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Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet. StumbleUpon. Search Netflix and Amazon Prime Movies. Best movies on Netflix you haven't seen yet. Low Budget, High Concept. Horror Movie Recomendations. 17 great films you might not have seen... (+1 bonus) The Movies of Studio Ghibli, Ranked From Worst to Best. This week marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of Studio Ghibli, possibly the world’s most revered animation house.

The Movies of Studio Ghibli, Ranked From Worst to Best

It’s a bittersweet occasion, given that the company’s activities have been on a “hiatus” since last year, due to the retirement of founder Hayao Miyazaki and the disappointing box office performance of several of its more recent films. Still, that’s no reason to dampen any celebration of Ghibli’s beloved output. The studio is respected the world over for its lush animation, attention to detail, and the way its movies can soak its audiences in a mood without any effort at all — a trait many find lacking in most American cartoons. Ghibli’s stories take viewers of all ages seriously, never let commercial concerns get in the way of imagination, and more often than not incorporate female characters in a way that puts the rest of the film industry to shame, animated or live action.

Studio Ghibli 22. 21. 20. 19. 18. 17. Empire Features. How I Met Your Mother. Funny. Watch Free Documentary Online. Freaks. Browning had been a member of a traveling circus in his early years, and much of the film was drawn from his personal experiences.

Freaks

In the film, the physically deformed "freaks" are inherently trusting and honorable people, while the real monsters are two of the "normal" members of the circus who conspire to murder one of the performers to obtain his large inheritance. Plot[edit] The film opens with a sideshow barker drawing customers to visit the sideshow. A woman looks into a box to view a hidden occupant and screams. The barker explains that the horror in the box was once a beautiful and talented trapeze artist. Hans soon becomes ill. In an ending MGM threw in later for a happier ending, Hans is living a millionaire's life in a huge house. Additional features[edit] My favourite film: Raging Bull. When I first saw it, I was 19 years old; it was at the Screen on the Hill cinema in North London, now renamed the Everyman Belsize Park.

My favourite film: Raging Bull

When it was all over, I felt exhausted, but also possessed of a strange need to scream, or laugh, or run all the way home, or pick up parked cars and flip them over. The film was Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull – or, to give it the title that appeared on screen, RagingBull; it was run together, like GoodFellas. Raging Bull Production year: 1980 Countries: UK, USA Cert (UK): 18 Runtime: 128 mins Directors: Martin Scorsese Cast: Cathy Moriarty, Frank Vincent, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro More on this film It starred Robert De Niro, electrifyingly and horribly charismatic in the role of 1940s middleweight boxing champ Jake La Motta. In the ring, he was a graceless brawler, outside it a repugnant bully and wife-beater who was in thrall to the mob.

Jake LaMotta and Robert De Niro. Old La Motta is quite different. . • What do you think of Peter's choice? Marx Brothers. Milton Marx (Gummo) on the left and on the right Julius Henry Marx (Groucho) holding a rat terrier dog, c. 1906.

Marx Brothers

The five Marx brothers with their parents in New York City, 1915. From left to right; Groucho, Gummo, Minnie (mother), Zeppo, Frenchy (father), Chico, and Harpo. The core of the act was the three elder brothers, Chico, Harpo, and Groucho; each developed a highly distinctive stage persona. The two younger brothers, Gummo and Zeppo, did not develop their stage characters to the same extent, and eventually left the act to pursue other careers. Gummo was not in any of the movies; Zeppo appeared in the first five films in relatively straight (non-comedic) roles. Early life[edit] Born in New York City, the Marx Brothers were the sons of Jewish immigrants from Germany and France. Brothers[edit] The brothers were: Stage beginnings[edit] 1911 newspaper advertisement for a Marx Brothers appearance (l. to r.: Gummo, Groucho, Harpo).

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