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Time for a dance-off! Netflix has rounded out the cast of Lena Khan’s film “Best of the Best,” set in the world of competitive Bollywood dance.

Chaneil Kular (“Sex Education”), Ankur Rathee, Shreya Navile, Becky Alex, Nihar Duvvuri (“John Proctor Is The Villain”), Nico Greetham (“The Prom”), Amryn Khurana (“Legends”), Tanishq Joshi, Lilly Singh (“The Muppets Mayhem”), Sasha Bhasin, Janina Gavankar and Saara Chaudry (“The Muppets Mayhem”) join the ensemble cast alongside previously announced stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Priyanka Kedia and Hasan Minhaj.

The film follows two childhood best friends, Maya and Anjali, who join their college’s competitive Bollywood dance team only to discover that the road to winning the national championship is far more raucous and cutthroat than they ever imagined.

Tanishq Joshi, Shreya Navile, Saara Chaudry, Nihar Duvvuri, Nico Greetham, Chaneil Kular, Becky Alex and Amryn Khurana Pradyum Ghatodi / Scott Sapp / Courtesy / Amy Keum / Luke Fontana / Patch Bell...

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is adding another film to her resume!

It was recently announced that the 23-year-old Never Have I Ever star will return to Netflix in a Bollywood movie titled Best of the Best, according to Variety.

She joins Hasan Minhaj in the upcoming film, and it also reunites her with director Lena Khan, who directed several episodes of Never Have I Ever.

Keep reading to find out more…

Also new to the cast is Priyanka Kedia.

Best of the Best was co-written by Hasan and Prashanth Venkataramanujam, and follows “two childhood best friends, Maya and Anjali, who join their college’s competitive Bollywood dance team only to discover that the road to winning the national championship is far more raucous and cutthroat than they ever imagined.”

“my body is sore but my heart is full...

Let’s dance! Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia (“Everything To Me”) have joined Hasan Minhaj (“Patriot Act”) in the Netflix Bollywood comedy feature “Best of the Best.”

Lena Khan (“Flora & Ulysses”) will direct the film from a script by Minhaj and Prashanth Venkataramanujam. Khan also previously directed several episodes of the Ramakrishnan-led series “Never Have I Ever” for the streamer.

The film follows two childhood best friends, Maya and Anjali, who join their college’s competitive Bollywood dance team only to discover that the road to winning the national championship is far more raucous and cutthroat than they ever imagined.

On many college campuses, dance teams have emerged as spaces for South Asian community building and cultural connection. The dance competition circuit brings teams from different parts of the country together to showcase their talents and perform to determine who is, as the film’s title puts it,...

Anyone who’s seen Never Have I Ever already knows that Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Freakier Friday) is the best of the best. But now, it’s official: The actor will star in the upcoming dance-based comedy film Best of the Best alongside Priyanka Kedia (Everything To Me) and Hasan Minhaj (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj).

Dance teams have emerged as a space for South Asian community building and cultural connection on many college campuses. Best of the Best will follow two childhood best friends, Maya (Ramakrishnan) and Anjali (Kedia), who join their college’s competitive Bollywood dance team only to discover that the road to winning the national championship is far more raucous and cutthroat than they ever imagined.

Best of the Best celebrates the vibrancy of Bollywood fusion dance, the growing pains of young adulthood, and the lasting power of friendship. Lena Khan (Flora & Ulysses), who directed four episodes of...

For over 50 years, the late James Earl Jones' name in the credits of a film was reason enough to devote a couple of hours to a movie. Was it always a satisfying two hours? As someone who sat through "Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold," "Three Fugitives," and "Soul Man," I can confidently say no.

This is more than fine. Jones was a working actor who took the "work" part seriously. As he told journalist Joe Leydon in 1989, "This is my profession. I do need to make a living at it, because I can't make a living any other way." So, when you're not getting offered, say, "The Great White Hope" every time out, you roll up your sleeves and do some time on the sets of "Blood Tide," "Best of the Best," and "Excessive Force" with no apologies. Those paychecks keep you afloat while you wait for...

DC has officially given Black Canary her WWE moment, throwing her into the ring for an epic showdown against the legendary Lady Shiva. It’s a battle to settle, once and for all, who reigns as the ultimate hand-to-hand fighter in the DC Universe. Fans should start placing their bets now, because the full release of this thrilling issue is just around the corner.

The comic also mirrors other iconic elements of WWE culture, including the classic face-off before the fight...

Set for release on November 27, 2024, Black Canary: Best of the Best #1 by Tom King, Ryan Sook, Dave Stewart, and Clayton Cowles will launch Dinah Lance’s new solo series. This mini-series will pit the iconic Justice League hero against Sandra Wu-San, better known as one of the deadliest assassins in the DC Universe.

