An acting performance is like the face of a film. It doesn’t create the film’s identity, but yet it’s often what we most closely associate a movie with. When this happens, an unusually skilled actress or actor deserves much of the credit. Though a successful performance can blossom only within the broader context of a […]
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10 Reasons Why 2018’s Suspiria Remake Is A Great Film
Fans of Dario Argento’s 1977 classic, Suspiria, weren’t exactly pining for a remake, but in 2018 they got one anyway. Argento’s fellow Italian director, Luca Guadagnino, has thrown down the gauntlet with his reworking of the beloved horror shocker, and now the opinions are ours to form. Even though a 21st century Suspiria might have […]
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The 10 Most Despicable Movie Characters of All Time
I miss being traumatized by Disney. When I was 5 years old, nothing was more intense than Cinderella’s wicked stepmother’s green snake-eyes glowing in darkness. The stepmother Lady Tremaine psychological abuse of our heroine gave the otherwise cheerful “Cinderella” a flavor of horror that, in hindsight, was quite necessary for my development. Monsters like Lady […]
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10 of The Most Surprising Character Twists in Movies
Characters are at the heart of a film and without interesting, appealing characters, a film will inevitably fail to engage an audience. A memorable character can see a film elevated from good to great and even ensure that a film stands the test of time. Though we may often be able to sort characters into […]
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The 20 Best Acted Movie Scenes of The 21st Century
There have been many brilliant scenes in the 21st century thus far, but this list will be strictly focused on the performances. The acting of the actors at play in that one scene could be in the beginning, middle or end, or the final or first time we see the character on screen, in a […]
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The 10 Best Last Shots in Legendary Directors’ Careers
One doesn’t require any rigorous education in the field of cinema or any long-running practice to instinctively appraise the importance of the opening and the closing shot of a film. The first must be a hook that lodges itself deeply into the spectator’s psyche, while the second is very similar to the final note of […]