There’s nothing Hollywood producers love more than a scandal. Give them a big, juicy story that they can stamp a “truth is stranger than fiction” tagline on, and they’ll be turning out a movie before the ink on the newspaper headlines are dry. Luckily, the resulting “based on a true story” films are often excellent, […]
Month: April 2017
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10 Reasons Why “Kong: Skull Island” is Vastly Overrated
A surprising number of blockbusters were hits with critics over the first three months of this year. The sendoff to the Wolverine and the sequel to John Wick garnered a lot of attention with their stylish grit. Beauty and the Beast destroyed all at the box office, The LEGO Batman Movie proved to be a […]
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6 Things “Arrival” Can Teach You About Screenwriting
It is a fact that nowadays that there are many films getting released and most of them are, unfortunately, bad or just mediocre. Although, it could be said that 2016 was a pretty good year for film and “Arrival” (2016) definitely contributed to that. What makes it such a good movie, and maybe one of […]
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10 Great Movie Performances That Get a Bad Reputation Because of Their Accents
None of the following performances are bad. This is not your usual list of bad accents. If this was one of those lists, we would have Tom Cruise insisting that you like his hat. We would have Keanu Reeves telling you where the bastard sleeps. We would have Nicolas Cage… just being Nicolas Cage. However, […]
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10 PG-13 Movies That Should Have Been Rated R
Birthed in 1984 in the aftermath of upset parents seething from the surprising dark and disturbing aesthetics explored in such PG-rated movies as “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “Gremlins”, the ratings board decided to come up with a middle ground between the all-ages and mature ratings, which is known as PG-13. At […]
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7 Reasons Why “Manchester by the Sea” Is The Best Written Movie of 2016
Nestled between the celebration of tradition and retrofitted nostalgia of “La La Land”, and the progressive iconography of “Moonlight”, “Manchester by the Sea” was the most classical of the standout films at the 2017 Oscars. It’s a film that builds on older screenwriting structures, but does so with the ability of its director, Kenneth Lonergan, […]