Each issue will focus on a round between Black Canary and Lady Shiva, with six issues in total.

"Cobra Kai" is a show with an absolutely massive ensemble cast. Sure, there are a few key characters that the Netflix series follows quite religiously -- mainly "The Karate Kid" holdovers Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), as well as various close associates, family members, and sworn enemies that trickle in over time. However, as new kids join the assorted dojos and old characters from the franchise return, there are soon dozens of named characters crane kicking each other around the San Fernando Valley. 

With so many people in the mix, it's only natural for the occasional combatant to drop entirely out of the picture. Take Aisha Robinson (Nichole Brown), who's a "Cobra Kai" mainstay for the show's early episodes, but moves out of the neighborhood after the big school fight near the end of the sophomore season. As major "Cobra Kai" character Samantha Larusso's (Mary Mouser) best friend,...

Friends of Sally Kirkland are rallying around the actress as she faces an “urgent need” of assistance following a series of health scares including two “life-threatening infections” and fractures in her neck, wrist and hip. Kirkland now requires a level of medical care beyond what she can afford, and those friends have launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help the 83-year-old with expenses.

The fundraiser, which went live on Monday, details Kirkland’s health crisis and claims that her situation has been exacerbated by controversial changes made to SAG-AFTRA’s health plan for senior guild members and the 2007 market crash that claimed the “bulk of her investments” and the money she earned during the peak years of her career.

“This past year Sally fractured her four bones in her neck, right wrist and her left hip. While recovering she developed two separate life-threatening infections,” states the GoFundMe, which has a goal...

Peter E. Strauss, the film executive behind projects such as “The Jacket” and “Air,” died Oct. 6 at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 83.

Strauss held a number of roles over the course of his five-decade career, including most recently, executive vice president of Mandalay Pictures and previously president of Lions Gate Entertainment. At Mandalay, he oversaw the financing and distribution for film and television titles. Strauss is credited with contributing to the growth of independent cinema through his involvement in foreign sales and off-balance-sheet financing for independent films.

Strauss joined Lionsgate in 1998, overseeing U.S. operations for the company. During his time there, Lionsgate evolved its independent film production and distribution. Prior to this role, Strauss had worked at International Movie Group, where he produced and executive produced over 30 films as president, CEO and chairman, including the “Best of the Best” series, “Buster” with Phil Collins, and “Cadence” starring...

Aisha Robinson's absence in Cobra Kai season 3 was explained by her moving to a new school following the school brawl in season 2. Sam mentions in season 6 that Aisha was accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz, showing her character's progress. Fans speculate that Aisha may make a return in the final episodes of season 6, possibly in the upcoming Sekai Taikai tournament.

Cobra Kai slowly forgot about Aisha Robinson, but season 6 has subtly revealed what has happened to her since she left. There are dozens of characters in Cobra Kai, and it seemed for a time that new ones were coming in from all directions. This made it difficult to keep track of everyone's stories, and, as a result, Aisha fell to the wayside. Actor Nicole Brown didn't return to the Netflix series in season 3, which was a significant disappointment since Aisha was a well-loved original character. However, she...

Peacock has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the streaming service in July. The Peacock July 2024 schedule includes Back to Black, The Dirty D Season 3, The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge, Love Island USA Season 6, the Paris 2024 Olympics, Those About to Die, and WWE Money in the Bank.

This month’s slade includes the streaming debut of Back to Black, starring Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse, the professional wrestling event WWE Money in the Bank, and Those About to Die, an epic drama from Roland Emmerich and starring Anthony Hopkins that explores the gladiatorial competitions of ancient Rome.

Are you craving even more action? You can tune into The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge, the natural world’s first reality competition series narrated by Rhys Darby (Our Flag Means Death). The three-episode series follows Alaska’s Katmai...

In 1989, the movie Best of the Best had a somewhat abbreviated run in theaters. Only grossing a mere $1.7 million, the movie was a major hit on home video and cable. That’s why, three years later, a sequel, Best of the Best 2, hit theaters… for a while. While the first film has maintained a certain cult status, the sequel, and the two more that followed, have been largely forgotten – until now on this edition of The Best Movie You Never Saw.

Best of the Best 2 came from the same creative team behind the original, including director Robert Radler and producer/ star Phillip Rhee. Intriguingly, it was co-written by a TV actor of the time named John Allen Nelson, who starred on Baywatch for a few seasons, played Paul The Wine Guy on Friends, and has shown up as a guest actor on most of the biggest shows on TV.

