The trouble with living in a world where everything is about now is that nothing gets a second chance. If one huge-scale action movie disappoints the audience, everyone shrugs and prepares for the next one the following week. There is, as we all know, no “best” of anything and time is the only critic whose […]
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All 10 Noah Baumbach Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Noah Baumbach is an American filmmaker born on September 3rd, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Receiving his Bachelor of Arts in English from Vassar College in 1991, Baumbach’s debut film was 1995’s “Kicking and Screaming”, launching his career and pointing many of the aspects and traces he would never abandon in his films from that […]
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7 Reasons Why “Heat” is a Modern Masterpiece of American Cinema
There is no Academy Award, or any other type of cinematic award outside some of the more fanciful film festivals, given for a certain type of style. This is too bad, for if this were ever to take place, the first in line in terms of deserving it would be director Michael Mann. Chicago born […]
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10 Box Office Bombs of the Past 20 Years That Are Actually Good Movies
Making a film is expensive: between union labor costs, the exorbitant salaries the on-screen talent draw, and the cost of special effects, on average a Hollywood film costs around $65 million. But this doesn’t include promotional and marketing costs, which can run nearly half the original budget alone, bringing the average movie’s overall budget to […]
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The 10 Worst Movie Soundtracks of All Time
It is really hard to hate the score of a film. Even in the worst movies, a score is usually the saving grace that can get you by without wanting to pull your hair out. Scores and soundtracks, whether they compose of original material or a compilation of popular songs, are usually terrific. Even in […]
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All 20 Dario Argento Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
When examining the horror genre there are few director’s as iconic the Italian maestro, Dario Argento. Since making his debut in 1970, the director has created a swathe of stylish horror-thrillers and effectively popularised the giallo film genre that the wonderful Astron-6 lauded so delightfully with Adam Brooks and Matt Kennedy’s The Editor. He is […]