One of the easiest criticisms to make of a film is that it’s overrated. Similarly, saying a film is underrated is one of the easiest, most generic platitudes one can bestow on a movie. In a time where there’s so much competing buzz, when filmmakers and critics constantly struggle to standout, when audiences are inundated […]
Month: January 2019
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10 Great Movies You Should Watch While On Vacation
Who doesn’t love movies? Who doesn’t love holidaying? Most of all, who doesn’t love both?! Here is a list of ten films, technically twelve films, that you should watch the next time you’re on holiday, or if you want to pretend that you’re on one at the minute. Whether they’re set in gorgeous, sun drenched […]
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The 10 Most Overrated Horror Movies of All Time
No one likes conformity, except in secret. While most Americans accept Ralph Waldo Emerson’s idea that we should all be individualistic, we also tend to browbeat those who don’t share our opinion. And yet, whether we admit it or not, we all inevitably have moments of dissent. As acolytes of the horror genre, let’s take […]
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10 Great 2018 Movies That Should Be Nominated For Oscars (But Won’t)
With the Golden Globes behind us, the race for the Oscars is reaching a fever pitch. Will Roma make history as the first Foreign Language and Netflix Original film to win Best Picture, or will Bradley Cooper’s fourth incarnation of A Star Is Born win over the Hollywood voters? Perhaps road movie Green Book is […]
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10 Famous Movie Directors Who Are Also Great Actors
For most people in the film industry, they pick something they are talented at – whether its scriptwriting, directing, producing, acting, cinematography, or editing – and stick at it, slowly working their way up through the business. Others are not content to simply stick to one discipline, instead choosing to dabble in more than one skill. […]
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The 10 Most Poetic Films of The 21st Century
When it comes to terms of poetry in cinema, there are infinite ways to achieve this. Ranging from the use of objects or music with Kieslowski, or the holding of repetition shots in Bresson, or the handheld realism of the Dardenne brothers, they can all be considered ‘poetic.’ It’s the way the filmmakers tell and […]