Several martial arts movie sequels have managed to greatly outdo their predecessors. Martial arts films are like any other genre, in that some of their stories are specifically designed to be one-offs, while others are the beginning of a franchise. The latter tends to be a fairly common scenario, and has often led to such popular martial arts movie franchises as The Karate Kid, Kickboxer, and the Ip Man movies.

There are also numerous examples of the second installment of a martial arts movie series completely surpassing the original. In some cases, it is simply the case of a superior sequel with bigger and better action scenes being made. In other cases, part two of a martial arts franchise even ends up being so good as to become regarded as the true beginning of its respective series. Here are 10 martial arts movie sequels that are significantly better than their predecessors.

Los Angeles, April 18 (Ians) Filmmaker Lena Khan is set to direct the Bollywood comedy ‘Best of the Best’.

The Amazon Studios project, formerly titled ‘For the Culture’, chronicles the highly competitive world of collegiate Bollywood dance competitions. Comedian Hasan Minhaj, best known for his Peabody Award-winning Netflix series ‘Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj’, wrote the project with Prashanth Venkataramanujam to launch their production company, 186K Films, reports ‘Variety’.

Minhaj will also play a role in the film, which Rideback’s Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are producing, and Ryan Halprin is executive producing.

Additionally, Khan is attached to direct an adaptation of the classic children’s book ‘The Cricket in Times Square’ – about a cricket from New Jersey named Chester who lands in Manhattan after accidentally getting trapped in a picnic basket – for Spyglass.

That project remains in development.

Born in Canada and raised in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Khan graduated...

Lena Khan (“Flora and Ulysses”) is set to direct the Bollywood comedy “Best of the Best.”

The Amazon Studios project, formerly titled “For the Culture,” chronicles the highly competitive world of collegiate Bollywood dance competitions. Comedian Hasan Minhaj, best known for his Peabody Award-winning Netflix series “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj,” wrote the project with Prashanth Venkataramanujam to launch their production company, 186K Films. Minhaj will also play a role in the film, which is

Rideback’s Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are producing, and Ryan Halprin is executive producing.

Additionally, Khan is attached to direct an adaptation of the classic children’s book “The Cricket in Times Square” — about a cricket from New Jersey named Chester who lands in Manhattan after accidentally getting trapped in a picnic basket — for Spyglass. That project remains in development.

Born in Canada and raised in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Khan graduated from UCLA’s School of Theater,...

New horror film The New Hands has its world premier October 1st at Silicon Beach Film Festival held at Hollywood’s historic Chinese Theater! This trailer looks so scary!

The producers of the upcoming horror comedy feature film The New Hands are pleased to announce that the film will formally hold its World Premiere at the historic Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA on Friday October 1st at 5:00Pm as part of the Silicon Beach Film Festival.

Written and Directed by Brandon Scullion (based on his short film The New Hands), the film is produced by Scullion, Pat Kusnadi and John R. Blythe and stars Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Sally Kirkland (“Best of the Best”), Stephen Wu, Lexi Graboski and horror icon Felissa Rose (“Sleepaway Camp”).

The New Hands is the story of a man who believes cutting off his recently mangled hands and replacing them with a...

Bravo 1 will have Plinko! in his crosshairs when David Boreanaz and other Seal Team cast members bid on utterly fabulous prizes in the first of two Price Is Right primetime holiday specials.

CBS has announced that The Price Is Right at Night: A Holiday Extravaganza With the Cast of Seal Team will air Sunday, Dec. 22 at 8/7c. There, Boreanaz and a few Seal Team costars will welcome an audience full of active-duty military and veterans, while playing for Headstrong Project, a charity which provides mental health treatment for post-9/11 veterans and their families.

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Attention dance fans -- World of Dance is about to be your new favorite show!

Hosted by Step Up star Jenna Dewan Tatum and executive produced by Jennifer Lopez, the latest dance competition show premiered Tuesday on NBC, and as expected, it was highly entertaining from beginning to end.

Watch: Jennifer Lopez and Jenna Dewan Tatum Slay Fierce Dance Routine Ahead of 'World of Dance'

Joined by Dancing With the Stars alum Derek Hough and singer/dancer Neyo at the judges' table, Lopez, chic in a bright red Valentino dress and matching lip, was all smiles while meeting the first round of contestants as she made her Wod debut.

"There's been dance shows, but we wanted to create the Olympics of dance," the singer, who was formerly a judge on American Idol, explained. "This is the chance to say, 'I am the best in the world.'"

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If you haven't watched just yet, brace yourself...

Author: Dave Roper

So, we come to the end of this particular series. We’ve covered a number of aspects of the creative input into film-making, including actors, actresses, writers composers, and directors (in two parts). We’ve stopped short of costume, make-up, special effects, art design and others, however our final stop is Cinematography. The Dop exerts plenty of influence over the look of the film. Yes, lighting, production design and the director’s vision are key too, but the consistency and persistence with which certain directors stick with and return to a trusted Dop shows just how much they contribute.

