Next to comedies, more than any other, the horror genre has been historically critically undervalued, perceived unfairly as comic and dispensable. In spite of the validity of its devoted following, harsher critics go so far as to nullify horror’s purpose, snobbishly mocking it. What they’ve failed to recognise is, beyond the arbitrary artifice, these stories […]
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10 Great Recent Thriller Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
The thriller genre is hard to define. It’s not quite as black-and-white as a horror movie or a comedy, but at the same time, you know a thriller when you see one. The genre has always been popular because of its ability to keep viewers guessing until the credits roll. While the genre generally brings […]
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The 10 Most Underrated Movies From Martin Scorsese
Without question, Martin Scorsese is one of the most beloved and influential filmmakers of all time. His consistency of excellence throughout six decades of directing is impeccable. Because of his preservation and advocacy of the film medium, Scorsese has maintained a high status of relevancy unparalleled for filmmakers. Across 40 narrative and documentary feature films, […]
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The 20 Best Thriller Movies Of The 2000s
Ah, the 2000s, what a time to be alive. Flip phones and Myspace were still a thing, Brittney Spears and Eminem dominated Billboard’s charts, the world could not shut up about American Idol, the iPod came out, Tiger Woods won four straight majors, and Pottermania was in full swing. The aughts were also a banner […]
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All 14 Spider-Man Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Ever since making his comic-book debut on 5 June 1962, Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man has been part of the American zeitgeist and a big-screen mainstay that has swung his way into our hearts through various cinematic incarnations and studio reboots. From Nicholas Hammond to Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland, each actor brought a new […]
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10 Great Underrated Sci-fi Films You Probably Haven’t Seen
One of the most time-tested genres, science fiction, never fails to captivate audiences. Films of the genre have inspired the most passionate fan bases and curious forms of film criticism. Science fiction is provocative due to its ability to comment on present-day sociology despite taking place hundreds or thousands of years in the future or […]