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You always hear that Martin Scorsese is the best living filmmaker, and while that’s really up to the individual viewer, you have to concede that he at least ranks in the top tier of movie directors of all time, alongside Kubrick, Hitchcock and Coppola. Whether he’s doing his own original material as in Mean Streets or remakes like The Departed, he always puts a personal touch on the film. Taxi Driver is one of his best. Continue reading →

Lots of people are finding out about online movie downloads, and are taking advantage of the convenience and the low prices. It has turned into almost a revolution. The entire industry is being taken by storm because of the internet. The world wide web has done a total make-over in the way we watch and obtain our movies. Why do it the hard way if you can avoid it? Millions of movie viewers answer that question by saying RIGHT! Continue reading →

Hitchcock is always remembered as the master of suspense, the master of the thriller, but the truth is that he cast a much wider net than that. He was a master of more than just suspense. With Psycho, he invented the entire slasher genre and pioneered the “jump” scene. With North by Northwest, he had a whole other ambition in mind: Creating the first big all-action flick. People remember it as a thriller, but it’s really just a great action film. Continue reading →