It’s a proven and well known fact that Hollywood and English speaking cinema in general attracts actors, directors and screenwriters alike. It’s like a giant honey pot that draws in the best of what the rest of the world has to offer. Everybody comes to this world in order to „make it” and become successful. […]
Month: June 2015
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The 20 Best Action Movies of The 21st Century So Far
Like horror, there’s a universality to the action genre that transcends language and culture. I find that the best action films engage viewers despite the plot. As someone who grew up in the east (sort of), I had access to the best of Hollywood, but also Asia and Europe as well. Even seeing foreign language […]
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The 25 Best Revisionist Westerns of All Time
Traditionally, the Hollywood Western was one of the most preeminent and stirring of genres. Set in the late 19th century, attentive to Old West myth-making, folk heroes, and morality tales, it was an altogether American invention. In Hollywood’s Golden Age the Western was exceedingly popular, nothing else was as rootin’, tootin’, and crowd pleasin’. Directors […]
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10 Great Nostalgic Films That Are Worth Your Time
From authentic 50s diners to renaissance fairs, it seems that wherever we turn, someone is cashing in on the notion that the past is something to be experienced again. To do so, one must make the past attractive, or at least highlight its more alluring aspects. Still, what works for some, doesn’t work for all: […]
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10 Great First Movies Made by Directors Before The Age of 28
A director is often supposed to be someone of experience with several working years in the film business and who uses the knowledge acquired through time to excel at making fine films. Sometimes there are cases where the strength and irreverence of youth, combined with talent, genius, and inventive power, can replace the old shaman […]
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The 21 Best Movies About The Holocaust
Film is a medium that is able to capture history as it happened and preserve the images of the past. Hence, since its invention, it has been an instrumental means of recording the most important events of human history, especially the atrocities of war. Besides documenting however, film also offers the opportunity to construct entirely […]