Like all acclaimed films, the ones listed below received much praise and appreciation among viewers. However, these films carry the unique distinction of having a larger than usual group of cynics and naysayers, effectively dividing a fairly large fraction of the audience. That being said, the respect and approval of these films by the majority […]
Month: June 2018
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10 Great Movies Featuring Two Equally Brilliant Performances
No matter how many great performances a film has, there’s always that one that stands out. Maybe it’s the writing, or the stronger or more outrageous character, or more simply, the right actor getting the right role. Whatever the reason, the results can be electric. But what about those films that have two equally brilliant […]
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10 Movie Franchises That Should Have Never Existed
While working to make popular ideas fit the big screen, film franchises often fall short of their goals. Since the film industry is focused on entertaining, engaging with, and stupefying fans of any idea, then any film mogul could realize (and likely has realized) almost immediately that a good idea is profitable, whereas rehashing the […]
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10 Great Surreal Movies No One Talks About
“In my wake I raise up monsters that are lying in wait; they are not yet too ill-disposed toward me, and I am not lost, since I fear them…” — André Breton, from the first “Manifesto of Surrealism.” As a term first coined by the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, surrealism electrified the imagination of a wide […]
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The 10 Worst Actors To Win An Oscar
The Academy Awards are supposed to be a beacon for the masses of what the elite works in film are in any given year. Most know that the Oscars are usually pretty ridiculous and the best choices aren’t the ones picked. But for the most part, the choices aren’t so wildly off base that absolute […]
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10 Cult Movies That Are Now Considered Masterpieces
A work of art acquires a diachronic character when its aesthetic and conceptual value exceeds the boundaries of space-time and subjectivity. On the contrary, especially when it comes to the multifaceted artistry of music and cinema, old-fashioned aesthetic features may seem frozen but still alive in a specific cultural frame of the past, signifying an […]