When was the last time you saw a good movie starring Nicolas Cage? Not a so-bad-it’s-good movie, not a bad movie in which his crazy performance is enjoyable more as a meme-making machine then as anything else, but a genuinely good movie. It’s been a while, I’m guessing. The Oscar-winning Californian actor, a nephew of […]
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10 Great Parody Movies That Outlived The Films They Spoofed
The art of the movie parody is one that’s mostly lost nowadays. The last one to hit theaters, Marlon Wayans’ Fifty Shades of Black, was not only crushed by the critics but also mostly ignores by the public, grossing only US$11 million in its whole run. Spoofs were once a staple in Hollywood, though, especially […]
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The 10 Best Movie Portrayals of Real-Life American Presidents
As this article is being written, America’s passing through the primaries in each state of the nation to decide the candidates for presidency for both parties. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton seem to be the frontrunners right now, but previous experience tells us anything can happen, and the rich history of American presidency has been […]
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11 Actors Nominated Twice for the Academy Awards in the Same Year
The Academy doesn’t like to make exceptions, and making movies is not an easy and quick process. That’s particularly true of directors and writers, but it’s also rare for an actor to appear in two or more movies that are not only worth the gold, but actually make the Academy’s cut. That happened in 2016 […]
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The 10 Best Movies About Real Life Journalists
Spotlight’s victory in this year’s Academy Awards doesn’t mark the first time the Best Picture award was given to a movie telling a true story, but it probably stands as the first Best Picture winner to portray real-life journalists in the daily grind of their jobs. Walter Robinson, Mike Rezendes, Sacha Pfeiffer, Matt Carroll and […]
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The 8 Best Saoirse Ronan Movie Performances
It wasn’t this year that Irish actress Saoirse Ronan (whose first name is pronounced “Sarsha”, rhyming with “inertia”) brought home the Academy Award for Best Leading Actress. At 22 years old, to be completed next April 12th, Ronan is already on her second nomination, the first one being for Atonement, in 2008, at the tender […]