Music has the tremendous ability of evoking feeling from within our innermost depths. It can induce longing, passion, and strength. It can even defy articulation. Ludwig Van Beethoven famously expressed that ‘music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.’ Music is uniquely visceral. Whereas much of cinema’s arsenal operates on the basis of […]
Month: January 2019
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10 of The Most Anticipated 2019 Movies by Great Directors
Now that the Best/Worst of 2018 lists are slowly running out, let’s focus on what 2019 has in store for us. Quite a few great, renowned directors are releasing a new feature in the year to come. Some of them are coming back after years of silence, while others have only just released their previous […]
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The 10 Best Western Movies Set in Modern Times
The Hollywood Western was once one of the most preeminent and stirring of genres. Set in the late 19th century, attentive to Old West myth-making, folk heroes, and morality tales, it was an altogether American invention. In Hollywood’s Golden Age the Western was exceedingly popular, nothing else was as popular and directors like John Ford […]
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10 of The Most Nerve-Racking Movies of All Time
Who loves feeling sick to their stomach? Well, sadly we all tend to voluntarily aim to experience nausea on an often enough basis. We go on roller coasters. We watch intense sporting events that go down to the wire. We read a scary book. Then, there is cinema, where we actively enjoy watching films that […]
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The 10 Best Movies With The Same Actor Playing Multiple Characters
We can never get enough of our favorite actors, so when they take on multiple roles in the same film, it’s a cause for special celebration. Assigning more than one character to a single actor is both a gamble and a sign of ultimate trust in his or her talent. Sometimes it succeeds and sometimes […]
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The 30 Most Fearless Movie Directors of All Time (Part 1)
By its very nature, the profession of director calls for a combination of unique qualities. To bring the vision to screen in the fullest capacity, the director must be a leader, an artist, a tactician, a politician, a motivator, an economist-the list can go on and on. Few combine all those traits in equal measure, […]