Movie: 12 Angry Men This movie is one of the greatest classics ever made and is Sidney Lumet’s masterpiece. One thing that makes movies great is scintillating dialogue and memorable, riveting scenes. As the temperature rose and the deliberations dragged on, something was bound to give. What boiled over was the revelation of the vicious…

Movie: Freaks Freaks was movie that was made in 1932 about a traveling carnival in France. There is one word that rises above all others in praise for this unusual and disturbing film. That word is authenticity. This movie was made with, and about human beings who were indeed freaks, inflicted with various defects from…

Movie: The Godfather The Godfather is full of memorable scenes, like the dramatic shooting at the Italian Restaurant. It was a shocking scene, but there is another one that is even more dramatic and a lot more controversial. Yes, I’m referring to the horse head in the bed scene, of course. Virtually everyone has seen…

Movie: Citizen Kane: The More You Tally the Smaller the Sum…-or -You Can Never Go Home Again, Even If You’re Stinkin’ Rich The addition of Potassium to the periodic table would spark a paranoid political firestorm unseen since Ytterbium led to the 1914 invasion of Haiti. Orson Wells made a habit of thinking way above…

Movie: The Devil’s Advocate “Who are you carrying all those bricks for, God?” This speech is absolutely savage. And this: “Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He’s a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He…

Movie: Life Of Brian Comedies are often overlooked when it comes to cinema greatness. Most memorable scenes are dramatic, and I understand this. However, there are comedy scenes like the ones in Airplane! or My Cousin Vinny that absolutely qualify for Memorable Scenes. There is one scene that indeed makes it as the most gut-busting…

Movie: The Thing John Carpenter’s 1982 reimagining of The Thing is overflowing with ghastly horrors and delights, including some of the greatest (and nastiest) practical effects work of all time, not least in the famous blood test and defibrillator scenes. However, it is the first brief appearance by the Thing itself, seen in its true…