So many will be lost. All those memories, so meaningful to the individual, will fade away. Their lives had purpose, their narratives were inspired through experience, by the love or harsh teachings of a parent, a vengeful or forgiving deity, a chemical spur in the brain, by the ultimate randomness of interlinked cells or by […]
Author: Chris van Dijk
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Top 10 Harry Dean Stanton Movie Performances
On September 15, 2017, legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton passed away. We’ve lost so many cinematic legends this year and we will lose more. We all want them to last, to entertain us till the end of our days. Perhaps we feel it’s only right. Legends are never supposed to die. But ladies and […]
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All 13 Michael Mann Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
We must speak about institutionalization, what this really means and what is lost in the process. Perhaps we should first look at the most memorable institutionalized figure of cinema: Brooks Hatlen, a character from “The Shawshank Redemption”. When he finally gained his freedom after spending most of his life in prison, he would carve his […]
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All 24 Oliver Stone Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
My feelings about Oliver Stone and his work have varied more than any other filmmaker. In my younger and far more vulnerable narrow-minded years, he was my intellectual hero. I was very much into Bill Hicks then; I believed there was a greater truth to things and that men such as Hicks and Stone exposed […]
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All 11 Mel Brooks Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Mel Brooks, one of the funniest people on the planet, has recently turned 91. It’s an incredible age and in seeing his recent interviews, it’s remarkable how much energy and clarity he still has. But it’s hard to not fear the headline news, reading that another one of your heroes has passed on, and Brooks […]
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All 12 Danny Boyle Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
The world of Daniel Boyle, a twenty-one year old Mancunian, was changed forever after seeing Francis Ford Coppola’s rendition on the Vietnam War: “Apocalypse Now”. He knew what art could stand for and what it could do, but seeing this film proved to him that nothing could be as powerful as the majestic art of […]