Darius Khondji – Seven

Seven has a unique visual aesthetic. Plenty of films have gone for the “always raining, always dark” approach, but contrast Seven with something like AvP: Requiem for a shining example of how hard it is to pull off effectively. And contrast is the word. Seven...

Author: Dave Roper

With Actors, Directors, Actresses and Screenwriters under our collective belt and Cinematographers still to come, we presently turn our eye towards Composers, whose music lends so much to the films they work on.

As with the other lists, credit is given for not merely one or two sterling scores, but rather a consistently excellent body of work with specific stand-out films. To be blunt, this is a trickier prospect than it at first appears. Just because a film is terrific or well-loved doesn’t necessarily mean that the score is itself a standout. We begin with perhaps the most obvious and celebrated film composer of them all…..

John Williams – Star Wars

Goodness me. The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Long Goodbye, Catch Me If You Can, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Star Wars, Superman, Et, Born on the Fourth of July,...

Author: Dave Roper

Actors, Writers, Directors, they all have their part to play and all have their echelons of excellence. For every Scorsese working at the top of their game, there’s a journeyman like Peter Berg and then a hack like McG (sorry to any McG fans out there). It’s all (obviously) much the same with the greatest actresses too – some consistently hit high notes, others work faithfully but perhaps unexceptionally and others struggle to ever escape derivative and low-brow work. Here are a few who fall squarely in the first group.

Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking

Susan Sarandon is often underappreciated and underrated for her versatility. Consider the contrast between her campaigning, gracious nun in Dead Man Walking, her feisty southerner in Thelma & Louise, her boo-hiss Queen in Enchanted, the comparative gentleness (but definitely not blandness) of her roles in Robot & Frank and Elizabethtown and the oomph...

Author: Dave Roper

The Directors, The Auteurs, the Commanders of the Ship, Masters of All They Survey. This is the second of this two-part series on the greatest directors with more of cinematic luminaries under the spotlight. You can see the first part of this article here. You can catch up with the greatest writers, and the greatest actors here.

Here’s Part Two.

Howard Hawks – The Big Sleep

Hawks, like his peer Billy Wilder, proved a genre-hopping master. Like Wilder, he had his crime/noir masterpieces (Scarface, The Big Sleep) and his comedies (Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday). Hawks also did a strong line in westerns, with Red River and Rio Bravo the best known and best regarded of this latter-career focus of his. As with any director who covers a lot of thematic ground during their career, it can be difficult to choose a “Best”, as you...

Author: Dave Roper

The Directors, The Auteurs, the Commanders of the Ship, Masters of All They Survey. Too much credit is undoubtedly given to them (film is as collaborative an artistic medium as any), but at the same time they still exert incomparable influence over the end product. We’ve recently looked at writers, with whom all films originate, then to the actors, and now we turn to the greatest directors and all they do to hold the infernal enterprise together.

We can only speculate on what might have been, had Charles Laughton followed up on the unbelievable promise of his debut Night of the Hunter. But he never directed again and so is regrettably out of the running. But hopefully there remains a little something for everyone below and of course the intention is to stimulate debate so by all means add a comment for any glaring omissions.

Steven Spielberg...

Author: Dave Roper

Having scoured the ranks of actors to draw up a shortlist of the best of them and then a selection of their best work, we now move on to consider the best work by the greatest writers. This can be a harder thing to judge, given that there will often be a team of writers, or polishing work is done on a script that is otherwise someone else’s work. Quentin Tarantino did some polishing on Crimson Tide, but by contrast his script for Natural Born Killers is much less distinctively his, bearing as it does a lot of Oliver Stone’s fingerprints. What we will (try to) focus on are those writers who rather than being hacks for hire have instead crafted something all their own and seen it transition relatively unmolested to the screen.

As with the Best of the Best of the Actors, we...

Author: Dave Roper

The prospective candidates for admission to MiB were hand-picked because they were the best of the best of the best. That’s a lot of superlatives. Eric Roberts and Chris Penn were two of the more unlikely members of a Tae Kwon Do team that took on Korea in The Best of the Best and across pretty much every athletic and artistic theatre of endeavour you can think of, debate rages as to who is the best of the best. Today we look at the greatest movie actors.

This new series of articles is not intended to lay such arguments to rest. Instead it will hopefully prompt some discussion and (polite) debate as we consider, within certain film-making disciplines, who might be considered to be the best and what is their best work. Highly subjective, of course, but that is whence springs healthy debate. We’ll get to actresses,...

