The “Monster-Movie” is practically the backbone of the entire horror genre. Dracula was a monster. Frankenstein was a monster. In fact, the entire genre is based around some “bad” entity that is causing unpleasant times for “good” people. One of the definitions listed in the dictionary for monsters describes them as “any animal or human […]
Month: May 2016
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10 Cult Serial Killer Movies You Might Not Have Seen
It’s the classic tale of girl meets boy; boy slaughters girls violently with some type of sharp or pointy object. Yes, it’s the ever popular serial killer or more commonly referred to as the slasher genre. It is believed to have had its peak during the 1970’s and 1980’s, when immensely successful low budget horror […]
Pulling Focus: Kenneth Anger’s Magic Lantern Cycle
“The most exciting use of cinema I’ve seen.” – Tennessee Williams Look Back in Anger Is there a filmmaker alive today that’s as notorious, unflinching, and otherworldly as octogenarian and old hand, Kenneth Anger? Arriving from the postwar America experimental film movement as a sort of answer, at least initially, to Buñuel and […]
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The 10 Best Ben Whishaw Movie Performances
There are very few actors who can claim to have played Hamlet before thirty, but Ben Whishaw is no ordinary actor. A fine example of a classically trained actor holding Hollywood in the palm of his hands, Whishaw has acted with the greats, yet retains anonymity about him, hidden behind his great characters. Starting in […]
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15 Classic Movies That Could Be Remade Today
Let’s face it, we live in a different world today. People have a lot of choices for their entertainment and many different ways to receive it. Since 2012, more people watch movies via a streaming service vs. physical media like DVD or Blu Ray. Filmmakers are already starting to account for the way their movies […]
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5 Great Movies That Describe The 5 Psychological Stages of Grief
As human beings we carry the unique curse of knowing that we exist and that one day we will not. Even though we know we didn’t exist before we were born, the idea of no longer existing after we die terrifies us. It probably shouldn’t, but it does. Eminent psychologist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, in her 1969 […]