The 100 Best Movie Lenses

Action & Adventure 

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Trailer, News & More!

Gimmie the whip! All the latest Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull news, gossip, rumors and set reports from the best sources around the web. I spend a little time every day looking for the latest on this miraculous resurrection, and...

The Bourne Ultimatum - The Greatest Film of 2007

This lens will keep you up to date on The Bourne Ultimatum. So check back often to see what is going on with this, the third and final installment of Robert Ludlum's trilogy about black ops agent Jason Bourne. Well, the release date was finally announ...

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight is another name for the character of Batman. Starting with his birth on the pages of DC Comics in 1939, the fictional character of Batman has remained one of the most popular superheros ever created.  He's still alive on the colo...

"Children of Men" Movie Review

Presenting a bleak, harrowing, and yet ultimately hopeful vision of humankind's not-too-distant future, Children of Men is a riveting cautionary tale of potential things to come. Set in the crisis-ravaged future of 2027, and based on the atypical 199...

Action Flicks for Chicks - Girls like movies where things blow up, too!

As a girl who likes movies where things blow up - but not movies with endless, senseless, way-too-long fight scenes - I've created a list of the best action flicks for chicks.  Not in the mood for another tear-jerking chick flick?  Check ou...

Actors 

Al Pacino

Alfredo James "Al" Pacino (born April 25, 1940 in The Bronx, New York, USA) is a renowned Italian-American film actor.     Also check this great new lens about The Worst Movies Ever !!!

Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner is quite possibly at the head of the list of most universally liked actors of our time. From musical theatre to action packed westerns - there were no limits to the roles he would play. Born Yuliy Borisovich Brynner in Vladivostok, Russia...

Christopher Walken

He sings and dances, has won an Oscar and is the only guest host on Saturday Night Live to have his own recurring character.  Christopher Walken has a style and vocal delivery that have not only made him distinctive in the world of acting, but o...

Harrison Ford - Actor

Harrison Ford is a legend. He has been one of my favourite actors ever since I saw him in Star Wars as Han Solo. He has made so many great moies over the years. This lens is all about Harrison Ford as well as the movies he has starred in.

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is one of the most popular movie actors in the world.  Depp has gone from teen idol to strange supporting characters to commanding quirky leading roles in the movies NEVERLAND, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, and the PIRATES OF THE C...

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Brendan Fraser

OK, I'll admit it. I'm a sucker for a gorgeous smile. There are certain actors who, when they smile on screen, the entire theater just lights up. And for me, Brendan Fraser would be one of those guys. Yum. He smiles and it's just so warm and approach...

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves has played characters ranging from the air-headed Ted in BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE to futuristic hero Neo in THE MATRIX to Bob Arctor/Fred in A SCANNER DARKLY. Up next in theaters for Keanu is the film THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA...

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze is a dancer and actor who had some of his biggest movie hits in the 80s and 90s, most notably Dirty Dancing and Ghost. Some of his action film roles, while considered a tad cheesy, nonetheless have a cult following, including Red Dawn,...

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf got his start in the popular Disney channel television series, 'Even Stevens'. Since then he has starred in several movies including 'Holes', 'I, Robot', 'The Greatest Game Ever Played', 'Constantine&#...

Actresses 

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn is one of the most memorable actresses of our time!  She's beautiful, elegant, graceful and has a style all of her own. A classic beauty with a talent to match.  She is one of our times most memorable actresses.  With ver...

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton began her acting career with British filmmaker Derek Jarman.  You may recognize her as the gender-fluid title character in ORLANDO, the angel Gabriel from CONSTANTINE, or the White Witch in THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. She...

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren's Best Actress Academy Award win for The Queen crowns a 42 year career as a talented, versatile, and chameleonic actor. We hope that her Oscar is merely one jewel in this queen's crown of future achievements, and that she will...

Elizabeth Taylor

 By Sharon Stajda, Her parents were Francis and Sara Taylor. Her parents being Americans living in England, later returned to the United States when war came to England. They settled in southern California, Elizabeth at the young age of...

Susan Sarandon

She was born Susan Abigail Tomalin in New York City to Phillip Leslie Tomalin and Italian-born Lenora Marie Criscione. She grew up in a large Catholic family of nine children . She graduated Edison High School in 1964, and then attended The Catholic...

