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The Film: Writer/Director James Mangold has had quite an eclectic career that has included musical biopics like "Walk the Line" & "A Complete Unknown," action adventures like "3:10 to Yuma" & "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," and even a couple of superhero outings with "Logan" & "The Wolverine." With five Oscar nominations under his belt, and a long list of big projects, people tend to forget that he also gave us the rather intriguing psychological thriller "Identity"

The Film: In May 2004, Wolfgang Petersen's epic "Troy," his rendition of the famous "Trojan War," was unleashed in theaters to rather harsh reviews, with many praising the performances, but criticizing its unfaithful telling of Homer's "Iliad." However, despite the reception from the pedantic critics, the film was fully embraced by the public, who not only made it a box office smash to the tune of nearly $500 million worldwide, but also thoroughly enjoyed it, as evident by mu

The Film: Legendary filmmaker Milos Forman only gave us a dozen narrative feature films throughout the course of his illustrious career, but within that stunning filmography are classics such as "The Fireman's Ball," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (which earned him his first Oscar for Best Director), and "Amadeus" (one of the greatest films ever made, and one that earned him a second Oscar). At the tail end of his career, armed with a screenplay by Scott Alexander and Larr

The Film: In the pantheon of films with shocking endings, you'd no doubt find many of the usual suspects, such as "The Sixth Sense," the original "Planet of the Apes," "Psycho," and, ironically, "The Usual Suspects." Another that you'd very likely see on that list is Richard Fleischer's 1973 classic dystopian thriller "Soylent Green" (Based on the novel "Make Room! Make Room!" by Harry Harrison), starring Oscar winner Charlton Heston and Honorary Oscar recipient Edward G. Rob

The Films: There are very few people who can claim to have achieved such monumental global success as an action star as the great Jackie Chan. His incredible martial arts skills & prowess have been entertaining audiences for several decades, starting all the way back in the '60s, followed by his major breakout in Asia in the late '70s, and further still with his introduction to the US in the '90s. To celebrate this phenomenal icon, Arrow Films has assembled a collection of si

The Films: Back in 1992, a little video game called "Mortal Kombat" was unleashed and instantly became an insanely popular phenomenon. Utilizing an intriguing photo-realistic style that had actors standing in for its characters, this little fighting game also became a rather controversial one among parents for its use of blood (though obviously quite tame to what would follow in the proceeding decades), leading to it being omitted from certain versions of the home port. It wo

The Film: It would take quite a while to add up the number of times that the classic "Robin Hood" legend has been adapted for film & television, but it would probably be more than fair to say that the most highly-regarded has always been the beloved 1938 masterpiece "The Adventures of Robin Hood," starring Errol Flynn. Other notable versions also include the delightful Disney adaptation from 1973, "Robin and Marian" from 1976, and the 1991 film "Robin Hood" with Patrick Bergi

The Film: Director John Badham is another one of those directors whose name you might not recognize right off the top of your head, but whose work you are more thank likely familiar with, work that includes such classics as "Saturday Night Fever," "Dracula (1979)," "WarGames," and "Short Circuit." One of his projects that you don't hear a lot of talk about nowadays is his 1983 actioner "Blue Thunder," which involved a little bit of intrigue and a whole lot of helicopters flyi

The Film: Throughout his remarkable career, director Joe Dante has given us many films that have gone on to be considered classics, including "Gremlins," "Gremlins 2: The New Batch," "The Howling," and "The 'Burbs." However, another one of these classics that perhaps doesn't get mentioned as much as his other work is a little sci-fi adventure called "Innerspace," which has had a mixed reception from critics over the years, but which found great success with audiences when it

The Film: In the early 2000s, Asian horror was seemingly dominated by Japan, who gave us such popular works as "Ju-On: The Grudge," "Pulse," "Dark Water," and more, but that hardly stopped others from getting in on the horror craze, including South Korea and Hong Kong. In fact, it's from the latter of these that we received an intriguing entry in the genre also considered by many to be a classic called "The Eye," written and directed by The Pang Brothers (Danny Pang Phat and