Maurine Lininger

Perhaps what sums up Raiders' greatness __ is that it reflects the importance of filmmakers having a vision and being allowed to make the kind of movie they want. In an age of shared universes and formulaic filmmaking, it's refreshing to see a director know exactly what he wants and how to translate it into movie ma It's so cool that you got to know Marion doing the bar scene, because it's such an amazing introduction, and Marion is such a powerful character who really holds her own. And it was a level of characterization - if you compare it to Bond, which Indy was riffing on - that was head and shoulders above the others. How did you bring that energy and vibrance to the charac Framed by a grandfather (Peter Falk) reading the story to his grandson (Fred Savage), The Princess Bride briskly moves from scene to scene in an escapist adventure anchored by such wonderful actors as Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, and André the Gi Traditionally, the word "cist" is meant to be pronounced with a hard "k," as opposed to a soft "c." However, this varies based on who is actually saying the word. Archaeologists tend to stick with the former, as it is believed to be the proper pronunciation. A movie archaeologist of Indy's stature would have known t One of the most prized gems in the Amblin crown, Richard Donner’s The Goonies follows a group of down-on-their-luck suburban kids who decide to spend their last weekend together following a treasure map to a pirate’s lost fort The followup to franchise restarter Jurassic World in 2015, Fallen Kingdom from director J.A. Bayona was, as reflected by its score on Metacritic, one of the Learn Alot more polarizing entries into the franchi In truth, there's nothing at all to suggest this in the Bible. Ancillary materials have appeared now and again that suggests that the Ark was a source of power, but that's a far cry from what Brody is talking about. The Ark was a cultural symbol, not a weapon of mass destruction from the Bronze There aren’t a lot of biopics that fall into the martial arts genre, but Ip Man is a prime example of both. The great Donnie Yen stars as Ip Man himself , the legendary Wing Chun grandmaster who taught Bruce Lee how to fi According to the Bible, the shattered tablets were not placed in the Ark of the Covenant. A second set of tablets were forged and placed within the Ark. The writers might have gotten confused by the events of Deuteronomy 10, where God supposedly instructed Moses to create a different Ark made out of wood to place the broken tabl Comparing the before and after shots reveals the well-hidden mistake. In the before shot, the dead driver accelerates the truck towards an obvious dead-end full of buildings on a cramped street. In the next shot, it has somehow turned a corner and emptied into a large open area, where the explosion is triggered. It's a bizarre mistake that somehow got left in, with no pickup shot between takes that would explain the discrepa Every fight scene in Kill Bill , especially the House of Blue Leaves massacre in Volume 1 , was meticulously crafted. Tarantino choreographed the fight scenes and all the mid-action cuts on the page before shoot It feels somewhat challenging to articulate exactly what makes Raiders of the Lost Ark so enduring. It could be the remarkable sets and stunning locations, or the fun old-fashioned feel the movie embodies. It could also be the collaboration between the hundreds of people who poured their hearts and souls into making a generationally transcendent f Raiders of the Lost Ark helped solidify Steven Spielberg as a legendary Hollywood film director , and the film's legacy can be felt to this day. Harrison Ford is currently in the middle of shooting the fifth film in the franchise and aside from a few setbacks, all seems to be going according to p Pretty much every Bruce Lee movie has great fight scenes . Fans of fight choreography won’t be disappointed by Enter the Dragon or Way of the Dragon or even the incomplete Game of Death . But arguably the greatest movie in the Lee canon is 1972’s Fist of Fu So, it was brought up to where I was working on a film in Northern California. It got brought up, and I had to read it in my hotel room with a courier sitting there, waiting for me to finish - and then I had to give it back to him. They took the script away, and I didn't read it for another two or three weeks or something, until they offered me the role. I accepted, and then they sent me anothet version of the script. But I was pretty bowled over when I read the script. I mean, it was the most fantastical story on paper. I don't know that you can do a film like Raiders of the Lost Ark justice on paper, but it was quite extraordinary to r Spielberg’s filmmaking has all the hallmarks of great action cinema: inventive setups, increasingly raised stakes, well-constructed suspense , clarity of movement in the framing and editing, and most importantly, a palpable sense of