Animated 

Cars: The Disney Pixar Movie

Wow! What a ride! Disney and Pixar scored another win with "Cars - The Movie," now available on Disney DVD. Looking for all of the latest news, reviews and stuff you can buy? You found it!  

Horton Hears A Who

Horton Hears a Who is coming to the big screen. Featuring the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell. Lovable Horton the Elephant hears tiny voices on a tiny speck and risks his life to save the residents of Whoville.

Disney Pixar Ratatouille Movie

Ratatouille does not seem like a promising movie title. Only Disney Pixar could make rats acceptable, even appealing - and that is just what they have done in the fabulous movie Ratatouille. Ratatouille is one of Disney Pixars greatest creations. Th...

Top 10 Animated Children's Movies

These are the top 10 animated children's movies of all time. OK, so I have more than ten! I added a couple honorable mention movies to the top 10 list. These are animated movies that did not make the top 10, but are still great children's movies. The...

Kung Fu Panda - Prepare for Awesomeness

Po made his move to the big screen in what became the summer's hottest movie - Kung Fu Panda!!! Do you think you can handle all the action? Since its release in June 2009, reviews have been pouring in with tons of thumbs up for Po and the rest of th...

Classics 

FAMOUS SUNSET BOULEVARD

Sunset Boulevard is the film that exposes the awful truth in Hollywood -- you're not wanted if you aren't young!  Sunset Boulevard is also a street that stretches from East Hollywood to the Pacific Ocean. It's a street where dreams are made and...

All About Casablanca

Casablanca is a true classic, but it is an accidental classic. The Hollywood studio system produced quite a few gems, but no one expected the wild success of Casablanca. It was just one of many film being produced at the time, but somehow this one st...

The Silent Film Era

From the first motion picture to the invention of sound movies.Many of the movies are lost and forgotten, but they are very important in the development of Motion Pictures and the industry. For every Charlie Chapin, there's a Fatty Arbuckle whose wo...

When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ruled Hollywood

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the ultimate movie studio when Hollywood was in its infancy. Sure there was Fox, Warner, RKO and Universal -- but there was no place like MGM. They had the best stars, the best scripts, the best stories, and of course, the bes...

King Kong (1933)

1933 Theatrical Release available on DVD Starring: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot  Directed by Merian C. Cooper Category: Action and Adventure Fantasy with moments of Horror, Unrated and suitable for all ages Reviewer's Rating: Strongly Reco...

Comedy 

Office Space the Movie

Office space is a great movie.  This lens focuses on helping you find fan sites, quotes, and information pertaining to this classic.

We Love The Princess Bride

I love The Princess Bride!  It has the rare and perfect combination of action, intellect, humor, and romance. Whether you prefer "murdered by pirates," or "the kissing parts," you'll find something appealing about this charmi...

The Big Lebowski

A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.

The Aristocrats - The @#$@#$ Dirtiest Joke Ever Told

A very unfunny joke told by very funny people

Blazing Saddles DVD - The Rock Ridge Roundup

"Unfortunately there is one thing standing between me and that property - the rightful owners. " - Headley Lamarr The iconoclastic, not-politically-correct Blazing Saddles (1974) is one of Mel Brooks' funniest, most successful and most popul...

Directors 

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini A highly controversial figure that distinguished himself as a philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. More Links       Films Mama R...

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick; the film director and producer

Woody Allen

This lens is about Woody Allen, The Writer, The Artist, The Auteur, The Producer, The Genius, The Neurotic, The One-Film-A-Year Guy. Included is an article from Distrikt Magazine written by the master of this lens. Woody Allen: Neurosis and Genialit...

Howard Hawks: Classic American Film Director

Howard Hawks was an American film director, producer and writer of the classic Hollywood era. Hawks was known for his versatility as a director, filming comedies, dramas, gangster films, sci-fi, pulp noir, and Westerns with equal ease and skill. Hawks...

Alfred Hitchcock - The MASTER of Suspense

I love Alfred Hitchcock films!  Rather than splatter the screen with gore, he terrifies us with suspense.  He once said that any movie director could surprise his audience by setting off a bomb.  But to show the audience a time bomb, t...

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Hayao Miyazaki - Master Animator

The Japanese animation director and founder of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, is perhaps one of the greatest animators alive today. He is not only hugely gifted, but his movies are also financially successful. He is often called the "Walt Disney...

