Some horror movie trends come and go (horny teenagers and torture porn regularly crop up and wear out their welcome rather quickly), but few genre-specific tendencies are as appreciated and abiding as the unease of existential dread, and the intensity of a slow burning, utterly atmospheric journey into the abyss and (hopefully) back. Slow-burn horror […]
Month: August 2019
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10 Great Sci-fi Films You’ve Probably Never Seen
As we head into the third decade of the 21st Century, science fiction in film seems poised to catch up with itself. No other genre lends itself so well to the spectacle of the multiplex, but no other genre can date itself so quickly either. Whether reboot or modern update, science fiction films and television […]
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15 Underrated 1990s Crime Movies You May Have Never Seen
Crime movies have been popular as long as movies have been around, and the 1990s was a great decade for crime dramas; ranging from Martin Scorsese-Nicholas Pileggi collaborations (“Goodfellas,” “Casino”) to amazing stuff offered by BrianDe Palma (“Carlito’s Way”), Michael Mann (“Heat”), Abel Ferrara (“King of New York”) and many more. However, there were also […]
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10 Famous Movies Whose Third Act Changed Our Entire Perception
There comes a point in the third act of a film where something can change our entire perception. Sometimes the film derails and gets ridiculous, has a crazy plot twist, or simply surprises us in ways we didn’t expect. Most importantly, we remember these third acts more than the rest of the film. Not that […]
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10 Insane Movies That Are Actually Based On True Stories
It was not so long ago that we have again learned to acclimatize with this world’s atrocities. Yes, it is unfortunate that it’s the most we can make about the happenings; some of the exceptions will yell at their social media, sharing numerous photos and articles in the hope of a wake-up call. Only the […]
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The 10 Best Police Procedure Movies of All Time
“The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state to enforce the law, to protect the lives, liberty and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder.” At least that’s what Wikipedia states in its opening paragraph. Our views on policing is largely like the analogy of blind people touching […]