Hong Kong cinema has had an international presence since the 80s, particularly through the martial arts, wuxia and crime films, while in the 90s, arthouse films entered the equation. However, another category that is less known in its majority also asserted its own audience, chiefly among the fans of cult and CAT III. This was […]
Year: 2016
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The 15 Best Breakthrough Performances of The 2010s (So Far)
When writing lists on films, there a certain terms that are hard to define. For example, when creating a list that covers overrated films, it’s hard to define what makes something overrated. If it’s commercially successful but a critical failure, can the movie still be considered overrated? It’s things like this that make creating these […]
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The 20 Best Revenge Movies of All Time
Revenge as a theme is one of the most common in cinema and has been for the majority of its history, it’s also been the main ingredient of stories whose origin stretches back over the hundreds of years of human creativity. It’s a simple formula in its basic form; someone is wronged, hurt, killed and […]
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10 Great Fantasy Movies That Explore Female Sexuality
Little girls, this seems to say Never stop upon your way Never trust a stranger friend No-one knows how it will end As you’re pretty, so be wise Wolves may lurk in every guise Now as then, ’tis simple truth Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth. So beware. Isn’t that the message of every fairy tale […]
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The 20 Greatest Music Themes in Movie History
The significance of film music can sometimes be underplayed or completely neglected in one’s evaluation of a particular film, or in the summation of the most important components of the filmic medium. That is to say, the power of the image is sometimes apportioned disproportionate weight, to the detriment of the role that sound and […]
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The 25 Best Sci-fi Movies of The 1990s
In many ways cinema in the 1990s saw a science fiction renaissance, thanks in no small part to state-of-the-art special effects, high concept ideas, unique artistry, and big box-office. Following Taste of Cinema’s recent lists of accomplished sci-fi classics from the 1970s and 1980s, the decade that gave us grunge, and boy bands in profusion […]