Jim Henson

Of course, Jim Henson did much more than children's entertainment. He changed the world of puppetry forever and made both children and adults laugh, love and their imaginations ignite with his unique characters. This is my tribute to one of the most...

John Waters

Starting with his breakthough film PINK FLAMINGOS in 1973, John Waters has made movies that salute bad taste, explore his personal obsessions and exude an undeniable playfulness that keep audiences coming back for more.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

French film director Jean-Pierre Jeunet is known for his quirky storytelling and fantastical settings. The post-apocalyptic apartment building of DELICATESSEN.  The haunting city and simple hero of THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN.  Or the movie w...

Sally Potter Online

I've trawled the web so you don't have to! Academic articles, fan websites, review listings, filmographies. And of course Sally's own website.

Documentaries 

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Nominated for BEST DOCUMENTARY at this year's Academy Awards. (Tune in on Sunday, March 5 2006 to see if it wins!) Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time, so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as All the...

Films Without Boundaries Documentaries

 Informative, Touching, Disturbing and Challenging To Our Belief Systems... documentaries are films like no other genre ... enjoy!

Documentaries for the Soul

These films may have skipped your radar...now it's time to check them out!

Michael Moore: Liberating Filmmakers

You may not agree with his politics, but one thing is for sure; Michael Moore knows how to create "sticky" ideas.  As a fellow documentary filmmaker, I've been a fan of Michael's work since day one, Rodger & Me.  Why? He opened...

An Inconvenient Truth

A documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth explores data and predictions regarding climate change, interspersed with personal events from the life of Al Gore. Through a Keynote presentation (dubbed "the slide show") that he has presented wor...

Drama 

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. - Shawshank Redemption

Join me in a journey through one of the best films of all time, "The Shawshank Redemption" written and directed by Frank Darabont, whether you have seen it or not I can assure you if you like prison films and want to see Morgan Freeman and...

The Science of Sleep

I recently saw The Science of Sleep for myself, after meaning to see the movie for the first time in years. I've got children, and I'm happily married, so that makes it difficult even to watch a DVD. I'm busy with a good life. Perhaps that's why I'm d...

Trust 22 - The Movie

Believing in a dream is the first step to seeing it and not the last one. People around the world are walking up each day realizing the immense power they have. Each day, more and more people are shifting realities to create their own and materializi...

"The Illusionist" Movie Review

Unlock the mysteries of the year's most spellbinding film from the producers of Crash and Sideways! Oscar nominees Paul Giamatti and Edward Norton lead an all-star cast in this "stunning" film that conjures an exhilarating blend of suspense...

We love No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men is an epic movie that shows some terrible violence, but it also tells a story, a very interesting story that is extremely well told. The suspense can become nearly unbearable. This is cinema at its best, akin to the great films...

Gangsters 

The Departed

The Departed is a 2006 American film by director Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson. It is a remake of the popular Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs. The screenplay was written by William Monahan, who...

Goodfellas - DVDs, Movie Quotes, Trivia and More

"I'm not mad, I'm proud of you. You took your first pinch like a man and you learn two great things in your life. Look at me, never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut." - Jimmy Conway Of all of the "mob" movies tha...

We love Snatch

The main character is Turkish(Jason Statham), who is a small time unlicensed boxing promoter, who has turn to the pikey Mickey(Brad Pitt), when he gets in debt to the unscrupulous boxing promoter and gangster Brick Top(Alan Ford). The movie is made u...

The Godfather

Mario Puzo's The Godfather 1, 2 and 3: Everything about the movies, the book and the video game

The Boondock Saints

When the Russian mafia threatens their Irish neighborhood, Conner and Murphy McManus begin taking out the vengeance of God on local gangsters, criminal, and lowlifes in South Boston. As locals dub them "The Saints", it is up to one unorthod...

Favorites 

Top Science Fiction Movies

This is one genre of films that I really enjoy watching, so this lens is devoted to the Sci-Fi films that I like. This lens features the Plexo module to create Your Favourite Science Fiction Movies. This is your opportunity to contribute with the mo...

Classic Horror Movies

Horror movies to many of us are a guilty pleasure that makes the hair stand up on the back of our necks. In recent years graphic gore and horrific visuals have supplanted suspense evident in early horror flicks. We'll take a look at the genre from the...

Required Viewing: Movies Everyone Should See

This list started years ago when my friends and I started making a list of movies that everyone should see before they can consider their education complete.  We've kept the list going for years, added a few films and removed a few, and to...

