In 2007, cult directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino surprised us with Grindhouse. This is a double feature film in the tradition of seventies B-movies, think exploitation and stalker films. The concept of grindhouse movies was usually a subordinate narrative containing plot holes, vicious killers
The eighties spawned many great popcorn movies like Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop and Fast Times at Ridgemont High by first time director Amy Heckerling. Fast Times is considered one of the first high school movies, together with the musical Grease, way before the genre was revived by Clueless
We all love the 1980 comedy Airplane! The disaster movie spoof starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd ‘Father of The Dude’ Bridges and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became an instant classic. The film launched the career of Jim Abrahams who went to direct the Hot Shots and
Until the 88th Academy Awards in 2016 Leonardo DiCaprio was the laughing stock of Hollywood. The famous star of Titanic and The Great Gatsby was nominated five times for his acting performances but missed the golden statue four times. DiCaprio was first nominated before the age