Shot for the title sequence of Stanley Kubrick's film adaption of The Shining, supererogatory footage of Montana's Glacier National Park was subsequently exploited by Ridley Scott to supplement … more
While I still haven't chosen which Kubrick movie is my favorite, The Shining is easily one of my favorite movies ever. Since I'm not one that's easy to scare, this movie is one of the … more
My Blog: http://rantsofadegenerate.blogspot.com/ RT Profile: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/member/jhon/ "One thing I could never stand was to see … more
**** out of **** Some of the best films are the ones which provoke us to return to their often questionable realms for a second coming, not long after we've tried to - or succeeded … more
2001: A Space Odyssey is a film concerning the developement of the human race, and is broken down into four parts. The Dawn of Man, TMA-1 or Monolith on the Moon (no title card), Jupiter Mission, … more
While this film doesn't have the awe-inspiring grandeur of its contemporaries like Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments, it DOES have one of my all-time favourite film scenes. The moment when Spartacus … more
What's the film about? This film is about nuclear war. It came out in January of 1964 and so was 9 months ahead of Fail-Safe. But this was two years after the … more
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tomtom13 posted a Quick Tip about Spartacus.
October 04, 2010
As a retired army officer and an adjunct history professor I thought it was important to review what I consider the best war movies depicting the challenges of leadership and the command of men. … more
As a retired army officer and an adjunct history professor I thought it was important to review what I consider the best war movies depicting the challenges of leadership and the command of men. … more
Great Kubrick film, a director I admire. Sellers does a great job playing multiple roles. Whenever I heard Dr. Kissinger speak for the first time, I laughed so hard because, it brought me back to this … more
This is one of the funniest movies ever and one of Peter Sellers best performances, that includes all of them. The cold war is over but it still leaves plenty to laugh about as well as be troubled about … more
It is not my favorite film by my favorite director, but it is still expertly shot and Kubrick still elevates what can be done with film. It is a important story that man fashioned by society is not always … more
Stanley Kubrick’s satirical look at a possible nuclear winter in Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb doesn’t get the get the credit it is due. … more
Kubrick's classic adaption of Steven King's classic horror novel is errie and amazing to watch. Strays far from the source material in some places and drags on in scenes but it does help add to the tension … more
They say that sometimes when a person is isolated from other people or things he or she is familiar with you start to slowly loose your mind, you start seeing things that … more
Over the years Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" has become one of his most well known films, but only because either won't shut up about how it isn't close to the book at all (we hear you, … more
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pashabitz posted a Quick Tip about The Killing.
October 30, 2009