Movies with a twist in the tail

I have always loved stories with a twist in the tail, but movies have a unique advantage over books, in that the audience cannot enjoy the intimate perspective of any character (unless voiceover is used to provide the character's thoughts). This mean...

Independant Films

Hollywood isn't the only place great films come from. I'd like to introduce some of my favorite independant films and the people behind them. These guys (and ladies) work hard to break the mold of traditional Hollywood movies. Join me as I go behind...

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I Love The Sedona International Film Festival

The Sedona International Film Festival has been going strong since 1997. I can say honestly that it is one of the best things I have loved about living in Sedona. The festival lasts for 5 days and features 125 independent films. Each year the festiv...

Chevy Chase's Favorite Videos

It's a fact: People who make movies like movies! Taken from the 1993 pamphlet The Video Renter's Bible, here are Chevy Chase's favorite videos...

Christmas Movies

Christmas time is my favorite time of the year! Nothing gets me in the spirit better than movie night -- a DVD holiday movie, hot chocolate, popcorn, and curling up on the sofa with my hubby and our two cats. Come share the Christmas spirit with thes...

Romantic Movies That Don't Suck!

I hate romantic movies that suck! Too often, romance movies are just sort of annoying and cloying, or at least that's how I tend to feel about most of the "chick-flicks."  I've been told that as a girl, I think too much, but I think it...

Swimming With Sharks

It seems like only yesterday when the movie, "Swimming With Sharks" was released. Fourteen years later, the fine performances of Frank Whaley and Kevin Spacey remain dear to my heart. Several months ago, George Huang's 1994 film classic was consider...

Filmmaking 

Filmmaking Blogs

Blogs on the art, craft, and business of making films from all spectrum of the filmmaking community. If you know of any great filmmaking blogs not mentioned here and would like to see it added email me

How to Tell a Visual Story

Filmmaking is the process of making a film, a movie, a video. It's a collaborative art and the process is one where the film gets written many times before you end up with a finished print. All film elements must work together to support the s...

How To Shoot a Short Film In 24 Hours

There is a competition that started in Newcastle, Australia: The Shoot Out. From there it has spread north to Toowoomba in the state of Queensland, south to Geelong in Victoria. Across the Tasman Sea to Hamilton in New Zealand, and even as far as Bou...

Indie Filmmaking

Welcome to my Indie Filmmaking Lens! I'm concerned with real indie filmmaking - this business of "an indie film is anything with a budget of less than $4 million" is ridiculous. Our budgets are measured in hundreds of dollars.I'm also conce...

Wonderland

So you want to go into the film Industry? It's your passion?, you always wanted to work in the movie business? This lens shares all the tricks I have learned, while I too, try to make it in this industry filled with magic, money, tricks, passion, fa...

Horror 

Ten Best Vincent Price Films

This lens is devoted to reviewing what I consider to be the ten best Vincent Price movies ever made. Ten movies; Twenty hours of great movie viewing. Why not gather together your friends and family and host your own Vincent Price Movie Marathon! A gr...

I Am Legend

Normally, I know all about movies coming out long before the trailers start showing up in the movie theater, but every once in awhile I'm in for a delightful surprise. I can't even remember what movie I went to see a few weeks ago, but I remember the...

The Shining

The Shining, a 1980 movie by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the novel with the same title by Stephen King

Shaun of the Dead

Shaun is a 29-year-old with no real ambition in life, much to the consternation of his friends, family, and fed-up girlfriend. With only a loyalty to his lazy best friend Ed, a dead-end job where his employees step on him, and the good-ol' days, Shau...

The Blood-Sucking Top Ten

Here are my personal favorites, my top ten best vampire movies.   Some are modern, some are older as far as films go.  Sometimes I like sophisticated and sometimes I like a bit of splatter.  You know... you want something you can reall...

Musicals & Movie Music 

I Killed Kenny - Blame Canada - South Park

South Park Bigger, Longer & Uncut released in 1999 is the animated movie based off the show South Park (who would have thought). It was produced by Matt Stone and Trey Parker in association with Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and Comedy Central...

Hairspray Movie 2007

Hairspray is a great upbeat movie suitable for all the family.  Hairspray, the 2007 of the original 1988 cult classic is a great celebration of the musical movie. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Tracy Turnblad wants to break free of convention and become...

