By John H. Foote It happens, though truly one has to wonder why? How can an Academy made up of film people, experts, one would hope in their field, miss the best films of the year? How do inferior films get a Best Picture nomination over clearly greater films? Yet it happens, year after year.…
By Nick Maylor
With the release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), I decided to take a look back at the most iconic, awe-inspiring or otherwise bad-ass moments that the franchise has given us for the last quarter of a century. While not all five films will be represented in this list, there are some entries from Fallen Kingdom and thus, a spoiler warning is in effect. Most of these entries are visual in nature and much of the credit must go to Industrial Light & Magic and Stan Winston studios, who have been responsible for bringing these ancient titans back to life on the big screen. Without further adieu, here’s my list of the ten greatest moments in the Jurassic Park film franchise
Nick is an actor/writer/comedian/musician from Hamilton, ON Canada. Having been a film nut since the early days of his life, Nick has had an obsession with cinema and popular entertainment. Nick has written for thecinemaholic.com and is the current Foote & Friends “expert” on all things geek/superhero/comic-book related. Nick is the host/producer of the official Foote & Friends On Film podcast. Nick met John when studying acting at the Toronto Film School, for which John H. Foote was director and Film History professor. The two have been arguing ever since.
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By Alan Hurst It doesn’t happen often but it has happened often enough for it to be the stuff of dreams – hitting the big-time in films in a big way your first time at bat. The people below all had either terrific first years or a career defining film debut that assured considerable award…
By John H. Foote So often through the history of the cinema, and the connection to the Academy of Arts and Sciences, wildly over appreciated films are nominated for and often win the Best Picture award in addition to many other prizes. If you study closely the nominees and winners of each year right back…
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By Alan Hurst Turner Classic Movies was recently showing Key Largo (1948) and I sat down and started watching. Again. It’s one of my favorite stage to screen adaptations of the era – a great cast, suspenseful direction by John Huston, steamy locale, a strong script based on Maxwell Anderson’s play and Johnny Rocco is one…