What jumps to mind when you hear the phrase "Quentin Tarantino movie"? Hyperviolence? A bunch of different B-movies pastiched into something new? A lot of dialogue with a lot of bad language? That one "F" word in particular? Any of those could be right, but there's another thing many of Tarantino's movies have in common: a big, meaty role for an actor who's maybe in need of a career boost. In the case of the Tarantino movie currently in theaters, The Hateful Eight, the role is that of Daisy Domergue, a wily, foul-mouthed criminal played by Jennifer Jason Leigh. Now Leigh hasn't been without work.

Bringing some serious sex appeal to it's Fall 2015 issue, V magazine recruited some of the hottest models around for their "Best of the Best" issue.

Photographed by Sebastian Faena and styled by Julia Von Boehm, the drool-inducing editorial features top models Kate Upton, Candice Swanepoel, Miranda Kerr, Lily Donaldson, Joan Smalls and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and more stripping down to sexy lingerie.

In the spread Upton poses on her back, wearing a white mesh body suit with a pair of La Perla briefs while carefully covering her chest. In another snap recently engaged Candice Swanepoel shows off her long blonde locks in pair of lace leggings and a strategically placed pillow. Not to be outdone Miranda Kerr, showed off her supermodel figure in a La Perla mesh body suit and white thong.

A few days ago, fellow users DrDoom and GliderMan posted a couple of great articles listing their favorite villains of the Marvel Films. You can read them here and here. But I thought to myself, why limit ourselves to just Marvel villains? So here are ten of the greatest — and ten of the not-so-greatest — villains from all sorts of comic book movies, from superheroes to crime dramas to Japanese manga. Disclaimer: these choices simply reflect My opinion. I'm not trying to state them as if this list is fact or anything like that ... 'cause it's not. Best Of The Best 10.) The Winter Soldier (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) Played By: Sebastian Stan I might be biased here, since I’m a big admirer of Ed Brubaker’s Captain America run. Out of all the villains from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Winter Soldier is my favorite. Yeah, you could argue...

On May 12, the Numero Group label released the massive The Best of the Best Show, a collection of Wfmu comedy Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster's prank calls. At 16 CDs and with more than 20 hours of material, one could probably add "All" to the collection's title and get away with it. Even at this size, the collection is something close to essential for fans of the duo's deadpan, often surreal comedy. "Darren and the Greasy Funk," which you can listen to below, is a prime example of what these guys do, and along with the track, we've got Scharpling and Wurster's own recollection of how the call came about. Enjoy!Tom Scharpling: Hi, Jon. The impetus for this call started with an Allen Toussaint show you went to in North Carolina, right? Jon Wurster: Yes. In August of 2007, I went to see New Orleans jazz legend Allen Toussaint...

From a crazy early Nic Cage role to a lesser-known film starring Robert De Niro, here's our pick of 25 underappreciated films from 1989...

Ah, 1989. The year the Berlin Wall came down and Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest. It was also a big year for film, with Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade topping the box office and Batman dominating the summer with its inescapable marketing blitz.

Outside the top 10 highest-grossing list, which included Back To The Future II, Dead Poets Society and Honey I Shrunk The Kids, 1989 also included a plethora of less commonly-appreciated films. Some were big in their native countries but only received a limited release in the Us and UK. Others were poorly received but have since been reassessed as cult items.

From comedies to thrillers, here's our pick of 25 underappreciated films from the end of the 80s...

25. An Innocent Man

Disney, through its Touchstone banner, had high hopes for this thriller,...

The creative team behind the bro-mantic comedy Ktown Cowboys have debuted a teaser for their movie, which is expected to release in 2015. Based off of the web-series of the same name, this comedy is set in the unique subculture of Los Angeles' Koreatown. It's a story about a group of ball-busting, hard-partying friends who are all struggling with their evolution into adulthood in their own unique but interconnected ways.

The film is directed by Daniel (Dpd) Park and written by Danny Cho (Mad TV, Parks and Recreation) and Brian Chung. Ktown Cowboys brings back five cast members from the original web-series. And it features cameo appearances by Ken Jeong (The Hangover, Community), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Hawaii Five-0), Steve Byrne (Sullivan & Sons), and Simon Rhee (Best of the Best).

Footnotes, also directed by Park and Cho, is a hilarious new weekly digital short series being released in conjunction with Ktown Cowboys...

