Top10Films: Dustin Hoffman

Ratso’s hang-ups, Sumner’s ordeal, Braddock’s sexual desire: The Life and Characters of Dustin Hoffman

Everyone who interviews Dustin Hoffman leaves with the same thoughts on the man: warm, intelligent, and accommodating. His small physical stature – there’s only 5ft 6in of the man – is dismissed by a presence that fills the room. He is a [...]

February 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Genre - Comedy, Genre - Drama, People - Actors, Time Period - 1960 to 1979, Time Period - 1980s to Present | 5 comments

Top 10 Sequels of the 1980s

In the eighties, the high-concept movie was in vogue, its number increasing. Thanks largely to blockbusters “Jaws” and “Star Wars”, the eighties saw what was tried and trusted in the decade before it and simply repackaged the thrills for an audience wanting exactly the same entertainment.

The industry was drastically changing from the top down. Huge, [...]

February 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Genre - Action-Adventure, Genre - Comedy, Genre - Drama, Genre - Horror, Genre - Science-Fiction, Genre - War, Time Period - 1980s to Present | 7 comments

Top 10 Modern Vampire Films

The vampire: that harbinger of everlasting life and eternal damnation. From the cloaked gothic majesty of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” to the down and dirty night-crawlers of Kathryn Bigelow’s “Near Dark”, vampire’s have formed the basis for more literary and cinematic horror than any other fictional creature.

Early cinematic incarnations of the blood-sucking sun-haters were based [...]

February 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Featured, Genre - Action-Adventure, Genre - Comedy, Genre - Drama, Genre - Gangster, Genre - Horror, Genre - Western, Time Period - 1960 to 1979, Time Period - 1980s to Present | 8 comments

Top 10 Julia Roberts Films

Caroline (‘Caz’) Ames, over at Lets Go To The Movies, has been busy thinking about one of her favourite actresses lately. Julia Roberts, Hollywood’s biggest female star, who Caz lovingly refers to as ‘Jules’, has consistently put out hit after hit in a career spanning over twenty years since her debut in 1987.

Caz says, ‘I [...]

January 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Genre - Comedy, Genre - Drama, Genre - Romance, People - Actors, Time Period - 1980s to Present | Leave a comment

Top 10 Robert Zemeckis Films

“Are you telling me you built a time machine out of a DeLorean”: The Magic of Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis was once asked if television was a bad influence on children. He answered, emphatically, “television isn’t an education, but I see no reason to turn it off.” What would so many television-starved children give for Zemeckis [...]

January 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Genre - Action-Adventure, Genre - Comedy, Genre - Drama, Genre - Horror, Genre - Romance, Genre - Science-Fiction, Genre - Western, People - Directors, Time Period - 1960 to 1979, Time Period - 1980s to Present | 3 comments
 
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