The entire point of this Cinematic Century project was to talk about movies that I normally wouldn’t get to discuss on the site. So often I got swept up with new releases and didn’t have time to talk about the movies that served as the foundation of […]
Last week I eschewed some more obvious picks, a whole bunch of classic sci-fi and fantasy films for the most part, and chose a weird comedy as my favorite film of 1984. It was a hard choice, but I had to go with my heart and pick […]
Picking the films the feature on this Cinematic Century project can sometimes be incredibly hard. Because every now and then I come across a year that ended up producing a whole bunch of beloved movies that could easily take the top spot for any other year. I’ve […]
I, completely unintentionally, seem to have created a mini-marathon lately here on Cinematic Century revolving around the Cold War. I guess by this period in time, the early sixties, the paranoia and stress of the Cold War had finally percolated in the American subconscious enough that […]
Folks, when I first set out on this ridiculous journey to chronicle my favorite films of the last hundred years, there were certain trends that shocked me. And, the thing that perhaps shocked me the most was the fact that the late fifties were absolutely fantastic. I […]
Well folks, it looks like it’s time to poke fun at Nazis again. And this time, a little more directly and forcefully. No, the film we’ll be highlighting today doesn’t feature quite as much vitriol and righteous anger for Nazi Germany as The Great Dictator did a couple weeks […]
It’s interesting to see some creators attempt to be jack of all trades, trying out a litany of different genres of storytelling, while others decide to carve themselves out a very specific niche. They can devote their life to becoming the undisputed master of a very specific […]
Well everyone, it’s time to talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe again. What appears the be the most popular movie series in the world sure has had a banner year, giving us two of their all-time greatest films this year with Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming. But […]
That’s right! We aren’t done yet folks! We may have conquered the EON films, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t enough James Bond media to round out the month. Which means I’m going to be touching in on some really weird stuff. Such as today’s entry […]