http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:24:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-silent-films-the-artist/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-silent-films-the-artist/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:16:07 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53518 The Artist? Did you know silent films have been around for a long time that put The Artist to shame? What? Don't believe me? Well let me take you on a journey back in time, going as far back as 1915 and as recent as 2002 to offer up ten films any fan of The Artist should be sure and watch. Not to mention the rest of you too!]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-silent-films-the-artist/feed/ 28 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/quentin-tarantino-delivers-top-ten-no-eleven-no-twelve-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/quentin-tarantino-delivers-top-ten-no-eleven-no-twelve-2011/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:33:52 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53054 Midnight in Paris the best film of 2011, but his "Nice Try" and "Worst of" lists may interest you more.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/quentin-tarantino-delivers-top-ten-no-eleven-no-twelve-2011/feed/ 27 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-1-10/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-1-10/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:43:17 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52344 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-1-10/feed/ 49 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-11-20/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-11-20/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:55:39 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52539 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-11-20/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-21-30/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-21-30/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:42:23 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52476 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-21-30/feed/ 9 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/15-biggest-flops-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/15-biggest-flops-2011/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:14:20 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52413 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/15-biggest-flops-2011/feed/ 31 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-31-40/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-31-40/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:16:04 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52402 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-40-anticipated-films-2012-31-40/feed/ 20 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-movies-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-movies-2011/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:40:50 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52236 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-movies-2011/feed/ 68 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-worst-movies-2011-part-two-list/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-worst-movies-2011-part-two-list/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:08:07 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52157 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-worst-movies-2011-part-two-list/feed/ 81 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-worst-movies-2011-part/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-worst-movies-2011-part/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:18:19 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52137 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-worst-movies-2011-part/feed/ 35 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/commercials-david-fincher/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/commercials-david-fincher/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:23:48 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49419 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/commercials-david-fincher/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/music-videos-david-fincher/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/music-videos-david-fincher/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:22:47 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49406 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/music-videos-david-fincher/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-twelve-christmas-holiday-movies/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-twelve-christmas-holiday-movies/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:07:31 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51473 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-twelve-christmas-holiday-movies/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-movie-tattoos/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-movie-tattoos/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:08:14 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51398 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from David Fincher heads toward theaters I decided to take a look back at my favorite tattoos from movie history. I've listed several along with a list of five I consider the best of all-time.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-movie-tattoos/feed/ 26 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-career-pick-up/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-career-pick-up/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:01:15 +0000 Kevin Blumeyer http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49705 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-career-pick-up/feed/ 32 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-anticipated-films-november-december-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-anticipated-films-november-december-2011/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:23:55 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49556 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-anticipated-films-november-december-2011/feed/ 26 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-100-british-films-ever-empire-magazine/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-100-british-films-ever-empire-magazine/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:22:30 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47745 Lawrence Of Arabia, The Red Shoes and even Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2. Click through and begin the debate...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-100-british-films-ever-empire-magazine/feed/ 35 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rules-real-steel-great-family-films-pack-crowds/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rules-real-steel-great-family-films-pack-crowds/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:16:50 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47570 Real Steel hitting theaters this weekend and the likes of The Lion King in 3D and Dolphin Tale topping the domestic box-office the last three weeks in a row, family films are obviously a hit this fall. This prompted Bill to wonder, what exactly does it take to score a winner with the family?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rules-real-steel-great-family-films-pack-crowds/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-crazy-learned-guillermo-del-toros-mimic-directors-cut-audio-commentary/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-crazy-learned-guillermo-del-toros-mimic-directors-cut-audio-commentary/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:51:22 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46495 Mimic was marred with production issues and after listening to his new audio commentary on the director's cut Blu-ray I have selected the nine most interesting nuggets of information about the film that helped shape not only Mimic, but del Toro ever since.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-crazy-learned-guillermo-del-toros-mimic-directors-cut-audio-commentary/feed/ 12 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-baseball-movies-all-time/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-baseball-movies-all-time/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:35:50 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46363 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-baseball-movies-all-time/feed/ 36 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-anticipated-films-2011-toronto-international-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-anticipated-films-2011-toronto-international-film-festival/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:24:16 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45976 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-anticipated-films-2011-toronto-international-film-festival/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/10-watch-september-2011-oscar-race-kicks-high-gear/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/10-watch-september-2011-oscar-race-kicks-high-gear/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:17:21 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45742 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/10-watch-september-2011-oscar-race-kicks-high-gear/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/10-hollywood-learned-summer/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/10-hollywood-learned-summer/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:18:11 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45268 actually learned their lesson or if it's one they should have learned, but likely didn't...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/10-hollywood-learned-summer/feed/ 40 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/favorite-death-final-destination-franchise/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/favorite-death-final-destination-franchise/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:45:15 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44717 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/favorite-death-final-destination-franchise/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-list-worst-excuses-bad-movies/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-list-worst-excuses-bad-movies/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:10:46 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=43030 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-list-worst-excuses-bad-movies/feed/ 55 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/20-anticipated-movies-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/20-anticipated-movies-2011/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:25:16 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=42949 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/20-anticipated-movies-2011/feed/ 29 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/best-and-worst-movies-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/best-and-worst-movies-2011/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:29:32 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=42906 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/best-and-worst-movies-2011/feed/ 68 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/in-my-opinion-natalie-portmans-top-six-films/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/in-my-opinion-natalie-portmans-top-six-films/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:17:22 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=38899 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/in-my-opinion-natalie-portmans-top-six-films/feed/ 22 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-previously-released-films-id-pay-to-see-if-theyd-been-shot-in-3d/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-previously-released-films-id-pay-to-see-if-theyd-been-shot-in-3d/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:49:18 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=38749 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-previously-released-films-id-pay-to-see-if-theyd-been-shot-in-3d/feed/ 29 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-most-disappointing-movies-of-2010/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-most-disappointing-movies-of-2010/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:09:45 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=35028 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-most-disappointing-movies-of-2010/feed/ 47