A good film cannot happen without a good hero. That much is clear to everyone. The fact that one cannot happen without a good villain as well seems to have been forgotten by many filmmakers throughout the decades and we have been left with a bunch of cardboard cutouts instead of real bad guys of […]
Month: October 2020
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10 Great Animated Movies You May Have Never Seen
Animated films are often thought to be aimed at a younger audience and in particular children are seen as the main consumers of the genre. Whilst a massive part of the market and genre does create and produce films that are family friendly, there are also many animated films which cater to a much older […]
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The 10 Best Horror Movies of 2020 (So Far)
It’s not the end of 2020 yet, but as any genre fan can attest, we’ve already seen a wealth of outstanding horror films this year. The following list of 10 titles rates and ranks what have so far been Taste of Cinema’s favorites, but it’s worth pointing out that the months ahead will unleash several […]
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10 Great Monster Movies You May Have Never Seen
Monsters have haunted the nightmares of mankind for centuries, first through myths and folklore and later through literature and eventually film. In the early years of film, it already was a popular genre to explore. German expressionist films like The Golem and Nosferatu are some of the earliest examples of feature length monster movies. These […]
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10 Great Movies That Change Genres Halfway Through
One of the great pleasures of watching a movie for the first time is being surprised by it. There are few movies, however, that can claim to be truly surprising, to take the viewer on a journey they couldn’t have anticipated when first arriving at the theater (or pressing play at home). When it does […]
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The 15 Best Movies of VIFF 2020
Now that the sun has set on the sensational 39th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (which ran from September 24th – October 7th, 2020), Taste of Cinema offers up our favorites from what was another exciting, and very impressive festival and being charged with the task of picking our 15 favorites was no easy affair. […]