The year 2016 hasn’t been known as the most prolific year for thrillers, simply because there wasn’t a big Goliath-style movie released in this genre. But nevertheless, last year had some interesting treasuries up its sleeve, especially outside of the big-budget mainstream culture. This article contains spoilers. 10. Hush (Mike Flanagan) Often considered a […]
Month: June 2017
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7 Reasons Why “Le Trou” Is The Best Prison Escape Movie Ever Made
The allure of a prison escape film seems to permeate throughout our society. Even though we, the audience, are usually cheering for people that have probably committed heinous crimes, seeing them achieve their inevitable decampment is an exhilarating experience. Freedom and choice is an intrinsic value among all people, it is human nature to want […]
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All 12 Danny Boyle Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
The world of Daniel Boyle, a twenty-one year old Mancunian, was changed forever after seeing Francis Ford Coppola’s rendition on the Vietnam War: “Apocalypse Now”. He knew what art could stand for and what it could do, but seeing this film proved to him that nothing could be as powerful as the majestic art of […]
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The 25 Best Cult Movies of The 1980s
Perhaps more than any decade before or since, due largely to the home video market, the 1980s was a great time for cult films. Part of the attraction with these movies designated with cult status is that they are decidedly different and much more provocative than mainstream populist fare. The cult film experience differs from […]
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10 Totally Bizarre 2000s Movies You May Have Missed
Weird films have a magic to them of sorts: it takes a wholly unique vision–and a steadfast confidence in that vision–to bring it to life. Often not commercially promising, the stranger films that are produced are also the ones that have something to say, and whether important, comical, or just disturbing, due to the uncompromising […]
Pulling Focus: The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
“A complex and ultimately moving on the privileges of victimhood and the nuances of what it means to suffer for love.” – Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice Love’s melody lost The Duke of Burgundy, which is a reference to the hamearis lucina butterfly found only in Europe, artfully details the love story of two lesbian […]