The English-language title only hints at the hard-hitting action in the first teaser for Kung Fu Jungle, starring Donnie Yen. Directed by Teddy Chen (Bodyguards and Assassins), and formerly known as, variously, Best of the Best, Last of the Best, and Kung Fu Killer, the upcoming release also stars Wang Baoqiang (Iceman). Via Film Combat Syndicate, here's the official synopsis: A vicious killer (Wang Baoqiang) is going round Hong Kong killing top martial arts exponents. When convicted killer and kung fu expert, Xia (Donnie Yen) hears of this, he offers to help the police catch the killer, in return for his freedom. However, the canny and lethal killer eludes them again and again. Although the latter has made it quite clear that Xia would be his ultimate challenge,...

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The members of the Online Film Critics Society — of which I am one — have jointly ranked the 86 movies that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. This is our top 10:

1. The Godfather (1972)

2. Casablanca (1943)

3. The Godfather Part II (1974)

4. Sunrise (1927/28)

5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

6. It Happened One Night (1934)

7. All About Eve (1950)

8. Annie Hall (1977)

9. On the Waterfront (1954)

10. All Quiet on the Western Front (1929/30)

Links go to my reviews. The rest of the Ofcs list is at Online Film Critics Society. (You’ll see how current we can be: newly minted Best Pic 12 Years a Slave is on the list, at No. 23.)

Read more about the Oscar Best Pictures, including fascinating trivia nuggets for each Best Picture and the other nominees each were up against, in these Ofcs posts:

• “The Best of the Best Picture Oscar Winners, Part 1” (counting down from 86 to 66)

• “The Best of the Best Picture Oscar Winners, Part 2” (65 through 51)

• “The...

If you’ve paid attention to my urgent, poetic recaps of American Idol, you know we’ve arrived at my favorite time of year: the live(-ish) semifinal where a couple dozen singers with edgy haircuts and/or edgy midriff-baring tops (or both, if you’re edgy-edgy Marrialle Sellars) beg you to dial things on their behalf. It’s the esteemed Top 30 round — or as I’ve long called it, The “How Can This Be The Best Of The Best When Everybody Was Forgettable, Nervous, and Named Something Stupid?” Round. My favorite.

But I didn’t count such a stupid gimmick creeping its way into the festivities. Though 15 women qualified to perform on Tuesday’s show, only 10 would be allowed on air thanks to a mysterious prescreening round where Harry Connick Jr, Jennifer Lopez, and Paul McCartney Disguised As Sheryl Crow In The “Soak Up the Sun” Video (a.k.

Ka-li (noun): 1) One of the manifestations and cult titles of the wife of Shiva and mother goddess Devi, especially in her malevolent role as a goddess of death and destruction, depicted as black, red-eyed, blood-stained, and wearing a necklace of skulls...

2) Eskrima, Arnis and Kali are umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines ("Filipino Martial Arts," or Fma) that emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives and other bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons.

It also includes hand-to-hand combat, joint locks, grappling and weapon disarming techniques.

More and more, martial arts action sequences are becoming integral to genre filmmaking. From the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" series (1997) and Blade (1998) to The Hulk (2003) and Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), we’re seeing more and more cinematic heroes who are kickin’ ass. One commonality in all of the aforementioned films are the action choreographers/stunt people: Ron Balicki and Diana Lee Inosanto.

Chaplin's fame is such that his name has been used to sell hotel beds across California, some with only tenuous claims. Here is a selection of the most credible, well-established options

Charlie Chaplin's La: a black and white odyssey

Los Angeles Athletic Club

Chaplin lived in this downtown Los Angeles club for long periods during his first decade in California. In his autobiography, he praised its sports facilities: an Olympic-sized pool, cycling studio, squash courts, billiards room, and an indoor running track all open to hotel guests – which are still exceptional today. The bedrooms are classic, comfortable and recently redecorated, and there are vintage images around the halls of some of the sports stars who have trained here. Nearby is Cole's, the oldest public house in La, opened in 1908, which serves "French dip" (meat) sandwiches with jus on the side and pickle spears.

• +1 213 625 2211, laac.com, rooms from $170

The Culver...

While Quentin Tarentino may think Death Proof is his worst film, there.s no denying it jump-started the acting career of stuntwoman Zoë Bell, who seems to have reached her career potential in the above theatrical trailer for Josh C. Waller.s directorial debut, the woman vs. woman battle film Raze. Is it a twist on the old women-in-prison flicks, or maybe an estrogen-filled throwback to movies like Bloodsport and Best of the Best? Both? Neither? I have no idea. One thing.s for certain: this trailer, via Yahoo! Movies, looks like the best movie you could ever possibly hope to find on cable after drunkenly arriving home from a bar, needing something to watch while some kind of food is heated in the oven. It.s straight out of the 1980s, only with better effects and 30 years. worth of professional wrestling to pay attention to. No, this kind of...

