Filmsite

Filmsite is a film-review website established in 1996 by senior editor and film critic-historian Tim Dirks, and has been solely managed and edited by him.

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The first (and best) theatrical feature film that starred Charles M. Schultz's famed Peanuts comic-strip character Charlie Brown was A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) - with important life's lessons told in a simple & charming way. Filmsite's review is at https://t.co/TtCFa7JSK5

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Director David Lean's adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations (1946) has been acclaimed as one of the finest British films of all-time. A visual treat with Oscar-winning B/W cinematography. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/rohR5qNWpi

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Charlie Chaplin's controversial political (anti-war) black comedy The Great Dictator (1940), his first all-talking feature film, satirized world conditions and fascism at the start of World War II. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/Dh2mKfSj9K

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Take a few moments to revisit one of the most popular films of the late 70s - Grease (1978) - a romantic comedy and quintessential pop musical with a 50s score. See Filmsite's extensive (illustrated) review at https://t.co/XvcuBPlA5t

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French director Jean Renoir's Nazi-banned, anti-war dramatic masterpiece Grand Illusion (1937) was the first foreign language film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture; see Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/fEHYUSz9LH

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94 years ago, this was the Best Picture winner - MGM's star-studded Grand Hotel (1932), with stars of the day: Garbo, Barrymore (two), Beery, and Crawford, etc. - it's a great way to get a glimpse into the bygone past; see Filmsite's illustrated review at https://t.co/ZHtfacUZzl

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FILMSITE is celebrating its 30th Birthday!! Wow!! Think about how long ago that was. On May 30, 1996, https://t.co/TQyOMH2l3l was registered as a domain, and created as a small non-profit website by one film enthusiast, Tim Dirks. Please visit https://t.co/tTBvkvfjxn to see more

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Take a look at Filmsite's ROBOTS IN FILMS: History - an extensive compilation with hundreds of examples of significant robots, androids, and cyborgs in the movies, with screenshots, film synopses, and detailed descriptions of the robotic characters. See https://t.co/9tW2UR8iIe

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Filmsite's current featured article is "The Greatest Film Characters of All-Time" - an illustrated listing of hundreds of the best award-winning, enduring, multi-dimensional and memorable characterizations in the movies. See: https://t.co/z5MH9ISwLq

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Filmsite features one of the largest, most comprehensive collections of historical information about the Academy Awards (the Oscars) on the Web, from 1929 to the present. See a complete analysis of the Oscars for this year's crop of 2025 films at https://t.co/WqPs1fwtlK

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Director Brian DePalma's and Universal's over-the-top, bloody and violent gangster epic remake Scarface (1983) included themes of crime, corruption and gross materialistic excess, with Al Pacino starring - see Filmsite's (detailed & illustrated) review at: https://t.co/VudyF8mNcM

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Are you able to accurately guess the biggest box-office film flops or bombs of all time? If you visit this link, you will be able to see the latest revised box-office results (adjusted for inflation) to provide an answer. See Filmsite's Summary Chart at: https://t.co/Qt4Z0WsAev

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Director John Carpenter's R-rated horror sci-fi action cult film They Live (1988) was a subversive, prophetic film about a societal conspiracy of disguised aliens taking over Earth while posing as members of the upper ruling class. Filmsite's review here: https://t.co/4PvMPti7VV

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Director Arthur Penn's directorial debut feature film was The Left Handed Gun (1958), a revisionist, biographical and psychological western starring Paul Newman, portraying the young renegade, gunslinging outlaw "Billy the Kid"; see Filmsite's review: https://t.co/ukbZteVZJc

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The popular, R-rated coming-of-age cult film Heathers (1989) - a murder-related dark black comedy about high-school cliques, school violence, teen suicide, bullying, and peer pressure was exceptionally subversive and controversial. See Filmsite's review: https://t.co/RgkErRvipf

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Although a very campy cult film, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) is a surprisingly entertaining 80's horror comedy about an ex-TV show hostess who abruptly quit and traveled to a conservative small town, but found herself ostracized -Filmsite's review: https://t.co/ldR0i11Jpn

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Troma's cheesy, low-budget (at $475,000-$1 million), 82 minute exploitational splatter cult movie, The Toxic Avenger (1984), isn't for everyone; the R-rated action-packed superhero comedy-horror cult film has its charms, however; see Filmsite's review: https://t.co/f7pHFKZxTd

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Do you think Paramount Pictures' crazy and wacky, absurdist musical comedy and cult film Wayne's World (1992) about two slackers (Mike Myers & Dana Carvey) with their own basement public-access TV show, remains funny? See Filmsite's review: https://t.co/ziyrMD9ih6