One of the most popular movies in the world and a testament to the brilliance of 80’s cinema, John McTiernan’s Predator which features Arnold Shwazenegger at his macho peak follows six veteran members of a rescue team who are brutally picked off only by one by some mysterious creature stalking and hunting them. This is …
Released in 2015 to critical acclaim, The Revenant, directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu, is an epic survival drama set in the wilds of present-day America and Canada, during the early years of the 19th century. Centred around real life experienced fur trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass (played by Leonardo DiCaprio), as he leads Captain Andrew …
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western historical drama TV series. It starred Melissa Sue Anderson, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, and Michael Landon. The show follows a family who live on a farm in Plum Creek, Minnesota. It was set in the 1870s, 80s and 90s. The television show was an adaptation of …
The Arctic, still relatively unexplored, continues to captivate creatives and scientists alike. It is one of the last, great, unexplored frontiers, and with that, comes the potential for great storytelling. From breathtaking documentaries, to gritty thrillers taking advantage of the crippling isolation, many stories have been told about the Arctic circle, and in no particular …
In cinema, as in life, redemption plays an important role in the stories that define us. Be it classic tales of bad men trying their best to right past wrongs, or blind, selfish fools finding enlightenment, it has been a staple of storytelling since the beginning of recorded history. In this article, you will learn …
Philadelphia has long been known as America’s City of Brotherly Love. The city was founded in 1682 by William Penn, who named his new settlement after the biblical town of Bethlehem. Over time, Philadelphia became a major port, manufacturing center, and cultural hub. Today, Philadelphia is home to some of the country’s top universities, museums, …
Cincinnati is an amazing city, so much so that many Hollywood producers have actually filmed there. In this article, we are going to go over movies that have been filmed in Cincinnati. So, without further ado, let us get started! Miles Ahead – 2014 This movie was directed by Don Cheadle and starred Austin Lyon, …
One of the oldest cities in the United States (founded in the spring of 1718 by the French Mississippi Company, on land inhabited by the Chitimacha, a Louisiana First Nation tribe), New Orleans quickly became a melting pot of cultures, thanks to an influx of Saint Dominican refugees (both white and free people of color), …
If you’re a movie enthusiast, then you will know that Oregon is a great place to film. People love to shoot their movies there because of the beautiful scenery, its wide variety of landscapes that make for wonderful filming locations, and, of course, its proximity to Hollywood! There have been many fantastic movies made in …
With so much history and culture in the same city, it is perhaps no surprise that there are so many movies about the capital of Germany. Berlin has provided the backdrop, and been the main feature, for dramas, Cold War spy thrillers, and tense films around the collapse of the Berlin Wall and East Germany. …
