Twelve Chairs is likely more memorable for simply being an early work of a famed director, as you can see his style forming in each frame, leading up to the unforgettable Blazing Saddles four years later.

If there is any scene in The Third Man that captures the ability of Carol Reed, it is the Ferris wheel. Here Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton) meets his mysterious friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles) face-to-face for the first time.
Before their meeting inside one of the wheel’s cars, the camera is tilted left to right. As [...]

Friday the 13th Part 3 was originally titled Crystal Japan. It was named so the film’s plot could be prevented from being leaked. Is this a serious concern?
The bigger question is, what plot?
This is yet another rehash in this slasher series, one in which Jason Vorhees goes on his second rampage, killing a group of [...]

In its proper form, it is not hard to see why Gojira is one of the greatest Japanese films of all time and, arguably, anywhere else in the world.
Director Ishiro Honda had one goal with the film, and he succeeded unquestionably. Shaken by what he witnessed after the Hiroshima bomb devastated his country, film became [...]

A Christmas Story is a movie that will never go away. It’s a bona-fide holiday classic. A Christmas Story is loaded with comedy, family togetherness, and a sense of wonder that many family-oriented films can’t match. In fact, there is no other film that has so flawlessly nailed what it’s like to be a kid [...]

Steve McQueen dashes down the crowded halls of an Amtrak train, chasing after a briefcase containing $500,000 he stole in a bank heist. It’s been stolen by a locker thief at the station, the man completely unaware of what is actually inside the bag.
McQueen runs into an old lady, complaining the overhead compartments are too [...]

The second shot at Hollywood adapting Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend following Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth, Omega Man is very much a product of its time. The ‘70s are in full force, both in directorial style and dialogue. The fact that it barely follows the book doesn’t help either, but [...]