Sometimes, the entire film is built around the work of a particular artist, while at others, a famous musician is hired to craft an entire soundtrack from scratch. In either case, it’s worth taking a closer look at some of the most notable times a film has used the music of a famous musician.
Adapting a novel to film or television is a notoriously tricky business. Sometimes, adapters decide to make substantial changes to even those characters that make the final cut for inclusion, and there are a surprising number of films and TV series in which a character suffers a great deal more than their novel counterpart.
Given their ambiguous nature, it’s unsurprising that hotels have been the settings for everything from sitcoms to dramas, absurdist comedies to gripping horror. The best hotels on-screen make the viewer feel as if they, too, are in this peculiar locale, with all the pleasures and perils that entails.
Divorce is one of the most difficult things many people will ever go through. Though divorce stories weren’t unheard of in Hollywood, they became an increasing subject of interest as the practice became more common and accepted in American society. It's a stacked genre, but these are the 20 best movies about divorce.
The Academy Awards are some of the most important accolades in the film industry. However, they can also be notoriously exclusionary, particularly regarding the types of genres that usually accrue awards. Whether awarded for acting, directing, or technical achievements, some of the most beloved comedies in Hollywood history have also managed to become Academy Award winners.
Along with the vampire and Frankenstein’s monster, the werewolf has remained one of the most recognizable monsters in the movies. It’s thus worth looking at the best the werewolf genre has to offer to see how the beast has changed over time.
Every movie has at least one or two characters waiting for fans to dress up like them. So from Jim Carrey’s most notable from the ‘90s to Will Ferrell's holiday delight, these are almost two dozen of the best characters to cosplay.
Showbiz careers can span a long time. At an age when many are retired, actors and directors can not only work, but thrive. There are actors and directors who have won Oscars after turning 60.
There are 1,001 ways to be possessed by people and things that aren’t just horned creatures who are doomed to do the bidding of the Dark Lord Satan. These are the best of the possessed.
The creepy smile is a trope that’s old as the medium of movies. Here are the best smiles that made us think of the worst things in movies.
Whether talking literature, comics, television or film, heroes of the law, notably the courtroom, remain popular to viewers of all ages and backgrounds, especially those of the fictional variety.
There are a lot of movies about retirement-aged friends doing, well, all sorts of stuff. Here are the most memorable films about older buddies still getting after it in various ways.
The sentiment of "what could have been..." in Hollywood is always a fun discussion for movie fans to hold. What if this person played that role? Or, why did they not take such an iconic part?
The Los Angeles Lakers got an unexpected visit from an old friend as they closed out their first-round playoff series on Friday. Legendary actor Jack Nicholson made a surprise appearance at Crypto.com Arena for the Lakers’ Game 6 against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Jack Nicholson hadn't attended a Lakers game since last year's opener. He inspired the team to a 40-point win Friday night.
Who doesn’t want to throw a parade every time Superman or Captain America saves the day? But once in a great while, there is a villain or two that comes through and makes the other guy, the bad guys, seem, well, not so bad.
The sidekick is a step above a henchman. Sometimes a sidekick is even more imposing than the primary baddie! These are the best villain sidekicks from movies.
Maybe that election really was rigged? Maybe that game really was fixed? The conspiracy thriller is all about getting us to question the people at the top of the food chain.
It was packed with stars, but Scorsese is always one of the stars of his movies. These are 20 facts about the Oscar-winning film.
Wednesday is the 15-year anniversary of The Departed's arrival in theaters Oct. 6, 2006.
There are many who consider it one of the best – perhaps the best – example of neo-noir. It manages to work both as a period piece and as a ‘70s film, with Jack Nicholson smartly cast as a private eye in a little over his head. These are 20 facts about “Chinatown.” Don’t forget them.
Combine an iconic, taxing director, one of the most successful writers ever, and the biggest movie star of his generation, and you get “The Shining.”
Over the years, Cruise has given some truly memorable performances in many films. Although, do keep in mind that “memorable” and “good” don’t always mean the same thing.
Life moves pretty fast. Forty-plus years ago, moviegoers were flipping out over Great White Sharks, xenomorphs and Hells Angels. They worshipped Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Richard Pryor, Barbara Streisand and Marlon Brando.
Who has done it? This is a question at the center of many a story. You may know it as a “Whodunit?” There are mystery stories where you as the reader or the viewer doesn’t know who committed the crime, usually a murder, and the story involves a character or characters trying to figure it out.
It’s been 30 years since Tim Burton’s “Batman” firmly established that superhero movies can be dark and moody and wildly profitable, but that needn’t be the go-to vibe.
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