There’s been somewhat of a growing assumption that film studios are out of ideas. People claim that there are more reboots, sequels, and spin-offs than creative new ideas. Whether that’s true or not is up for debate. However, there’s no denying that horror films are frequent victims of reboots and remakes. Some assume that this […]
Month: April 2016
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10 Lessons ‘Pulp Fiction’ Can Teach You About Scriptwriting
Pulp Fiction is still a frequent feature on many scriptwriting and favourite film lists. Perhaps it doesn’t quite seem it like it but well over 20 years have passed since the film’s release in 1994. Earning many accolades and rave reviews for best screenplay, for many, the film and its scriptwriter Quentin Tarantino’s style (it […]
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The 10 Best Asian Movies That Inspired Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino is a unique case among the world of filmmaking for a number of reasons. The first is his ability to combine cult aesthetics, themes, and notions with commercial success, thus providing him fans from both “underground” and mainstream audiences. The second is his outspoken love for watching movies, in contrast to other filmmakers […]
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The 30 Best European Films of The 1990s
Every ending affords a new beginning. The classic era of the European art house film finally came to a complete end in the 1980s with the death and/or retirement of most of the key figures of that time and with the changes in technology which doomed the traditional art house as a theater going experience […]
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10 Guilty Pleasure Movies You Shouldn’t Be Ashamed To Love
Call it a guilty pleasure. Call it the virtue of a lifetime watching movies. Call it inexplicable drunkenness. Call it stupidity. All of the movies on this list have somehow woven their way into my life—my cinematic life, anyway—for good or ill. Most of the films on this list can be found looping themselves in […]
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The 10 Best Dramatic Movies by Woody Allen
Woody Allen debuted as a director in 1966 with What’s Up, Tiger Lily?, a comical reworking and re-dubbing of a Japanese spy movie; as peculiar as the original original project was, it was also heavily modified by the studio without asking permission to Allen. This was the last time he directed a film on which […]