You know that feeling you get when you watch a movie or even a simple scene that is so cool and badass that the hairs on the back of your head just stand up? When you watch John Wick dispatch an horde of thugs with one handgun; when you see Dan Stevens calmly knocking out […]
Author: Fernando Pompeu
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7 Reasons Why “The Witch” Is a Modern Masterpiece of Horror Cinema
Robert Eggers’ The Witch came out of nowhere and instantly blew everyone away. Initially premiering at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the prize for best directing in a feature film. Afterwards, it was bought and widely released by indie darling A24, garnering extremely positive reviews and healthy box office returns. There […]
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The 10 Most Emotionally Harrowing Movies of All Time
If you were to ask someone their definition of an emotionally harrowing film, chances are you’d get some different answers. Many would point out obvious tearjerkers like Broken Circle Breakdown while others would give a shout out to realistic depictions of relationships gone astray like, say, Scenes From a Marriage or Blue Valentine. None of […]
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10 Extremely Long Movies That Are Worth Your Time
The notion of an extremely long film is, like it or not, subjective. One must consider that time passes differently to people. A 4-hour long blockbuster can run by faster than a Super Bowl commercial to its most arduous fan, and a mere 70-minute-long arthouse movie feel like an eternity to an uninterested viewer. There […]
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10 Great Directors You Might Not Know (But Should)
George Lucas. Quentin Tarantino. Steven Spielberg. There are directors pretty much everyone knows. You would be hard pressed to find someone who never watched a single Star Wars movie, or who never heard someone quote a line straight out of Pulp Fiction. It’s fairly simple to understand why huge tentpole filmmakers, who usually indulge in […]
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The 10 Most Divisive Filmmakers Working Nowadays
Every so often a filmmaker will come along and will simply be divisive. You’ll be likely to find just as many fans of his or her work as you’ll be to find people without a single good thing to say about them. You’ll read articles praising a director as a genius, or as an amazing […]