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Infographic: Hollywood’s Waning Creativity


Short of the Week compiled an infographic showing the changing landscape of the highest grossing films over the last thirty years, with the focus on how Hollywood (and the American public spending all this money at the ticket counters) have given up on original ideas. This should come as no surprise to anyone...

Check out the infographic at SLASH FILM, and while you're at it, check out Short of the Week as well.  It's one of Kailey's favourites.


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07.03.2012

Saudi Arabi shows film publicly!

For only the second time in 30 years, a movie has been shown publicly in Saudi Arabia. Authorities in that country, which shut down theaters under Islamic law in 1982, allowed the 2009 IMAX movie Journey to Mecca to be screened...[more]


27.02.2012

Film Independent Spirit Awards: 2012 Winners

The Artist dominates yet another awards programme[more]


20.02.2012

Kubrick's List of Unscripted Titles

Throughout his career, filmmaker Stanley Kubrick kept a list of potential movie titles that they called “Titles in search of a script.” Kubrick’s personal assistant Tony Frewin revealed the fun list, along with commentary...[more]


19.02.2012

Funerals & Snakes Updated

Review: Like Crazy, Chronicle, A Few Best Men, J. Edgar and Julia’s Eyes[more]


10.02.2012

Funerals & Snakes Updated

Review: The Descendants, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Young Adult[more]


07.02.2012

BAFTAS Do it Better

The Oscars aren’t for a few weeks but the BAFTA‘s are Sunday February 12. And while the Oscars are usually symbolized by that iconic gold statue, each year the BAFTA’s let artists interpret their Best Picture nominees. This year...[more]


07.02.2012

No Love for Best Song Oscar Nominees

It’s been a rough awards season for the Oscars’ Best Original Song contenders. Not only did the complicated new rules lead to just two out of thirty-nine eligible songs getting nominated, we’re now learning that the songs that...[more]


29.01.2012

Funerals & Snakes Updated

Review: Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Buck, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and El violin[more]


26.01.2012

Oscar Snubs, 2012 Edition

Academy criticised for overlooking performances by Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton and Albert Brooks [more]


18.01.2012

Waddya mean it's a silent film?

In an amazing feat of idiocy, film goers are demanding their money back for the 'lack of dialogue' in The Artist[more]


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