Some movies are meant to be told in chapters. The proliferation of Marvel films has led the film industry to operate like comic books. Viewers are given grand narratives that play out through trilogies, sagas, and even entire fictional shared universes. However, sometimes, a self-contained film is given the chance to continue telling its story […]
Year: 2021
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10 Films That Majorly Inspired Arctic Monkeys’ Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Making a strong case for being the most cine-literate mainstream record in recent memory, the last album by ever evolving British rock outfit Arctic Monkeys, Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, a sometime concept piece revolving around a mid century style hotel on the Moon, is a truly inspired vision that brilliantly infuses cinematic influences with […]
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10 Great Comedy Movies Recommended By Edgar Wright
With theaters still closed in many places, that incredible Empire issue highlighting the cinema-going experiences of some of Hollywood’s best is still fresh on our minds. Recently a list of horror films recommended by Edgar Wright was posted in honor of it, but naturally we couldn’t stop there. On Wright’s list of 1,000 favorites alone, […]
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10 Great Movies That Subvert Color Theory
In film, rules are meant to be broken. Color theory is one of the most well-known guides in all of cinema. The general premise that certain colors matched with a specific brightness, saturation, and value will elicit certain emotional reactions from the audience has been followed by many and worked very well. But for more […]
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The 10 Most Underrated Movies of The 1990s
In an exhilarating decade that gave movie-goers films like Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, Titanic, Silence of the Lambs, Do the Right Thing, and so much more, the film industry in the 1990’s was blowing up with revolutionary ideas and filmmakers. However, even in an era of success, there were also films that quietly sat on […]
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10 Great Drama Movies That Unfold Like Thrillers
Sometimes a film – in this case, a drama – can contain so much tension and suspense that we are white knuckling it throughout its runtime. These films don’t cross over into another genre but strictly focus on the people at hand – that’s the main interest, not set pieces or crazy plot twists. Here […]