The recent release of Overlord has reminded many people why the zombie genre is so popular. People just love watching the undead duke it out with the living, and who can blame them? Especially right now, when Oscar bait movies are being shoved down our throats, it may be nice to sit back and watch […]
Month: November 2018
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10 Movie Masterpieces That Are Longer Than 3 Hours
Sometimes a tight 90-minute film isn’t quite enough. Sometimes there are stories that simply cannot be told quickly. While it feels like the average length of movies in the cinema is increasing due to big budgets and perhaps the need to get value for money (it seems strange when a Marvel film comes in 140 […]
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10 Great Movies That Evoke Greek Tragedy
Everything builds upon something. In the earliest days of cinema, it drew inspiration from vaudeville and theater. If we go back down in history through operas and stages, we will end up in ancient times and in this case, ancient Greek theater. For their theater, it was based upon tragedies from family chaos, myths, epics, […]
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10 Movie Masterpieces That Are Textbooks On Lighting
A master class can be a bit paradoxical at times. This is the opportunity to introduce newcomers to the prime examples of a particular subject. Do we go with the blatantly obvious options, or do we give them cases that they would have never thought to explore? This is a concerted effort to attempt to […]
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10 Reasons Why 2018’s Suspiria Remake Is A Great Film
Fans of Dario Argento’s 1977 classic, Suspiria, weren’t exactly pining for a remake, but in 2018 they got one anyway. Argento’s fellow Italian director, Luca Guadagnino, has thrown down the gauntlet with his reworking of the beloved horror shocker, and now the opinions are ours to form. Even though a 21st century Suspiria might have […]
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The 10 Most Despicable Movie Characters of All Time
I miss being traumatized by Disney. When I was 5 years old, nothing was more intense than Cinderella’s wicked stepmother’s green snake-eyes glowing in darkness. The stepmother Lady Tremaine psychological abuse of our heroine gave the otherwise cheerful “Cinderella” a flavor of horror that, in hindsight, was quite necessary for my development. Monsters like Lady […]