“When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them no, I went to films”. We have all heard of Quentin Tarantino’s quote ad-infinitum, but it’s a statement that also applies to another of his contemporaries, Christopher Nolan. One thing is for sure, whatever he may lack in formal film education, he […]
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The 10 Best Swashbuckler Movies
In recent years there has been a noticeable dearth of sword-fights in films. This particular form of choreographed action is most indelibly associated with the swashbuckler, romantic action-adventures whose heyday was Classical Hollywood. Back then, audiences loved them for their speed, vitality, and dazzling visuals. Studios loved them because you could be as freely creative […]
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The 10 Best Cult Animated Films of The 1980s
This list will not take a conventional take on 1980s animation films; rather, it has attempted to seek out movies that for better or worse have somewhat been left out of the mainstream radar, or have been forgotten and left unmentioned. This is not because they are not good movies; indeed, many of them have […]
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10 Forgotten Masterpieces of World Cinema
Each and every artistic field boasts its representative, trailblazing works that have ensured that field’s lastingness in the cultural patrimony as well as in the minds of dozens of current (and future) societies. Yet, because of the implacable forces of time or other inexplicable factors, a myriad of fine, praiseworthy oeuvres have been regrettably lost, […]
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The 10 Most Influential Horror Movies of The 1980s
By all accounts, the ’80s were a very exciting time to live in. Major technological advances and a newfound mass media led the way for blockbuster films to reach a cultural peak. The decade felt like a relative era of peace in comparison to the corruption of the Nixon era and the violence of the […]
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The 15 Best Movies of 2021 So Far
We have yet to really return to normalcy following a worldwide pandemic that uprooted millions of lives. That being said, we’re getting closer. Concerts are back on the menu, television shows are resuming production, and movie theaters are open for business. After low-budget cinema dominated last year, we’re finally seeing blockbuster releases. Black Widow, A […]