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 […]
Year: 2015
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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 […]
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The 20 Best Movie Remakes of All Time
Remakes of films, particularly by those in Hollywood, have a poor reputation of being cheap and sloppy movies made to cash in on the success of the original. While, unfortunately this is true for the majority of these films, many directors manage to revive the plot of a film successfully and put a new spin […]
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26 Great Movies from National Film Registry You Need To Watch (Part I)
The fact of the United States being a relatively young country may well have something to do with the contiguous fact that the country is often a bit slow to recognize and preserve key artifacts from its history such as buildings, documents,artworks and other things which provide of record of how and why the country […]
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10 Enigmatic Movies Benefit From Repeated Viewings
Cinema transports audiences into the minds of its director. We experience the director’s vision and depiction of the story. Most contemporary directors and production companies are under the assumption that the modern audiences lack the intelligence to construct their own interpretation and meanings behind what is happening visually and aurally and therefore usually rely on […]
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12 Essential Films For An Introduction To New Norwegian Cinema
Norwegian cinema is riding a brand new wave internationally. A growing amount of directors and actors are being exported, while back home we are finally getting used to the excitement of seeing our own productions not only partaking in festivals, but also receiving awards while there. Meanwhile distribution rights to popular Norwegian films have become […]