We all have our own personal list for this theme, and it’s no wonder: Hollywood often gives merit where it’s not due, be it in the form of box office success or critical praise. We’re going to focus on the latter for this list, going through some names that have not been celebrated as great […]
Year: 2016
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13 Great Movie Posters You Didn’t Know Were Inspired by Famous Artworks
The film poster is in many ways a quite young and transient art form compared to others. This is mainly due to the dilemma of what exactly the poster is: marketing or art? These days it seems that the film poster has lost a lot of the more creative and artistic part of its existence. […]
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The 10 Most Disappointing Movies of Summer 2016
The summer time has been the home of blockbusters and surprise hits for decades now. We did not have the most classic summer series of blockbusters this year, but we did have a few hits (Finding Dory, Captain America: Civil War), some bombs (Ice Age: Collision Course, The Darkness) and some disappointments (see below). Here, […]
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10 Movie Sequels That Are Very Different to The Originals
With the recent release of Jason Bourne, audiences can expect much of the same as the originals: a hidden secret, a vast conspiracy, a car chase, martial arts, an evil bureaucrat and a even more evil assassin. But audiences will stick flock to see Matt Damon kick ass. Why? Because it is what they expect […]
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The 10 Best Performances in a Sidney Lumet Movie
Sidney Lumet is a director whose filmmaking career spanned exactly 50 years, starting with “12 Angry Men”, a legendary film of the golden age, and concluding with “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”, arguably one of the most underrated films of the 21st century. It is perhaps one of cinema’s great tragedies that this man […]
The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) Arrow Video Blu-ray Review
New from Arrow Video is the Blu-ray/DVD release is The Bloodstained Butterfly, a veritable masterpiece of giallo cinema that breaks away from the traditional tropes and provides a unique twist on the genre. The story involves a woman who is murdered in the park and the police investigation that follows. When a man is arrested […]