Franchises are a way of life in cinema. They’ve been around since the earliest days of cinema, but they’ve become more important to studios since “Star Wars” was birthed in the 70s. The usual thinking with franchises is that the first movie is usually the best and there is a case of diminishing returns as […]
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The 20 Greatest Femme Fatales in American Cinema
The presence of the femme fatale (or fatal woman in English) in contemporary American cinema is not as prominent now as it once was in the Golden Age. Regardless, the notion of the beautiful, empowered, and deadly woman, remains a profound one when executed well. Modern incarnations of the architype, such as Denise Richards’ seductive […]
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The 20 Best Dream Scenes in Movie History
We all have a fascination with what we dream up when we sleep. Some people go as far to interpret their dreams. Others find parallels between their imaginations and their daily lives. Some people even shrug these images off as just something weird they dreamt that previous night. Either way, we are always aware of […]
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5 Reasons Why The New “Popular Film” Category At The Academy Awards Is a Terrible Idea
Yeah, Mark Wahlberg, you can be as happy about this new category as you’d like, but almost everyone else reacted negatively when the Academy announced that some changes were to take place in the near future. In what seems to be a desparate attempt to get ratings back up, the Academy has stated that a […]
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10 WTF Moments in Otherwise Normal Movies
What makes someone say ‘WTF’? It’s a surprisingly broad category – a scene can be shocking and out of nowhere, contributing nothing and leaving only confusion in its wake. A scene can carry the plot forward or drive home a point, but still be executed in such a way that leaves one more alarmed about […]