Say goodbye wrinkles and hello to your fresh, rejuvenated face! It’s time to get rid of those fine lines and dark spots and allow your skin to glow the way it was always meant to! We’re spilling on some of our favorite anti-aging serums that will make you look and feel forever young!

Who doesn’t want to look younger? Well, while we’re still working on finding that fountain of youth, we’ve got some of the best serums on the market that will make you look and feel young — bye, bye wrinkles!

Best Anti-Aging Serums — Facial Rejuvenation & Skin Protection

Want a face lift without plastic surgery? You’re in luck! There are some great serums out there that will do the trick!

Knu Anti-Aging Serum has organic ingredients that will quickly repair and heal the skin. This will help to reduce the appearance of any fine lines,...

Having too many beauty products is not a problem, but organizing your collection can get quite tricky. We have compiled a handful of cosmetic bags that will make your lives much easier in the morning! Keep reading to find out about our fave organizational bags!

Picture this: you are running late for work in the Am and you can’t seem to locate your mascara anywhere! Now that is not a fun scenario! Make sure this never happens by using one of our favorite cosmetic bags — check them out below!

Makeup Bags — Best Oversized Beauty Boxes

One of the best ways to organize your many beauty products is to use a beauty organizer. One of our favorite ones is the Femme Fatale Total Tote by Cabootles, sold exclusively at Target. This tote is the ultimate organizer, fully equipped with zippered compartments, pockets, and an 8-inch handle to allow portability!

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The beach is the perfect summertime escape! But between the sun, the sand, and the surf, it can wreak total havoc on your beauty routine. To make sure you’re all ready to ride the waves this weekend, check out our top beach beauty picks!

Sure, looking like a beach goddess is basically the holy grail of beauty — but unless you’re Gisele, you probably need a little help getting the look. So, if you’re headed to the beach this weekend or this summer, make sure to pack some of our beauty essentials! We’ll make sure you’ve got a sun-kissed glow, beachy waves, and smooth skin. Check out our gallery below for all of our top picks!

Beach Beauty Must-Haves: Top Skin Saving Products

We know that we sound like a broken record at this point but please, pretty please, wear sunscreen! It’s the easiest way...

Think getting clean in the shower is all about a basic bar of soap? Think again! We’re bringing you our favorite body washes and soaps so you can make your shower the best part of your day!

As you’re well aware of by now, summer is in full swing! So that means that it’s hot out and you’re getting pretty sweaty, pretty quickly — meaning you need to shower a lot. But you also have to make sure your skin isn’t just clean — it should be moisturized and smell amazing, too! There are tons of body washes and soaps to choose from, so we’re bringing you some of our favorites to make choosing the right one for you a little easier!

Best Body Wash Picks — Sweet Scents

Of course, a body wash’s first job is to get you nice and clean — but it should also smell great,...

Sweet, sweet summertime — well, unless you’re in the middle of a recording breaking heatwave. With the humidity seriously cramping our style, we’re bringing you the best waterproof beauty picks to help you stay perfectly pretty poolside.

Seriously, HollywoodLifers, could this summer get any hotter? As if the humidity wasn’t bad enough, the constant heat has us making a bee-line for the beach or pool — which means that makeup is gone faster than you can say “air conditioning.” To help you keep your makeup in one place while you’re sweating on your way to work or cannon-balling into a pool, make sure to check out all of our waterproof beauty picks in the gallery below.

Waterproof Beauty Products: Skincare

When it’s hotter than hot and you’re consonantly trying to hit up the pool, it’s so important to make sure your skin is protected. And...

Red lips bring to mind the classic stars of Old Hollywood — think Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe. But the look has also become super modern — think more Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus. To help you figure out the best way to rock red lips, we’re bringing you some of our favorite shades and brands! Shop them below!

Stars like Selena Gomez, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, and Kim Kardashian have been seen out and about in 2013 rocking bold red lips! While some may think the look is old fashioned or only appropriate in the winter, we’re here to tell you that’s not the case at all. Red lips have become a beauty staple as of late and there are so many different ways that you can get the look! To help you narrow down your choices, we’re bringing you some of our favorite red lipsticks, pencils, and glosses.

The color of the year is still going strong, especially in beauty products! Keep reading to find out how you can apply this great emerald color to your everyday makeup by using our fave products!

It’s no secret that we all want to rock the top color of the year — whether it’s in our wardrobe, our hair, or our makeup! We want to reveal to you, HollywoodLifers, some great beauty products representing the color of the year that will make you look great! Click to shop!

2013 Pantone Color Of The Year: Top Emerald Green Eye Makeup & Nail Products

We have so much great eye makeup in this beautiful emerald color that will make your eyes look fabulous on any day! For a smooth wash of color on your eyelid, smooth on Jane Iredale Eye Gloss. It will hydrate your eyelids while providing a pop of color! If you are looking for long-lasting shimmer,...

