It’s safe to say that 2016 has not been the brightest year for American cinema. Big summer movies not only fell short of expectations commercially, but also were probably the worst, artistically, in years. Can the last few months of the year make up for that? If it’s up to the actors on this list, […]
Author: Caio Coletti
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10 Great Sci-fi Romantic Films That Are Worth Your Time
Science fiction is often described as the Trojan horse of narrative genres, mostly because you can put whatever you want inside its very malleable basic structure. We’ve seen adrenaline infused sci-fi films to spare, but also wordy, metaphysical ones. We’ve had speculative, seriously scientific sci-fi, but also completely absurd and not even apologetic about it […]
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The 10 Best and Most Promising Directors Under 35
Most filmmakers of any notice nowadays are older. It’s somewhat a hazard of the job, since it takes time for most directors to find prominence, especially in a Hollywood still not completely awake for what is happening in the indie scenario. The guys and girls on this list, though, are the honorable exceptions. They’re young, […]
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The 10 Best Horror Movies Set in a Single Location
The incredible success of Fede Alvarez’s Don’t Breathe, even in a year so good for horror movies, proves once again that claustrophobic environment and minimalist cast/locations are prime ingredients for the genre. Surely, it puts more pressure on the director to create atmosphere and on the writer to keep things tense and interesting, but the […]
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10 Action Stars Who Are Actually Great Actors
For every Doph Lundgreen or Arnold Schwarzenegger, there’s an action star that surprisingly kills it when he’s given the chance to do a more “serious” part. And then there’s the ones that actually find the space to be great within the very limited confines of the genre – the great, deep, brilliant action films being […]
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The 10 Best and Most Promising Actors Under 25
Don’t come at me with your “they don’t make actors like they used to” rants. Hollywood might be more into shallow blockbuster films (and that’s not all of them, let’s be clear), but the variety and sheer quantity of talent coming out of the woodwork every year remains the same. There are truly great performers […]