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3 weeks ago | 
editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Alfred Hitchcock |Alex Vo
The latest: Netflix is now hosting a collection of classic Hitchcock films, including Vertigo, Rear Window, Frenzy, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Family Plot, and The Birds!Watching the movies Alfred Hitchcock made over his five-decade career is not only a thrilling way to spend your free time, but doubles as a legitimate lesson in the history and development of cinema. As director, Hitchcock withstood every significant upheaval of the industry and, in fact, seemed to flourish with each transition.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Alex Vo
NowThe plot mechanics include human trafficking and unconscionable treatment of child migrants: these elements, somber and depressing, especially given certain current political realities, often throw the movie’s vibe out of whack. It’s the kind of picture that makes you feel a little guilty for …
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Alex Vo
Netflix just dropped its new mystery thriller show — and it should be your next binge-watchYou know that feeling when you find a new show and within minutes, you're hooked? That’s exactly what happened when I hit play on The Glass Dome,” …
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Alex Vo
The newest Certified Fresh shows, including The Last of Us, Andor, and The Wheel of Time!
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Martin Scorsese |Michael Wilson |David Tedeschi |Alex Vo
The Irishman is celebrating its 5th anniversary!Pick any decade since the 1970s American New Wave, reach in to grab some of the best movies of those years, and chances are you’ll be pulling out some Martin Scorsese pictures.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Ridley Scott |Alex Vo
We’re ranking by Tomatometer all the movies of legendary director Ridley Scott, including sci-fi gamechangers Alien and Blade Runner, Best Picture-winner Gladiator, and blockbuster crowd-pleasers like The Martian, and his most recent releases (Gladiator II, House of Gucci, The Last Duel, Napoleon). —Alex Vo8222-39a9-a3f0-47b28afb5154] #1 Adjusted Score: 114615% Critics Consensus: A modern classic, Alien blends science fiction, horror and bleak poetry into a seamless whole.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Christopher Nolan |Alex Vo
Christopher Nolan had such a perfect outsider journey into Hollywood filmmaking, he makes transforming into one of the world’s foremost A-list directors look simple. First, you make your requisite black-and-white feature debut for less than a half-million dollars (Following) in England.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Zack Snyder |Alex Vo
Director Zack Snyder was among the frontlines in the battle to bring back the zombie, his 2004 Certified Fresh remake of Dawn of the Dead nestling in snugly with the likes of Shaun of the Dead and Land of the Dead. But it was with his second feature that he developed a signature style: 300, combining a comic-book palette with unflinching machismo and fetishistic style. The adaptation of the Frank Miller comic was a pop-culture phenomenon, and helped establish the gritty Warner Bros.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Chad Stahelski |Alex Vo
Crisp, clear camera work where you can see the stunts, punches, and gunfights? Sweet cars and exotic locales? Impossibly cool one-liners? Yeah, we’re thinking action movies are back.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Guillermo del Toro |Mark Rand Gustafson |Alex Vo
One easy way to get that Best Picture win at the Oscars? Spend your burgeoning directing career on strange and grotesque genre pictures, then hook up with a major studio to work on Lord of the Rings, with hundreds of millions of dollars in budget. Obviously! It worked for Peter Jackson, whose Dead Alive and Meet the Feebles movies did little to suggest he would one day get the gold trophy for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
