, Keanu Reeves, is forced to help in escape of robber, Patrick Swayze. Patrick jumps out of plane with last parachute… And then… Incredible Keanu jumps out too, without parachute and manages to catch bandit in the air. Code breaker, scientist Scott and his assistant in form of Kate Winslet, grab a part of German code machine, Enigma. Writer Charlie Kaufman is imprisoned in a swamp by John Laroche and Susan Orlean, subject and author of his adaptation “The Orchid Thief”. You got to admit, pretty good beginning of a movie. Stallone in a pretty good story, on a very unusual place. 7. xXx (2002) Modern version of 007, Vin Diesel is in bad situation. Great begining of Victor Salva movie. Master of suspense, M.
Which Movie Space Portals Are More Conviently Located Than The Avengers’s? In the second half of The Avengers, after Nick Fury has rounded everyone up and convinced them to save the world, a race of revolting aliens called Chitauri arrive on Earth for a ruthless slaughtering. They come through a space portal that drops them off on top of Tony Stark’s famed Stark Towers, which are on top of Grand Central’s stately Terminal. Pale-faced villain Loki put the portal there for reasons that have nothing to do with location (it’s about energy and a tesseract and other things that don’t really matter right now). In fact, Loki’s portal might just be cinema’s most conveniently placed space portal. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Martin Scorsese's Film School: The 85 Films You Need To See To Know Anything About Film Interviewing Martin Scorsese is like taking a master class in film. Fast Company’s four-hour interview with the director for the December-January cover story was ostensibly about his career, and how he had been able to stay so creative through years of battling studios. But the Hugo director punctuated everything he said with references to movies: 85 of them, in fact, all listed below. Some of the movies he discussed (note: the descriptions for these are below in quotes, denoting his own words). Ace in the Hole: “This Billy Wilder film was so tough and brutal in its cynicism that it died a sudden death at the box office, and they re-released it under the title Big Carnival, which didn’t help. All That Heaven Allows: In this Douglas Sirk melodrama, Rock Hudson plays a gardener who falls in love with a society widow played by Jane Wyman. An American in Paris: This Vincente Minnelli film, with Gene Kelly, picked up the idea of stopping within a film for a dance from The Red Shoes. 1951 Mr.
The Best New Sci-Fi Classics, Volume 1 A few months back I offered a list called "The Best New Action Classics," which is a very fancy title for a very basic list of "recent international action movies that I liked a whole lot." Basically it was a fun way for me to make a list (I love lists) while hopefully shining a small spotlight on films you loved -- or haven't seen yet. And so now I'm back to do pretty much the same thing for science fiction films, but this time we're limiting ourselves to ten (10) movies that were released in the past 10 (ten) years. Notable omissions can, of course, be screamed at us via the Movies.com twitter, my own tweet factory, or the handy little comments section below. Attack the Block (2011) -- Science fiction will (and should) always be a somewhat "brainy" genre, but sometimes you just want to kick back with a simple alien invasion. District 9 (2009) - This one has a little bit of everything, and virtually all of it works. Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones (2002) -- Just kidding.
The Best New Action Classics, Volume 1 Last week I finally caught a screening of the highly-anticipated Indonesian action film The Raid, which has been bringing down houses at TIFF and Sundance. (Our review from TIFF.) The frankly stunning action film is directed by Gareth Evans (Merantau), and it will be released by Sony Pictures Classics in late March / early April -- but not before kicking some ass at South By Southwest next month. So on my way home from The Raid, I was (of course) tweeting in highly opinionated fashion about how "foreign" films are presently kicking Hollywood's ass, as far as quality action films are concerned. Then I got a response from Duncan Jones, director of Moon and Source Code, asking me to write a piece about the best recent action movies I've seen from around the planet. And when the guy who debuted with one of the best sci-fi films in 20 years asks for a favor, you do it. Attack the Block (Great Britain) -- Call it action, comedy, sci-fi, horror, whatever.
John Wayne: 25 Free Western Films Online 32 years after his death, John Wayne (né Marion Morrison) remains a tremendously popular movie star. According to a Harris Poll taken earlier this month (January 2011), Americans still rank The Duke as their third most favorite actor, putting him right behind Johnny Depp and Denzel Washington. No doubt about it, the legend of John Wayne continues to grow. And happily you can find a gold mine of John Wayne Western films online – all free. Angel and the Badman - Free - A black and white Western starring John Wayne and Gail Russell. Frontier Horizon - Free - The Three Mesqueteers try to prevent wholesale slaughter in this fine Republic Western. Would you like to support the mission of Open Culture?
What are your favorite, non-US films Brave New Worldview – 30 Science Fiction Films of the 21st Century - Row Three A decade into the 21st Century and we have arrived at the future. The promise of Tomorrow. But instead we have looming energy crises, endless middle east conflict and more disappointing, we have no flying cars, Heck, for all the bright and clean future promised in 2001: A Space Odyssey, none of the real companies used as brands in the film even exist anymore. Below are over two dozen science fiction pictures that are worth your time. In the interest of talking about the films, it should be noted that *SPOILERS* are sprinkled through out the list. Code 46 Welcome to a world with borders, very difficult to permeate borders. Children of Men How would social mores change in a world without hope? Primer Time Travel has never been more ‘real’ than in Shane Carruth’s debut film. Moon After 1979’s Alien, nothing gets hammered harder than corporate culture (usually the functioning body of government) in science fiction films. The Fountain 28 Weeks Later The Host Paprika Pontypool Mr. Symbol
8 Movies My Past Girlfriends Forced Me to Watch That Made Me Who I Am Today Solid relationships are built on compromise. Meaning, when your boyfriend or girlfriend tells you they want to go see Something Borrowed or Thor this weekend and your gut reaction is “I’d rather have an eagle bite out my liver every day for an eternity than see that movie,” well, you have to suck it up. Not just because you’re trying to keep the two of you together, but because the movie may actually turn out to be your cup of tea. Open minds, people. I’ve been the “movie buff” in many a relationship, but this weekend’s line-up reminded me of the many discoveries I’ve made thanks to the differing opinions and interests of past significant others. Pretty impressive. As a reminder to myself and to all that we don’t ever really know what we’re going to enjoy the heck out of, here are eight movies I would probably never have seen on my own volition. My Neighbor Totoro Down with Love The Lion in Winter Me and You and Everyone We Know Amelie Save the Last Dance John Q Before Sunset Like lists?