Posted by moviegeek916 on April 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Dracula (1931) – Despite hits like The Phantom of the Opera, Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle wasn’t particularly interested in making horror movies. Carl Laemmle Jr., on the other hand, was quite keen to bring Dracula to the big screen. History has kind of sided with Laemmle Jr., I am happy to say. Dracula was … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Black Swan (2010) — So this film has been compared to works of Roman Polanski and David Cronenberg (although my favorite reference was Ellen Fox from Rotten Tomatoes who said it was like “The Red Shoes meets The Red Shoe Diaries“). I can see all of those factor present in the movie but I think … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 