The best Columbus episodes show why the series has been considered one of the best murder mystery shows of all time. Peter Falk created one of the most original and brilliant fictional detectives with his performance as the titular police officer. Columbo is a lieutenant who investigates murders and suspicious deaths with his own eccentric approach. He seems like a clumsy detective, but as he gradually and politely digs deeper into the truth, he always solves the case. Columbus stood out from many murder mystery shows of its type by showing the audience who the killer is. The show's format…
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Ridley Scott has been a constant presence in the film industry since 1977, with several classic films in his legendary filmography. Starting out as a commercial director, Scott launched himself into Hollywood with some incredible early films and quickly established himself as a stylistic auteur. From tense historical dramas like The Last Duel for a new Foreigner entry of the franchise for its return to the world of GladiatorScott's recent films show that he's still one of the best directors around and that he clearly has no plans of slowing down anytime soon. At 86, few directors work as hard…
While the adaptation of the hit musical is best known for its fun sequences featuring ABBA's biggest hits, there are plenty of great Mom Mia! quotes that highlight the romance, comedy, and fun of the film and its sequel. The 2008 big-screen adaptation brings together a star-studded cast that includes Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth, to name just a few. It tells the story of young Sophie (Seyfried) who invites three of her mother's ex-lovers to her wedding to find out who her real father is. The premise is a perfect setting for funny antics and…
There are many films that celebrate one of America's most beloved pastimes, but only the best baseball films capture the magic of the sport while providing great entertainment at the same time. Of all the sports movies, baseball stands above many others as one of the games Hollywood loves to tell stories about. With the modern version of the sport having origins dating back to the 19th century, there are countless facets of baseball for films to explore and the subgenre's versatility is highlighted in the best baseball films. Some of Hollywood's biggest stars have been on the field or…
Jay and Silent Bob the films saw the iconic stoner duo playing supporting characters as well as leading their own films, and despite the wacky absurdity, they have a sort of continuity and chronological order. Writer/director Kevin Smith became an indie sensation thanks to his micro-budget debut Clerks in 1994. This was also the film that introduced the world to Jay, a foul-mouthed, obnoxious, pot-loving punk, and his nearly mute friend, Silent Bob. The popularity of these characters would lead to them appearing in several other films that followed. Long before the MCU, Smith created his own cinematic universe with…
With the arrival of the highly anticipated third season, many fans will be looking for more shows like The sex life of university students. In addition to starring in her own series, Mindy Kaling has also launched several others as a producer, including The sex life of university students. This comedy aims to take a look at the sexual lives of the title characters and demonstrates a remarkable complexity in their engagement with this thorny and sometimes difficult issue. Additionally, there are a number of other series currently airing that cover similar territory. College comedies are typically male-dominated, but The…
Films like Clerks III deliver cheeky humor with heart. With Clerks IIIKevin Smith returned to the franchise with which he began his career, delivering another chapter in the story of Dante Hicks and Randal Graves, the store clerks who haven't done much in their lives since the first film, where they worked in a convenience store and video store. in New Jersey. The third film follows Randall and Dante, who, faced with their own mortality, decide to make a film based on their lives at Quick Stop. The first Clerks The film was one of the films that helped set…
While CGI and visual effects have seen countless amazing advancements over the years for filmmakers, the issue of the “uncanny valley” in films has been a challenge to overcome. In terms of cinema, The uncanny valley refers to a certain stage in the advancement of animation that imparts a frightening or unsettling quality to human characters in films. The idea is that the animation capability would reach a very realistic level to look more like a cartoon, but not realistic enough to look completely human, thus falling into the uncanny valley. The effect has been lampooned and criticized among critics…
After the novel became a smash bestseller, there were many people waiting for the Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine film adaptation. From author Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine tells the story of Eleanor, a Scottish woman in her late 20s who is very intelligent but socially awkward. In addition to avoiding interacting with her colleagues, Eleanor spends weekends in her apartment drinking heavily alone. However, as she begins to face some of the traumas from her past, the protagonist also learns to open up to the people around her. Released in 2017, the novel received widespread critical acclaim…
Although it is not a format seen in the mainstream now, the rarest VHS tapes get an impressive price. In the modern era of streaming, there is a community of collectors who have kept the VHS video format alive years after tapes left common circulation in the 2000s. Physical media collectors do so for a variety of reasons, from the joy of permanently owning a film to a celebration of technological relics of a bygone era – and the form of media that kicked off the boom in physical media collecting was the VHS tape. Although obsolete by today's standards,…