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The world of martial arts cinema has been a major part of popular culture for many decades now. It essentially began to sweep across the world in the early 70s with such movies as Five Fingers of Death (1972) and Bruce Lee’s breakout smash Enter The Dragon (1973) as well as the hit TV series Kung Fu (1972-75) which starred David Carradine as an Asian-American shaolin priest who must flee [read...] 
It will come as no surprise for us to say that we can’t wait to see Quentin Tarantino‘s latest film Django Unchained when it hits theaters next December. In the meantime we’ve decided to put together a special list of films that we think will get Tarantino geeks in the right frame of mind for what they’ll be seeing when Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz ride across the silver screen. [read...] 
No siree, these aren’t your everyday do-gooders that pull cats out of trees and help old ladies cross the street. These are the dark, scarred, lone scavengers of film. They are also some of the all time coolest complex, mysterious characters who blur a grey line between what we consider “good” and “bad”. They are the Furious Anti-Heroes of Cinema! Name: Joe Manco/”Blondie” Occupation: Bounty Killer Director Sergio Leone’s “Dollars [read...] 
Unlike post-apocalyptic films which Seb covered HERE, the dystopian subgenre focuses on a world that has been dramatically changed due to such problems as failing economy, over crowding, crime, bio-chemical plagues and religion. The opposite of a utopia (paradise), these societies are usually extremely repressed and run under Governmental, Alien and Corporate based law. The dystopian movies offer audiences yet another kind of excitement from seeing twisted, alternate versions of [read...] 
One of our first posts here at FC was the special feature Pistoleers & Pioneers in which we chose 20 westerns that were split up in two parts: classics and modern films. What’s always been so cool about Westerns is the fact there are many different kinds to discover, from the B-movies to major Hollywood studio classics to the Italian re-inventions and even things like genre hybrids that might’ve added [read...] 
A genre very dear to my cineast heart is post-apocalyptic cinema. Among dystopic art in general, this genre lives off its lawlessness, the stylistic palette, and the cinematic potential of the settings it offers. Much like the western, post-apocalyptic cinema is a genre that has its own laws, its own heroes, its own stories and legends, and its own mythical universe. You could say that the two are intrinsically similar. [read...] 
Happy Holidays from your favorite mad as hell movie geeks at Furious Cinema! Every year during the holiday season we’re subjected to the same old line up of holiday films on TV, you know the drill: It’s A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Frosty The Snowman, A Christmas Story etc. While all of these are entertaining movies that convey the festive spirit of the season, [read...] 
When Peter introduced 10 really furious and entertaining road movies a few days back, I said to myself, road movies have always been one of my all time favorite sub genres. What road movies accomplish is a certain balance between movement and permanence. There is a plethora of locations, but at the same time, the location stays the same: it can be a car, a motorcycle or a trailer, which [read...] 
The typical war movie is usually about soldiers that fight to uphold democracy and justice in the face of tyranny and focuses on the themes of honor and duty to country. Last Memorial Day in honor of all fallen soldiers we put together a 50 Furious War Film List which contained a nice selection of our favorite WWII, Korean Conflict and Vietnam movies. FC’s Sebastian previously covered another subgenre of [read...] 
The basic definition of a Vigilante is: “a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate); or a self-appointed doer of justice”. In the world of cinema the vigilante has been one of the most popular character types. From B-movies to big budget films these kinds of stories about people who go on personal, ‘mad as [read...] |
   
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