The 1940s were a paradoxical time for cinema. The first half was marked by wartime uncertainty, while postwar optimist dominated the second half. In a world rattled by conflict and upheaval, ...

It seems impossible that so many great movies came out in the same decade, let alone the same year. But 40 years ago, some fantastic flicks — including "Ghostbusters," "Gremlins," and "Footloose" — ...

We've all watched classic movies that are undeniably great, but not much fun anymore. These movies of the 1950s are both great and fun. It also features an early appearance by Marilyn Monroe. And ...

These classic movies bombed at the box office despite being recognized today as stone-cold classics. We're defining a movie as a bomb if it failed to make double its budget back in box office returns.

A film becomes a cult classic when it acquires a following outside of mainstream or mass culture. This so-called cult can be defined by a devoted set of fans who proselytize about the movie’s ...

Trent Berchtold is a screenwriter with a degree in Creative Writing from Pepperdine University. Highly passionate about film, he has spent years honing his writing skills so that he may contribute to ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...