In modern day cinema, it is becoming increasingly difficult to create original content. One of the ways in which movie studios attempt to combat this is to remake classic movies. The logic does make sense, remaking a movie which is much loved seems like a fool proof plan, but, what studios fail to consider is […]
Month: February 2017
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8 Reasons Why “The Exorcist” Is The Scariest Movie Ever Made
Best-selling author, filmmaker, and Oscar winner William Peter Blatty, who’s best known for writing the novel “The Exorcist”, passed away this January at the age of 89. For an author that started out writing comedy and working with director Blake Edwards, it’s somewhat of a surprise that his 1971 novel, based on a true story […]
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10 Great Directors You Might Not Know (But Should)
George Lucas. Quentin Tarantino. Steven Spielberg. There are directors pretty much everyone knows. You would be hard pressed to find someone who never watched a single Star Wars movie, or who never heard someone quote a line straight out of Pulp Fiction. It’s fairly simple to understand why huge tentpole filmmakers, who usually indulge in […]
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The 23 Best French Noir Films of All Time
During the period of German occupation that went from 1940 to 1944, French cinema took various shapes and paths – from the sophisticated historical films of Claude Autant-Lara (for instance, 1943’s production of “Douce”), to anti-war drama films (which has its best examples in later works from the 1950s such as 1952’s “Jeux Interdits” or […]
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The 10 Worst Oscar Nominations of All Time
The Academy Awards. To some, it’s the gold standard by which the movie industry recognizes excellence in its own field; to others, it’s a rigged game where awards are campaigned for and only favorited insiders win. However, one thing can be agreed upon: winning an Oscar boosts a film’s profile, not only raising ticket and […]
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7 Reasons Why “Inland Empire” Is the Best Surrealist Film of the 21st Century (So Far)
”The eyes must reflect what is not“ – André Breton Surrealism is the 20th century avant-garde movement that started in the 1920s, emerging from the dadaist movement. It influenced visual arts, literature, popular culture, and film. André Breton, the leader of the movement and one of its co-founders, said: “I believe in the future resolution […]