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Hollywood within the 30s to 60s was run by Westerns, the style that outlined so many actors and established itself as the height of all films. These days, the style is not what it was once, however that does not imply followers ought to ignore the greatness that got here out of these many years. With so many defining films …

Founded by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney, the Walt Disney Corporation has, over the last hundred years, grown from a studio focused on animated short films to one of the largest and most influential multimedia juggernauts in the world. Having absorbed other companies like Lucasfilm, Marvel, and 20th Century Studios, Disney’s catalog of movies has grown tremendously. Even before …

Violence has been a key part of the movies since the very beginning of cinema. It can add to a film’s tension, unsettle the audience, be played for laughs, or even just serve as entertainment. As Quentin Tarantino once said, a lot of movies include violence simply “because it’s fun”. While some movies can glorify violence or handle their graphic …

A lot of marketing work goes into promoting a movie, from teaser trailers to posters. But movie posters can be more than just a crucial piece of marketing. Although they’re designed to grab audiences’ interest and get them to buy a ticket, they can also become iconic pieces of pop culture in their own right, with memorable art that fans …

With over a hundred years of filmmaking and original stories being explored and shared in film, a select number of trends and story concepts would inevitably get repeated over the years. One of the most unexpected yet effective concepts frequently used within stories is that of amnesia, the infamous ailment that causes someone to lose major parts of their memory, …

During the 1940s, classic film noir was one of the most popular film genres, spanning for several decades with major success. By the 1960s, the iconic genre had been revamped and revitalized for a modern audience but still features original elements such as the classic femme fatale and a cynical, jaded protagonist, that still coincide with the traditional tropes of …

Like most visionary directors, Guillermo del Toro tends to be divisive. Despite his gregarious and charming personality, his famous movies, from Cronos to Nightmare Alley, can divide fans. There are those who think he’s a genius, weaving in a deep love of cinema and especially monsters, and those who feel like he’s more of a glorified production designer, able to …

Steven Spielberg‘s Jurassic Park, the 1993 cinematic sensation based on the novel by Michael Crichton, is one of the best movies of all time. When it was originally released, the film dazzled audiences with the brilliant special effects work on its dinosaurs and became a massive box office success, even becoming the highest-grossing movie until the release of Titanic. Logically, …

Image: Disney / Warner Bros. / Universal / Kotaku Movies often portray robots as the harbingers of something bad, whether they’re evil and want to take over the world (Terminator, I, Robot, The Matrix, etc.) or are being exploited by humans (Blade Runner, Ex Machina, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, etc.). But robots aren’t all bad—they can be fun, cute, and family-friendly, …

Supernatural horror opens the boundary between the living, the dead, and the psychological warfare in between. The ghosts and ghouls of the best R-rated sub-genre films are terrifying specters designed to instigate a brand of fear that requires a relinquishment of control. These creatures from beyond the veil of reality can’t be defeated by calling the police or physical combat. …