As you probably know, Walter Disney was a very successful American voice actor, animator, and film producer. He is widely known as a pioneer of the animation industry and he won several awards for his work as a film producer. Besides creating high-quality entertainment for children and adults alike, he also founded the well-known WorldRead more ⟶
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Motion Pictures: Their History & Technology
Everyone loves a good movie, whether it’s viewed in a cinema, on the telly or on a laptop. For ages now, movies have been available to buy and own on VHS video tape, DVD and Blu-ray. People looking to rent a movie don’t go to rental stores anymore, because mostly they no longer exist.Read more ⟶
Few people alive today will have any direct memory of silent movies, since they ceased to exist beyond the early 1930s. Although the motion picture camera was developed in the 1890s, the movie industry was not in full swing until the 1910s and 20s, which were the glory days of silent pictures. When thinkingRead more ⟶
10 Great Movie Stars of the 1940s
Movies during the 1940s played an important role in distracting audiences from the Second World War, or at least presenting an uplifting view of events. Here are 10 famous 1940s movie stars: Humphrey Bogart was one of the best-known film stars of the 1940s, appearing in iconic films such as “The Maltese Falcon” (1941)Read more ⟶
Foreign Language Movies: 5 of the Best
Foreign movies, much like foreign travel, can help people understand different cultures and life experiences. In no special order, here are five of the best foreign-language movies: The Bicycle Thief (Italy, 1948): a hapless father accepts a job for a man with a bicycle, is forced to retrieve his pawned bike to do theRead more ⟶
10 Rising Movie Stars of the 2000s
Here is a list of 10 young actors who’ve become famous this century: Zac Efron began his professional acting career in the early 2000s and has appeared in many films, including “Hairspray” (2007) and “17 Again” (2009). Liam Hemsworth is an Australian actor who played Gale Hawthorne in “The Hunger Games” film series. AsaRead more ⟶
The Best Movies of the Early 21st Century
Almost a fifth of the current century has now passed, so what have been the best movies to emerge since the turn of the millennium? Mulholland Drive At the top of many 21st century film lists is David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” (2001). This complex, dream-like story tells of Rita, who crashes her car onRead more ⟶