FILM CHALLENGE: 169) Poltergeist

169) PoltergeistDirector: Tobe HooperYear: 1982Plot Summary: The daughter of an American family is taken by a host of ghosts who invade their home.Produced and written by Steven Spielberg, it would be wrong to expect an atmospheric, haunting and genuinely...

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The Scariest Movie Scenes Ever

It's Halloween and to celebrate The Cinema Blog has compiled a list of the ten most frightening movies scenes.But be careful because there are spoilers ahead!10) Hidden - Suicide."I just wanted you to be present for this..."These are words of an old...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 168) It's Complicated

168) It's ComplicatedDirector: Nancy MeyersYear: 2009Plot Summary: When attending their son's college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship, but the complicated fact is they're divorced and he's remarried.An insight into a modern...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 167) Tetro

167) TetroDirector: Francis Ford CoppolaYear: 2009Plot Summary: Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 166) The American

166) The AmericanDirector: Anton CorbjinYear: 2010Plot Summary: An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.Released on Labour Day weekend in America, stateside audiences flocked to see George Clooney's latest movie The American, many under...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 165) Howl

165) HowlDirector: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey FreidmanYear: 2010Plot Summary: A drama centered on the obscenity trial Allen Ginsberg faced after the publication of his poem Howl.Allen Ginsburg is one of the most iconic poets of the 1960s and this film,...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 164) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

164) Kiss Kiss Bang BangDirector: Shane BlackYear: 2005Plot Summary: A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 163) Lost In Translation

163) Lost In TranslationDirector: Sofia CoppolaYear: 2003Plot Summary: He's doing a commercial, parlaying his fifteen minutes of movie stardom. She's just graduated from college, recently married, and tagged along with her husband, a photographer on...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 162) Catfish

162) CatfishDirector: Ariel Schulman and Henry JoostYear: 2010Plot Summary: In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 161) Babel

161) BabelDirector: Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituYear: 2006Plot Summary: Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's drama, Babel,...

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FILM CHALLENGE: 160) Love Actually

160) Love ActuallyDirector: Richard CurtisYear: 2003Plot Summary: Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London,...

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20 Best Original Scores Of The Decade (2001-2010)

01. There Will Be BloodDaniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood has been described as one of the greatest movie monsters of all time. Not only that but the oil well which stands in the centre of the small town in which the film is set is much like the...

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