Winning an Academy Award is for many actors, one of the largest forms of recognition, and a career boost as well. Statistics show that having an Oscar to your name as an actor, shows an increase in payment and movie offers. After winning an Oscar an actor can go from one great movie to the […]
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10 Great Movies With The Most Enjoyable Conversations
Conversation is one of the many gifts given to us simply by virtue of being human. From the repartee at a reunion of old friends or pillow-talk between lovers, to intimate tête–à–tête full of scandalous secrets or an all-out political talkfest, conversations are reminders of the wonder that is human interaction. In this world where […]
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The 15 Best Banned Movies of All Time
Movies that get banned say a lot about the social climate of the country the film is being prohibited in at that particular time. Some films cause public moral panic because a filmmaker has exploited the current social fears whereas others simply do not meet the required censorship guidelines set out in that particular country. […]
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20 Cult Dystopian Movies You May Have Missed
The term dystopia basically means the opposite of utopia. A utopia is deemed to be a perfect society, one with perfect or near perfect qualities. Some scholars have associated it with democracy and egalitarianism, with principles that promote equality and fairness within the society. The word and concept was first used in Sir Thomas More’s […]
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8 Legendary Movie Performances Famously Born of Actor-Director Tension
There’s an old joke actors will hear should they suffer from a mishap on the job that produces pain: “Use it.” The idea behind the joke is that a performer should tap into the physical trauma to provide energy to the requirements of an upcoming scene. But when actors and directors clash on a set, […]
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The 10 Best Movie Performances from a Bad Actor
The film industry is one of the hardest arenas to break into, let alone be respected in. These actors have gained notoriety for being some of Hollywood’s least praised. Are they bad actors? Or have they just made poor career moves (agents, collaborators, multi film deals etc.), received lacklustre direction, or settled into lazy type-casting […]