It may be strange to think of now, but there was a time when M. Night Shyamalan was at the top of the world. Even in the exceptionally strong year for movies that was 1999, which saw the release of masterpiece after masterpiece, from “Fight Club” to “The Matrix,” Shyamalan made the biggest cinematic phenomenon […]
Year: 2017
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10 Great Movies Overshadowed By Their Directors’ Best Works
It can be easy for one film to dominate discussion surrounding a certain filmmaker: when they create a perfect masterpiece, their other work, no matter the quality, can be overshadowed. Films of absolute precision shouldn’t detract from other masterful efforts by directors, and the following list looks at 10 such examples. Each film is a […]
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The 10 Saddest Movies of All Time
Sadness is anything but desirable, yet people will seek specific movies to harvest this emotion. It’s a phenomenon that could be attributed to the stagnated emotions of first world citizens, whose comfortable but mundane lives are deficient in the emotions that give a poignant meaning to existence. Or it’s a normal pursuit that unites all […]
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The 10 Most Complex Movies of The 21st Century
What it is about complex films that movie fans are so passionate about? Is in the puzzling nature of trying to figure out what, exactly, is occurring? Is it that we enjoy being challenged by a difficult narrative that’s resistant to easy interpretation and understanding? Or is it that we equate the complexity of a […]
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10 Great 2017 Movies You Might Have Missed
The year 2017 has been a great year, cinematographically speaking, and we’ve come to that moment of the year in which we decide our most liked films of the year. In this case, we are going to name some films that were definitely great; the difference is that these films were somehow difficult to notice […]
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10 Great B-Movies That Inspired Mainstream Directors
It’s a known fact that B-movies from the the 20th century are a deep well of ideas for new or recent directors. The rediscovery of B-movies became more and more popular thanks to directors like Quentin Tarantino. Currently it’s no longer an isolated case, and many more directors are trying to catch ideas from old […]