Dinosaurs, a man with an ax driven mad by a hotel and a burning guitar will live in history as more films have been added to the National Film Registry. Steven Spielberg's film about a park filled with dinosaurs created by DNA splicing was groundbreaking in its use of digital effects and practical ones along with real-life actors.
Look, even Peter Jackson's worst movies offer moments of bonkers grandeur, as he chucks his orcs and dwarves and dragons against each other on a scale that's three parts kid-in-a-sandbox to one part Sergei Eisenstein.
While there have been many highs in Western and Asian cinema this year, there have also been some memorable lows The curse of the third-parter strikes again, bringing this previously pleasant franchise about an all-female a cappella group to a close on a resoundingly duff note. It had a bigger budget than the previous outings but none of the charm.
In this Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Taiwanese director Ang Lee poses on the red carpet at the 55th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan. The Library of Congress announced Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, that the films "Jurassic Park," ''Brokeback Mountain" and "My Fair Lady" are among the 25 movies tapped for preservation this year.
In this Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Taiwanese director Ang Lee poses on the red carpet at the 55th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan. The Library of Congress announced Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, that the films "Jurassic Park," ''Brokeback Mountain" and "My Fair Lady" are among the 25 movies tapped for preservation this year.
A man displays a rare cut from the film The Shining . The movie was recently added to the National Film Registry, as announced Wednesday.
The embodiment of middle-American perkiness, Jennifer Garner is the most wholesome of Hollywood stars. Or is she? The contradictions that define her screen presence are instantly visible in her face, the dimples and sunny smile offset by a strong chin that hints at ruthless determination.
Just when you think you've seen all the Scottish zombie high-school musical comedies you'll ever need to... Anna and the Apocalypse is a late entry in this recent golden age of the zombie movie. In 1985, with the release of George Romero's Day of the Dead , Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead and Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, it might have seemed the era of the big-screen mass-appeal zombie movie had reached an apex from which the only way was down.
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