There’s a general perception that many actors show up looking pretty, remember their lines, then collect a paycheck. Whilst that connotation is quite common, they’re are several occasions where just the opposite is true, that a performer goes way beyond the line of duty to fully inhabit and immerse themselves into a role, sometimes at […]
Month: December 2017
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10 Living Movie Directors With The Most Distinguishable Styles
What is it that makes us love a certain filmmaker’s imagery, technique and themes more than another director’s works? Maybe it’s the tone and pace of the plot, or the perfectly quotable and emblematic dialogue, or that great unforgettable soundtrack and sound editing, or maybe it’s because of the pure visual wonder and fantasy put […]
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The 10 Most Overrated Movie Performances of The 21st Century
Sometimes the appeal of a famous movie performer will be totally lost on us. “Why does anybody care about this actor?” we ask ourselves, doubting our own judgment or everyone else’s. But even worse than that disconnect is when a newcomer or established star finds a role that makes critics gush, the Academy swoon and […]
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The 10 Best Style-Over-Substance Movies
One of the most common accusations made against genre movies, or in fact any movie that isn’t either an arthouse favorite or Oscar bait, is that they’re “style over substance.” What critics mean when they use this expression is that the movie prioritizes its visuals over a perceived depth; films that prefer to dazzle the […]
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10 Great Movies That Will Change Your View On Cinema
Three acts. Beginning, middle, end. Shot reverse shot. Do all stories need to be told this way? Cinema is one of the most complex forms of art. The number of elements this art form uses to compose a piece of work are truly vast and the possibilities tend to be infinite. Sometimes we watch a […]
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The 10 Best Blockbusters of 2017, Ranked
Blockbusters are all the rage these days. If you’re a particularly thirsty-for-clicks freelancer, you think there are only blockbusters and the industry has all but killed indies with a rocket launcher. While the truth of the matter may not be so crazy, blockbusters are the real big business for Hollywood studios today. They use the […]