Nothing seems to piss people off more than putting lists up of “the best ___” or whatever. And since we don’t mind ruffling some feathers, we’re going to start listing the most influential (to us) movies by decade. I say influential to us because these movies were an inspiration in […]
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We’re not talking about Die Hard or Lethal Weapon because that argument’s played out and we already covered that ground last year. Anyway, here are some movies we love that have Christmas moments in them. Whether or not they’re all “Christmas Movies?” That’s up for debate. Trading Places (1983) Not […]
Our favorite horror movies usually have some sort of a mystery element to them. We’d both rather have a solid and suspenseful mystery or thriller than just straight gore. So here’s a list of just that. Movies that bring a little more to the table than co-ed’s getting stabbed by […]
With Noirember right around the corner we thought we’d give you a list of movies to watch in celebration. If you couldn’t tell from our previous articles, we love film noir. And we love talking about our love of film noir almost as much as we love watching them. So […]
This is still my favorite Universal Opening – The Burbs (1989): A Brief History of Universals Founding In 1906 Carl Laemmle started one of the first motion picture studios, aka nickelodeons in Chicago. In 1908, Thomas Edison’s film company backed the “Motion Picture Trust” with the intent to monopolize the […]
On December 20, 1990 The Godfather Part III premiered in Beverly Hills. Nowadays The Godfather Part III is a forgotten mob flick thats never ends up on any best of mafia movie lists, ours included. First, I should say this article contains spoilers, I don’t usually feel bad about spoilers […]
There has always been a Gangster film. Audiences have always been seduced by crime, greed, sex, and those who walk outside the boundaries of polite society. It’s an escapism for many who have jobs and bosses they hate. Here’s the first ever Mafia film, The Black Hand (1906). It’s not […]
With today being Friday the 13th and a full moon here’s a little background on the Indie Film about our boy Jason Voorhees, star of the Camp Crystal Lake swim team. Produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, Friday the 13th was originally titled, A Long Night at Camp Blood. […]
You can’t deny the influence Mario Puzo’s The Godfather had on future creators who in turn became our influences here at American Pulps. I read The Godfather when I was in college and I loved it. But it wasn’t until much later that I found out the 1969 novel was […]
I once made the acquaintance of a man who told me he never watched a movie that was made before 1977 (because Star Wars debuted in ‘77). This shithead went to film school and he just wrote off everything made during the Golden Age of Hollywood. There’s a word that […]