It’s fair to say that sci-fi cinema has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years. Once deemed fodder for children and little more, science fiction has lost its baby teeth, grown up, and gotten big and this has never been more evident than in the last few years with big hits like Arrival (2016), Gravity (2013), […]
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10 Great Recent Movies That Are Ahead of Our Time
Labeling a film ‘ahead of its time’ before allowing it to breathe in the collective consciousness can be a bold endeavor. All that can be extruded are the themes and motifs working towards the possibilities of a brighter or more dismal future. Who are we, where are we going, and why? It is true that […]
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10 Movie Masterpieces That Are Under 90 Minutes
When making a film, the director has something to say, express or use the cinematic language as their canvas. Sometimes a film needs to be of epic proportions such as length or time to make that statement bold. On the contrary, some filmmakers are gifted in a way they can express and / or state […]
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The 20 Best Mickey Rourke Movie Performances
Mickey Rourke is one of the most fascinating living figures of American cinema. Many actors – Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Adrien Brody and many more idolize him, Elia Kazan called his Actors Studio student audition as the best audition piece he’d seen in 30 years. He didn’t rise up to the straight stardom […]
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The 10 Most Intense Thrillers of the 21st Century
As far as film genres go, the thriller is one of the easiest to define. It does what it says on the tin – it thrills the audience. Thriller movies are pitched somewhere between action movies and horror movies. They’re exciting, they make your heart race – they can even be quite grisly and shocking. […]
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10 Movies of The 21st Century That Can Be Considered Masterpieces
The twenty-first century has given audiences some truly terrific cinema. Discussed below are some examples; films so special that they are often considered masterpieces. Of course, there are many films that could have made the discussion, however, the list was narrowed down to these ten for the very reasons detailed below. Whether you, the reader, […]