The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, once said that if a filmmaker is ever in a slump as to what will be the next hit movie, they should look for a hit play. If only the Hollywood of 21st felt that way. Studio writers would have to develop compelling characters and storylines that were raw […]
Month: August 2015
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10 Great Movies That Blur The Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact
Most of us love a great science fiction movie. We can sit in the cinema for 2 hours and totally forget about the reality that awaits us outside. For these two hours, we are in a world of the unbelievable & unimaginable. As exhilarating as these films are, even more exciting is thinking of the […]
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15 Great Films That Let Your Eyes Do The Editing
Since the birth of cinema the average shot length (ASL) of films has been getting shorter and shorter, and when we talk about ASL (if you don’t know) we’re talking about how long a shot lasts before cutting. The lower the ASL, the more separate shots a film contains. To give you a practical example, […]
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13 Great Movies That Will Make You Completely Depressed
This is a very subjective list which does not aspire to a universal or official cataloging of its topic. It’s an assembly of movies which compiles some features and peculiarities which provoke a certain feeling of despair in the spectator. This includes striking emotions which haunt the viewer before the film is a memory. There […]
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The 15 Greatest Nicole Kidman Movie Performances
Only a small number of actresses make as diverse and bold range of choices as Nicole Kidman. Her elegance, fearlessness and passion bring an incredible mix of old Hollywood with modern sensibility. She has spent the last two and a half decades swinging between extremely brave (e.g. she has never used a body double for […]
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20 Great Movies about The Complexity of Women
In the last few years we have seen the number of complains about the lack of good female roles increase. Audiences are not satisfied with the archetypes, that once were considered the norm, for portraying women in cinema and are looking for movies in which the woman isn’t exclusively an accessory. Recently there has been […]