2015 featured a glut of glorious films with a staggering stylistic variety. While it’s often the blockbuster releases and large studio fare that gets most of the attention the following list looks at some of the more indie-derived and arthouse fare, with some genre films and documentaries, too. While this list is lacking in the […]
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The 10 Best Beatles Movies of All Time
By 1964, many pop and rock n’ roll artists had already taken a diversion into celluloid, although largely without critical acclaim. Being The Beatles, and finding the films of Cliff and Elvis fairly embarrassing, the Fab Four wanted theirs to be credible. ‘’We wanted ours to be good,’’ said Paul McCartney. Demand for a Beatles […]
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The 10 Worst Horror Movie Remakes of The Last Decade
There’s been somewhat of a growing assumption that film studios are out of ideas. People claim that there are more reboots, sequels, and spin-offs than creative new ideas. Whether that’s true or not is up for debate. However, there’s no denying that horror films are frequent victims of reboots and remakes. Some assume that this […]
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10 Lessons ‘Pulp Fiction’ Can Teach You About Scriptwriting
Pulp Fiction is still a frequent feature on many scriptwriting and favourite film lists. Perhaps it doesn’t quite seem it like it but well over 20 years have passed since the film’s release in 1994. Earning many accolades and rave reviews for best screenplay, for many, the film and its scriptwriter Quentin Tarantino’s style (it […]
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The 10 Best Asian Movies That Inspired Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino is a unique case among the world of filmmaking for a number of reasons. The first is his ability to combine cult aesthetics, themes, and notions with commercial success, thus providing him fans from both “underground” and mainstream audiences. The second is his outspoken love for watching movies, in contrast to other filmmakers […]
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The 30 Best European Films of The 1990s
Every ending affords a new beginning. The classic era of the European art house film finally came to a complete end in the 1980s with the death and/or retirement of most of the key figures of that time and with the changes in technology which doomed the traditional art house as a theater going experience […]