Unspooling over a handful of days in February and August of 1969, Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the director’s love letter to Tinseltown, albeit one inked with a poison pen. Atypical of QT, his latest is a giddy grab bag of pop culture references and playful allusions to Hollywood’s […]
Month: August 2019
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10 Awesome 2019 Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen
Avengers: Endgame has made $2.8 billion at the box office this year. Aladdin and The Lion King have both made over $1 billion. This is starting to become pretty normal for big budget blockbusters. As much as people want to talk about the rise of streaming, people are still going to the theaters to see […]
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The 10 Most Unfairly Hated Movies of The 21st Century
In our current age of technology it seems as though minority voices have gotten louder as more and more people are able to get their views out there for the world to see. These days it seems as though tribalism is dominating our public discourse in a variety of topics and people are very quick […]
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10 Great Recent Horror Films You’ve Probably Never Seen
There’s little question in the minds of critics and audiences alike that the horror revolution is in full swing. While the turn of the century saw many questioning the genre’s viability in film—and severely doubting if there were anymore unique horror stories left to be told—recent years have proven to be quite the spooky renaissance, […]
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10 Modern Classic Movies You May Have Never Seen
The problem with watching classic films is that it often feels like homework. You do it so you can check the box and participate in conversations about movies and not get that stupefied look that says, “Really, what do you mean you haven’t seen x or y film?” Or, the film feels more culturally important […]
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8 Reasons Why “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” Is One of Tarantino’s Best Films
Although Quentin Tarantino’s never been a prolific filmmaker (he’s directed nine features since 1992’s Reservoir Dogs, if you count the Kill Bill films as a single entry, which QT famously does), he’s certainly one of the most influential. His breakthrough second feature, the zeitgeist-defining 1994 tour de force Pulp Fiction has left a lasting impression […]