pes•si•mism (ˈpɛs əˌmɪz əm) n. 1.the tendency to see only what is disadvantageous or gloomy or to anticipate the worst outcome. 2.the doctrine that the existing world is the worst of all possible worlds or that all things naturally tend toward evil. 3.the belief that the evil and pain in the worldoutweigh any goodness or happiness. “If man merely sat back and thought about his impending termination, and his terrifying insignificance and aloneness in the cosmos, he would surely go mad, or succumb to a numbing sense of futility. Why, he might ask himself, should he bother to write a great symphony, […]
Year: 2016
DVD Review: The Fjällbacka Murders (2012)
Arrow Films label Nordic Noir & Beyond has become devoted to releasing Euro-crime television series such as The Bridge III, River, and Trapped. Their new release is a 3 DVD set titled The Fjallbacka Murders, which contains 5 feature length television dramas and a hit film, The Hidden Child, that were all novels adapted from […]
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20 Great Sci-fi Movies You Might Not Have Seen
Underrated, underappreciated, forgotten – either way you describe it, these movies deserve more credit and viewing than they’ve had. The sci-fi genre boasts some of history’s biggest and most loved blockbuster movies of all time. Films such as “Alien”, “E.T.”, the “Star Wars” movies, and more recently, “Interstellar”, the “Star Trek” reboots and “Gravity” show […]
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10 Great Foreign Movies With Sub-par Hollywood Remakes
Gene Siskel once said “If you are going to remake a movie, then remake a bad movie.” A piece of advice that Hollywood often ignores, doing reboots, remakes and re imaginings every other month of the year. One such type of movie that often gets encumbered with dull remakes are those that fall into the […]
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The 10 Best Movies About Television
Television and cinema didn’t have a good relationship in the beginning. During the early ages of television, there weren’t any films shown on TV. In motion pictures, it was forbidden to show a television set. The major studios thought of television as the end of cinema. To fight the danger of television, a great deal […]
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10 Actors Who Should Stop Making Movies
Some people know when it’s time to hang it up. Unfortunately, some don’t. These actors could use a wakeup call. Whether they are past their prime, not living up to their potential, or heading down a horrendous path, these actors should stop in their tracks and never step foot on a movie set again, at […]