When it comes to horror films, the good ones are few and far between, but when it comes to GREAT ones, well those are even harder to come across. Every year, movie theaters are flooded with the usual “possession” films or “ghost stories.” Not that that’s a problem. The problem lies in the fact that […]
Month: October 2015
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25 Cult Action Movies You Might Not Have Seen
Once you’ve seen enough bad action films, you acquire a taste for movies featuring bulletproof cops, invulnerable martial arts masters and disturbed, indestructible villains. These guys aren’t likely to be mistaken for, say, Douglas Fairbanks or Alan Ladd, their silly shenanigans are several rungs below Bond or Bourne, and the picture itself isn’t even “good” […]
Movie Review: Sicario (2015)
“Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt everything we tell you,” intones Alejandro (Benicio del Toro) gravely, “but in the end you will understand.” A former prosecutor, now an inscrutable consultant for an elite U.S. governmental task force, Alejandro uses a quiet, almost ataractic emphasis as he speaks to Kate […]
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15 Great Westerns That Flipped The Genre On Its Head
The Romantic Western figure is a staple of American folklore and has extended its reach in poetry, music, literature, and most especially film. Tales of cold-hearted bandits and moral law enforcers, corrupt sheriffs and mistaken outlaws set against the backdrop of the undeveloped and expansive Old West that held promises of fortune and enterprise. In […]
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The 25 Greatest Movie Performances in The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock is purported to have famously said: “Actors are cattle.” Hitchcock claimed to have been misquoted, saying only that he said that ‘Actors should be treated like cattle!’ It was something of a subtle difference, but irregardless, Hitchcock’s films contain many wonderful and varied acting performances throughout his fifty plus year career. Although he […]
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The 20 Darkest European Films of The 21st Century
Economically at least, Europe has been going through something of a dark period lately. It is arguable whether this economic gloom has caused European cinema in turn to produce increasingly bleak and hopeless films. Throughout its long history, European cinema has never shied away from despair. The German Expressionists used every technique at their disposal […]