When it comes to watching great films, duration frankly should not matter. A great movie is great no matter its length. But let’s face it, busy schedules these days can keep us from tackling epics. As our attention spans get ever shorter, an 85-minute runtime might look at a whole lot sweeter than a 145-minute […]
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The 25 Greatest Directorial Debuts by Actors-Turned-Directors
Art is not an exact science. Artists are not people that can be tied down to a single spot and execute a job according to some fix parameters. Artists need to explore, push their boundaries and go places they’ve never gone before. In cinema the ultimate goal seems to be directing. A lot of screenwriters, […]
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10 Movies ‘Rescued’ By Their Musical Scores
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 […]
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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, […]