Remakes of films, particularly by those in Hollywood, have a poor reputation of being cheap and sloppy movies made to cash in on the success of the original. While, unfortunately this is true for the majority of these films, many directors manage to revive the plot of a film successfully and put a new spin […]
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The 10 Best Horror Movies Based on The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most influential horror writers of all time, expanding the genre of Gothic literature and creating the earliest detective stories. Poe wrote during the early 19th century in New England and was a strong supporter of the romantic movement which he utilized to create dozens of popular short stories […]
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20 Great Murder Mystery Movies That Are Worth Your Time
For generations, murder mysteries have been one of the most popular and entertaining forms of art to the public. Detective stories from noir writers and mystery legends like Agatha Christie became cultural icons. Today, murder mysteries are most commonly manifested in the throng of crime TV shows like Law & Order and CSI. The murder […]
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The 15 Best Movies About World War I
World War I was one of the most formative events in the 20th century, leading to the establishment of international committees and was one of the first truly worldwide struggles. Many alliances were formed between countries, uniting the citizens of many nationalities in a common plight. The Allied powers, (Britain, France, Russia and the Unites […]
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The 15 Best Movies About College
College is one of the most formative and exciting times in many people’s lives, representing the transitional stage into adulthood. Similar to many coming-of-age films set in high school, college movies focus on the new responsibilities of the young students and the pitfalls that they encounter only these events are blown up to magnified proportions […]
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30 Essential Films for an Introduction to Italian Cinema
Italy has been involved in film since the origins in the early 1900s and were highly influential to the development of cinema with the Futurist movement. Unfortunately due to the Fascist restrictions on culture during the 1920s and 30s the output of film was weaker. In the 1940s, however, that the Italians made a significant […]