Since the very first episode, Simpsons Roasting on a Open Fire, screened on the 17th December 1989, The Simpsons has become one of the most iconic television families ever conceived. For nearly 30 years, the show, created by animator Matt Groening, has given the world over 28 seasons and 618 episodes of a show that […]
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8 Reasons Why “Get Out” Is The Best Horror Movie in Years
Academic and film historian Leo Braudy once wrote, “Genre films essentially ask the audience, “Do you still want to believe this?” Popularity is the audience answering, “Yes.” Change in genre occurs when the audience says, “That’s too infantile a form of what we believe. Show us something more complicated”. This quote can accurately be attributed […]
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The 15 Best Animated Movies of the 21st Century (So Far)
The history of animation goes hand in hand with cinema. Since the earliest days of live-action cinema, artists and animators have produced cartoons and animated films that have captivated young audiences across the globe. Starting with hand drawn and cell based animation, the medium has gradually evolved over the decades, utilising new methods to not […]
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15 Great Movies That Subvert The Superhero Genre
You would have to be living under rock to not believe that the superhero genre is currently going through a golden age. Since the turn of the century, studios have been desperate to acquire the intellectual property of comic book writers, especially superheroes, and transfer them to the big screen. So prevalent and successful this […]
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The 25 Best Movie Fight Scenes of All Time
Action cinema has gone through some great changes over the past few decades. What entertained and thrilled audiences in the past may not work today. Fans want action scenes that are more violent, kinetic, intense and exciting. Everyone has their favourite aspect of action cinema. Some love gun fights, others love car chases, but for […]
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10 Famous Movies That Copied the “Die Hard” Formula
Hollywood has always loved a successful formula; one that can guarantee success over and over again. Whether it is a successful genre (the Western) or character type (Jason Bourne), studios will take the basic blueprint of a successful genre, idea, story or character and replicate it, most of the time creating a substandard knockoff. Occasionally, […]