No word infuriates movie nerds quite like “ripoff.” To even suggest that cherished films with intense followings may have possibly copied the plot, aesthetics or general premise of other people’s works is to invite unbridled geek chaos, if not directly stoke cinema dork outrage. But a lot of times, one can’t help but watch certain […]
Author: James Swift
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10 Movies Roger Ebert Rated Zero Stars You Should Watch Anyway
When it comes to film criticism we’re all pretty much students of Roger Ebert. No film critic has ever had as much influence on the minds of the masses than the Chicago Sun-Times columnist, and it’s safe to say none have been as beloved as the Pulitzer Prize winner, either. In a career spanning about […]
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10 Movies Every College Student Should See
Ah, college. That four (sometimes five, sometimes six, sometimes indefinite) year migration from naive youth to (supposedly) enlightened adulthood. While just about everybody spends their tenure in higher education hitting the books and beer bongs, college is also an opportune time to expand one’s cinema tastes. Now is the best time of your life to […]
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10 Movie Rip-offs That Are Actually Better Than The Original
Imitation, it is oft said, is the sincerest form of flattery. And while the world of film is littered with scores of unabashed ripoffs that fail to recapture any of the magic of the films they shamelessly copied (just take a look at the deluge of awful Alien, Jaws and Gremlins clones out there) every […]
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10 Famous Horror Movies That Inspired Real Life Murders
For as long as the cinematic medium has been around, moral watchdogs have long sought to expose the allegedly deleterious effects of violent movies on the impressionable young mind. As the most graphic and explicit of genres, it’s not really surprising that horror films represent a perennial target for parents groups and censorship boards alike. […]
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The 12 Deadliest Movies Ever Filmed
Throughout history, filmdom has seen its fair share of horrific on-the-set tragedies. Who could ever forget the fatal accidental shooting of Brandon Lee during The Crow and the litany of deadly stunts gone wrong in films like The Dark Knight and The Expendables II? While some of these mishaps led to long and costly wrongful […]