The Room. Plan 9 From Outer Space. Troll 2. Whenever someone mentions the term “so bad it’s good” in regards to cinema these are among the first films people think of. Or they might cycle around to Showgirls. Battlefield Earth. Manos: The Hands of Fate. Either way for those who only look at the surface […]
Month: January 2016
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The 10 Best South Korean Films of 2015
2015 was another great year for South Korean cinema, with its financial and artistic growth and being witnessed globally, since South Korean films are getting screened and distributed in a large number of festivals and countries around the world, netting a plethora of awards and grossing enormous sums. Three titles included here made the top […]
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The 25 Best Movies of 1976
As 1967 is generally considered the first full year of ‘New Hollywood’ films, 1976 is usually considered the year in which the cycle of films began to wind down. Gritty urban stories such as Taxi Driver and Marathon Man were still leading the way at the box office, while Network’s Howard Beale urged audiences to […]
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10 Great Philosophical Movies That Question Reality
“Reality is diabolical. Your hiding place isn’t watertight. Life trickles in from the outside, and you’re forced to react. No one asks if it is true or false, if you’re genuine or just a sham. Such things matter only in the theatre, and hardly there either.” -Persona, Ingmar Bergman What is reality, or rather, what […]