Legendary film composer Ennio Morricone recently shared his assessment of the current state of film music. The maestro is not impressed. Speaking with The Guardian, Morricone complained that the quality of motion picture scores has deteriorated and that he has “suffered a lot” watching recent films because of it. Further, he places responsibility for this […]
Month: June 2015
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The 30 Greatest Plot Twists in Movie History
“Spoiler alert”. A good plot twist can turn a good movie into an excellent one, but an awesome plot twist turns a movie into part of cinema history. This list contains some of the greatest plot twists ever created for a film, while others are just awesome and audiences can’t avoid loving them. This list […]
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The 10 Best Ralph Fiennes Movie Performances
Fiennes’s career has been so free-spirited and unforeseeable that we have seen him playing in a romantic comedy with Jennifer Lopez in one moment and then delivering an acclaimed performance as Lord Voldemort in the next. With his electrifying gaze and menacing charisma he has always mesmerised filmmakers, other actors and audiences. Fiennes was born […]
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10 High-Concept Political Satire Films That Are Worth Viewing
When a filmmaker wants to make a political statement or take a stand on a social issue, they have to translate it for the medium. Politicians make speeches, filmmakers make films — otherwise they are just making a stump speech. They can fold it into a narrative, such as a political thriller (The Manchurian Candidate, […]
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15 Great Movies That The Critics Got Wrong
The critics aren’t always right. Well, at least the first time. Plenty of films that are now considered the best of all time or are crowd favorites received mixed to horrible reviews upon release. Many of them did not do well at the box office either. Over time, sometimes a few years, sometimes decades, they […]
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10 Horror Movies That Shamelessly Ripped Off ‘Jaws’
The Golden Turkey Awards by Harry and Michael Medved is a fabulous celebration of all that is great about Bad Cinema. Directors like Herschell Gordon Lewis and Ray Dennis Steckler were finally given their due, albeit not in the most flattering manner. Unmoved perhaps by the unique charms of Blood Feast, 2000 Maniacs and The […]