There are many great directors within Horror’s rich history. Whenever you see shambling, brain-hungry zombie movies, we have George Romero to thank; for every nonsensical Italian movie with no discernable ending, we fondly remember Lucio Fulci; and for every low budget, zip-up monster, we tip our hats to Roger Corman. But when it comes to […]
Month: May 2014
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The 20 Best Feminist Movies of All Time
There is a common misconception that all feminist films are about butch women who actively hate men and fight for equal rights/abortion laws/equal pay/etc. This one-dimensional stereotype doesn’t do justice to the complex elements that are at work in feminist films. For instance, feminist filmmakers are not only concerned with content, but they can also […]
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10 Overlooked Films By Alfred Hitchcock You Might Have Missed
Alfred Hitchcock made 53 films, some of them among the most acclaimed films in the history of cinema. But Hitchcock had occasional misfires, films that either did not connect with audiences or for some other reason have been little seen since their initial release. Although not all of Hitchcock’s films are equal, virtually every film […]
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20 Great Jackie Chan Movies You Can Enjoy
Since the early seventies, Jackie Chan has been entertaining us all with his fast and furious style of fighting and fearless attempts at dangerous stunts. We all are probably familiar with some of his movies and if were being honest; they are all similar to each other in many ways, but we don’t watch his […]
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20 Great Crime Films That Are Based On True Events
True Crime is a major genre in cinema, most likely because the heroes and villains are readily apparent. However, without a sure hand guiding the screenplay, these films can easily fall flat. The writer has to take a laundry list of facts and chronological events and from them shape a compelling dramatic conflict while (hopefully) […]
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The 20 Best Neo-Noir Films Of The 2000s
As alluded to in the introduction to my previous articles on the best neo-noir films of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, getting cinema lovers to agree as to what films should be called horror films, suspense thrillers, classic film noir and neo-noir is a difficult if not impossible task. The equally Herculean task of determining […]