The 13 Best Movies Based on Real Toys and Games, Ranked

13. Bratz (2007) If you watchedBarbieand liked it, you might want to follow it up with its earlier doll-based rivalBratz—if only to see the stark differences. The Bratz line of fashion dolls for kids were poorly received in 2001 thanks to Ruth Handler’s Barbie monopoly on the toy market, but the urban glamour girl gang quickly built their own alternative media franchise to the dainty, girl-next-door Barbie doll. Sean McNamara’sBratzdoesn’t come close to Greta Gerwig’s recent blockbuster, but it doesn’t try to....

9 min · 1810 words · Victoria Sullivan

The 13 Best Movies Set in Boston, Ranked

13. Black Mass (2015) The Winter Hill Gang was the most prominent organized crime unit in South Boston, working in conjunction with the Irish Mob. Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill co-wrote a book about the collaboration between gang leader James “Whitey” Bulger and an FBI agent named John Connolly to take down a rival gang during the 1970s. Master of disguise Johnny Depp is unrecognizable as Whitey inBlack Massas he spearheads an ensemble cast including Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kevin Bacon, and more....

6 min · 1185 words · Jacqueline Richardson

The 13 Best Movies Set in the 1960s (Swinging Sixties)

13. Legend (2015) InLegend, Tom Hardy appears as both Reggie and Ronnie Kray, the famous twin gangsters who ran London’s East End during the 60s. He even manages to make violent crime look attractive. Reggie Kray is a charming, smooth-talking gentleman who conducts the business side of things (though not a stranger to bar fights). Ronnie Kray is a lot more unhinged, and he even starts the film locked up in a mental hospital for paranoid schizophrenia....

11 min · 2161 words · Aaron Gibson

The 13 Best Movies Set on Trains and Subways, Ranked

13. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) There have been so many Agatha Christie film adaptations over the years, and most of them have ended up swept under the rug. But a few of them have managed to stand out, including this one by Kenneth Branagh. The British actor/director shook off his Shakespeare-loving reputation in favor of another British literary figure: Agatha Christie, who popularized the whodunit subgenre back in the 1930s....

10 min · 1936 words · John Anderson

The 13 Best Movies With Incredible Wardrobe Designs

13. Sorry to Bother You (2018) Sorry to Bother Youmay not be the first film that springs to mind when it comes to costume design in cinema, but you’d understand once you’ve seen Tessa Thompson as Detroit. Detroit is the protagonist’s artist girlfriend, who uses her clothes, attitude, and homemade jewelry to make various statements—usually ones that are political in some form. Braving the spotlight of a solo art performance show, Detroit stands in nothing but a bikini made of hands....

8 min · 1594 words · Teresa Jenkins
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