Ryan Lambie Sep 13, 2016

Quietly released in 2009, suspense thriller The Steam Experiment may be Val Kilmer's strangest film yet. Ryan takes a closer look...

In a career spanning nearly 40 years, Val Kilmer's played Jim Morrison, Doc Holliday, Simon Templar and Batman. He was Iceman in Top Gun. He was Moses in The Prince Of Egypt, Elvis in True Romance, and the voice of Kitt in the 2008 Knightrider TV movie.

Val Kilmer's well known for these roles and many, many more - but one that somehow flew under our radar until now was that of mad global warming doomsday theorist James Pettis in the 2009 film, The Steam Experiment.

See also: the recent straight-to-dvd movies of Val Kilmer

We stumbled on the film entirely by accident one idle Sunday evening. While scrolling through the movies on Lovefilm Instant, we spotted this anonymous-sounding movie title, and were immediately taken by the...

Feature Ryan Lambie 2 Jul 2013 - 06:41

Quietly released in 2009, suspense thriller The Steam Experiment may be Val Kilmer's strangest film yet. Ryan takes a closer look...

In a career spanning 36 years, Val Kilmer's played Jim Morrison, Doc Holliday, Simon Templar and Batman. He was Iceman in Top Gun. He was Moses in The Prince Of Egypt, Elvis in True Romance, and the voice of Kitt in the 2008 Knightrider TV movie.

Val Kilmer's well known for these roles and many, many more - but one that somehow flew under our radar until now was that of mad global warming doomsday theorist James Pettis in the 2009 film, The Steam Experiment.

We stumbled on the film entirely by accident one idle Sunday evening. While scrolling through the movies on Lovefilm Instant, we spotted this anonymous-sounding movie title, and were immediately taken by the following synopsis:

"Suspense thriller starring Val Kilmer...

Going into the Billboard Music Awards, we know three things for sure, right? 1. Taylor Swift is going to be adorkable. (And you are going to hate that. You always do.) 2. At least half a dozen times, I’m going to have to ask Google to identify an act that, because I’m a nerd who’s well past puberty, I’ve never heard of. (How am I supposed to tell Macklemore from Ryan Lewis when I still struggle with telling Hall from Oates?) And 3. the whole massive recording industry back-slap will be followed by a TVLine Top 10 countdown of the ceremony’s best and worst.

Clone High Episode 4 ‘Film Fest: Tears of a Clone’

Written by Erica Rivinoja

Aired 11/15/2002

For all of its wacky animation and pop culture references, Clone High is a very thought-out show, one which uses every single line of dialogue and inch of screen to maximum effect. A perfect example of this is ‘Film Fast’, which – like last week’s magnificent episode – manages to cram in a half-dozen different parodies in both obvious and subtle fashions, without ever losing sight of its overarching story and goals for the famous teenage clones.

But those fragments of story bookend the episode, which revolves around a film festival at Clone High, started to curb the violent rioting that began taking place after JFK won the cross country championships – though its fair to assume the N’Sync concert that was moved to the nurse’s office might’ve helped stir the shit a little bit.

Welcome back to our weekly look at the new podcasts available at our “partners in podcast crime,” the GeekCast Radio Network. As usual here’s our look at the podcasts from Gcrn, with descriptions and links to each and every one for your audio/visual pleasure!

Mwire – Episode 92 – 90s Flashback: Basic Instinct

In Episode 92 TFG1mike and MovieRevolt Dan talk about the Rated R softcore porn thriller in Basic Instinct. Ok maybe not softcore porn, but it sure felt that way when rewatching the 1992 thriller. Tune in to hear our thoughts on this classic murder mystery film, and remenber it all comes down to Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll

Off The Cuff – Episode 13 – Always On, Mostly

Episode 13 of Off the Cuff has Michael Powers, Sean Dedrick and special guest Jason Arends sharing what they’ve been playing. In the current events portion they Talk about Sonys lack of marketing,...

Article by Dan Clark

We all have our good years and we all have our bad years. The same can be said for the Oscars. There are certain years that you look at the films chosen for Best Picture and wonder if they should have just cancelled the show. Then there are the years that are so jam packed with all time greats it’s nearly impossible to go wrong when choosing the winner. Those are the years that this blog will focus on. I looked through all the Best Picture Classes to determine the Best of the Best. Overall quality, influence, and longevity were all taken into account when constructing this list of the Top 10 Best Picture Classes of All Time.

10. Class of 1959

Movies Nominated: Anatomy of a Murder, Ben-Hur, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Nun’s Story, and Room at the Top.

Best Picture Winner: Ben Hur...