Movie Musicals on DVD

Classic movie musicals are fun for the entire family and offer an alternative to cartoons and other fare aimed at younger kids. Often set in another era, they provide natural opportunities for parents to broaden a child's exposure to the world. ...

Harry Potter Music

The Order of the Phoenix Soundtrack is now available!!! Listen to samples here. (And vote for your favorites.) Get the full soundtrack in stores now or scroll down to get it from Amazon. Nicholas Hooper composed the music.  Find out more about him...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

In 1975, the Rocky Horror Picture Show adaptated to film an award-winning rock musical. Though the film was a box office flop fans immediately revived it at as one of the most enduring cult films of all time, with midnight screenings still playing to...

Popcorn 

Best Lines from Napoleon Dynamite: My lips hurt real bad!

The surprise hit of 2004.  You either love this movie or hate it.  If you love it, you love the quirkiness and the absurdity of the everyday.  If you love it, you are also probably hard pressed to come up with a list of the best lines...

Movie Trivia

Movie Trivia Questions, movie quizzes, fun facts and other information that is of interest to the movie trivia lover. Are you a movie buff or just a wannabe? Try your hand out at some movie trivia questions quizzes and find out!

Movie Remakes We Hate!

Hollywood seems firm in the belief that if something did okay the first time, or didn't do as well as everyone wanted, then it must be perfect to do again. However, re-doing something with a bigger budget, modern movie stars and the powers of CGI doe...

Executive Koala

This lens is Montegue Blister's mini web-resource for the greatest film ever made (EXECUTIVE KOALA [2005]) and the other films directed by Kawasaki Minoru master of the 'illogical animal movie'.  Kawasaki Minoru is a Japanese film maker who's bi...

Ghostbusters Appreciation: Who Ya Gonna Call?

Ghostbusters is a science-fiction comedy film written by Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd, originally released on June 8, 1984. The film and its theme song experienced long-lasting success, becoming a staple in 80's pop culture.

Science Fiction/Fantasy 

We love Labyrinth

Sarah is a dreamer who lives in a fantasy world of fairy tales and magic. One night while babysitting her difficult little brother she wishes that he could be taken away by goblins. She gets her wish and then encounters Jareth the Goblin King. H...

Blade Runner - Tears In Rain: DVDs, T-Shirts, Trivia

"All those moments will be lost... like tears in rain" - Roy Batty Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, which depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019. 'Retire' to this excellent collection of informat...

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!

Beetlejuice is a 1988 sci-fi comedy movie directed by Tim Burton, starring Alec Baldwin, Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder. Using a combination of science fiction, dark humor and unusual or fantastic situations, the film went down in cult history as a...

IRON MAN Movie - IRON MAN Video Game

This is my page honoring Iron Man. All Superheros allow us to see the greatness that exists within all of us, the highest level of what everyone wants to reflect to the world they live in. There is something special about Iron man, he was a rich, w...

Cloverfield

Multiple Sightings Of Case Designate "Cloverfield" Camera Retrieved at Incident Site U.S.447 Area Formerly Known As "Central Park" The premise of this movie is that it's "found footage" discovered after a massive attack by a creat...

Series 

Bond... James Bond

Since 1962 the James Bond movies based on the fictional British spy created by Ian Fleming have drawn fans around the world. It's estimated that one out of every five people on the planet have seen at least one James Bond movie in their lifetime. Bond...

Elvis Movies

The King sings, dances and acts a bit too... Between 1956 when he made his first film Love me Tender and 1969 when he closed his Hollywood career with Change of Habit, Elvis Presley starred in 31 movies! Starting out with James Dean and Marlon Brando...

Highlander, the Movies and TV Series

Highlander the movie was, and still is, one of the great science-fiction movie masterpieces. The fan's devotion to it inspired a few less-worthy sequels and a much-loved TV series that went back to the original movie for background. The links below ca...

We Hate Godzilla Movies

I understand that Godzilla is a cool dude. But his movies really suck. I have lost brain cells from watching the japanese versions of Godzilla thanks to my four year old son. I never realized how bad the movies actually were. A dinosaur fighting a mo...

Halloween Movies

In 1978 John Carpenter's latest film began to tell the story of a bogeyman who was institutionalized as a child for murdering his sister on Halloween, and escaped as an adult to continue his killing spree. The stylish low-budget film was Halloween, an...