How do you explain the truth when it has been said for you? The best films, let alone animated ones, seem to take the words right out of your mouth. You feel as if a filmmaker has miraculously bridged their past present to your future present, all to make you feel more understood and a […]
Author: Ian Flanagan
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All 17 Oscar Best Original Screenplay Winners From The 21st Century Ranked
An original screenplay doesn’t adhere to the rules of adaptation, which often lends the subsequent original film more novelty than the latest production of a New York Times bestseller. In the 21st century, countless innovative screenwriters have taken real life or a really great idea and set the foundation for refreshing genuine cinema. They’ve missed […]
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All 17 Oscar Best Cinematography Winners of the 21st Century Ranked from Worst to Best
Cinematography is the aspect of filmmaking most unique to the medium. The camera has a relation to the spectator as well as what is being filmed; it’s the bare bones of the genuine language of cinema. The Academy Awards have honored films of beauty that deserved a golden statue in our millennia, while, as with […]
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All 5 “Mission: Impossible” Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Often overshadowed by the likes of James Bond and Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt isn’t generally thought of as a true icon of the spy thriller genre. But beyond Tom Cruise’s nonstop quest to quench his ego, he’s produced and starred in one of the most consistently satisfying action film series of the past two decades. […]
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10 Movies from The 21st Century That Deserved Greater Box Office Success
If the mainstream filmgoer cared more about independent film, it would feel a more just cinematic world – but lo, it will never be so. But even the supposed connoisseur would have to admit that a film that is both good and popular is at least just as miraculous as a low-budget indie treasure. Many […]
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5 Reasons Why “Zodiac” is a Modern Masterpiece of American Cinema
Though the Academy Awards shut out the film thanks to an unreceptive public and an early March release, the stature of David Fincher’s Zodiac has only increased since its release a decade ago. Cinephiles and mainstream filmgoers alike know Fincher’s name. His auteuristic artistry and his proclivity for a certain kind of chilling, pulpy adult […]