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15 Best Vietnam War Movies, Ranked

1 month ago | cbr.com | Vincent LoVerde |Robert Vaux

Movies By Vincent LoVerde & Robert Vaux Updated 14 minutes ago Follow Followed Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account War movies concerning the Vietnam War encompass the specific traits that make them easily distinguishable from other films within the war genre. The majority of Golden Era war movies, which heavily depicted World War II, feature propagandistic angles and hero-worshipping sentiments that reflected the nation's attitudes at the time. While World War II movies may...
Every Aardman Animations Feature Film That Fans Should Watch After Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Jan 17, 2025 | cbr.com | Vincent LoVerde

Movies Follow Followed Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account In January 2025, Aardman Animations' latest critically acclaimed film, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, premiered in the United States on Netflix. Aardman Animations Limited is a British animation studio founded in 1972 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton. The studio, which is known for its stop-motion animation, first gained prominence for its Morph series of short films and for working on Peter Gabriel's landmark...
The 35 Best Movies To Watch On Max Right Now

Jan 16, 2025 | cbr.com | Katie Doll |Vincent LoVerde |Robert Vaux |Michael Colwander

HBO Max By Katie Doll , Vincent LoVerde , Robert Vaux , Michael Colwander & Jordan Iacobucci Updated 10 minutes ago Follow Followed Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account First launched in May 2020, HBO Max has emerged as one of the world's most-viewed streaming services, with nearly 100 million subscribers by the end of spring 2023. The service offers a unique collection of modern movies and television series and an expansive catalog of classic and international films. However,...
10 Best Courtroom Dramas Since 2000, Ranked

Nov 23, 2024 | cbr.com | Vincent LoVerde

movie list Sign in to your CBR account The American Film Institute defines courtroom drama as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the movie's narrative. In the United States, courtroom dramas have been a popular movie genre since the 1930s. Courtroom dramas have had a propensity to earn a wealth of critical acclaim thanks in part to the genre's frequent exploration of timely social themes. The genre also consistently allows actors the opportunity to deliver...
10 Best Kung Fu Movies of the 1990s, Ranked

Nov 16, 2024 | cbr.com | Vincent LoVerde

Movies Sign in to your CBR account Multiple controversies related to the wuxia subgenre of martial arts cinema led to the emergence of the kung fu subgenre, which offered audiences a more realistic depiction of martial arts when compared to wuxia movies. The kung fu subgenre of martial arts cinema experienced its first explosion in popularity during the late 1940s and early 1950s through a series of films based on the life of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung. Kwan Tak-Hing starred as Wong...
13 Most Historically Accurate Westerns, Ranked

Nov 7, 2024 | cbr.com | Vincent LoVerde

Movies Sign in to your CBR account Throughout American movie history, historical accuracy has certainly not been one of Hollywood's strong suits. Most Hollywood films distort the truth, utilizing their right to artistic license to add heightened drama to their narratives. High-profile movies such as JFK, Argo, and Selma have garnered significant controversy for their deviations from historical fact. The Western, a genre whose foundation is built upon the mythology of the Old West, is one of...
One of Peter Fonda's Final Films Was This Explosive 7-Year-Old Western

Nov 5, 2024 | cbr.com | Vincent LoVerde

Movies Sign in to your CBR account Jared Moshé's highly underrated 2017 independent WesternThe Ballad of Lefty Brown marked one of the final notable film performances in Peter Fonda's iconic cinematic career. Fonda, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 79, began his acting career on Broadway during the early 1960s. By the middle of the decade, Fonda became a seminal figure in the United States counterculture movement thanks to his starring roles in movies such as The Wild Angels, The Trip,...
10 Best Gangster Movies From the 1930s, Ranked

Oct 25, 2024 | cbr.com | Vincent LoVerde

Movies Sign in to your CBR account The 1930s are undoubtedly the most influential decade in the gangster genre's history. While the silent era produced many proto-type gangster movies, the genre officially did not begin to take form until the early 1930s. Film scholars and historians consider Josef von Sternberg's 1927 movie Underworld the heir-apparent to the Pre-code gangster films that would flood cinemas between 1930 and 1934. The rise of the gangster genre came to fruition in part...
This 58-Year-Old Japanese Classic Influenced Gangster Movies for Decades to Come

Oct 19, 2024 | cbr.com | Vincent LoVerde

Tokyo Drifter Sign in to your CBR account Seijun Suzuki's 1966 gangster movie Tokyo Drifter is a classic of Japanese cinema that has influenced the film industry for decades to come. However, despite its now iconic status, Tokyo Drifter was not always an internationally renowned work. After serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, Suzuki became an assistant director at the Shochiku Company's Ofuna Studio. In 1954, Suzuki moved to the Nikkatsu Corporation, where he began as...
10 Best American Indie Westerns of All Time

Oct 15, 2024 | cbr.com | Vincent LoVerde

Western Sign in to your CBR account Indie film is a term that often appears in movie conversations yet rarely gets used in the proper context. A true independent film is produced and distributed outside of the major Hollywood studio system. Many times, films are produced independently, yet have to rely on the major studios for distribution. Also, due to limited media ownership in the United States, many independent film companies are now owned by the major studios themselves. Since the...