Those who are adherent to the French based auteur theory would have the film watching world know that every film of a film maker adjudged to be “great” is, inherently, great itself. Now, in practical terms, while it pretty much requires a great film maker to create a great film, it doesn’t really follow that […]
Month: July 2018
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The 10 Worst Movies of 2018 (So Far)
It’s been a pretty good year for cinema. Lots of good blockbusters to go around that can play well for the kiddies as well as the grown-ups. Indie cinema is still running strong, with horror continuing its strong as hell run that’s been going for a few years now that really went nuts in 2017. […]
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The 10 Best Rule-Breaking Movies of All Time
“There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds,” Gilbert K. Chesterton’s rebellious artistic mind once pondered. Rules were originally fabricated during the dawn of lateral thinking, in order to describe the tangible, define the feasible foundations of solid materials and ideas, and eventually interpret the complexity of both nature and intellect. […]
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The 10 Scariest Scenes in David Lynch Movies
With his much discussed background as a painter and all around visual artist, David Lynch’s ability to convey terror and dread through images and sounds have always come across as one of the director’s main strenghts in his work as a filmmaker. His works are equally honest and unassuming as well as being raw, challenging, […]
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10 Depressing Movie Endings That Will Ruin Your Day
The ending of a film has a great impact on the way the viewer perceives the whole film. The feelings it leaves on its audience after the credits roll should hammer home its main themes and reason for existing in the first place. A happy ending puts things in perspective and shows that certain things […]
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The 10 Biggest Box Office Flops of 2018 (So Far)
We’re officially half-way through 2018, and it’s already been an interesting year for the big screen. Highly-anticipated Disney sequels have been released alongside some of the most creative super hero and horror flicks to date. Big-name actors have soared, but so have some new faces and names. And, of course, some hardly took off the […]