When one makes a subject a vocation or merely an avocation, there is a danger that the individual may start feel that they pretty much know all there is to know about said subject. That danger seems to happen to those who love, study, and work in or with the film world to any great […]
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6 Reasons Why “Raging Bull” Is The Best Biopic of All Time
The iconic film “Raging Bull”, released in 1980 and directed by Martin Scorsese, has an unflinching realism and brutal honesty to it, captured in a surreal black-and-white world of anger, violence and redemption. Based on the real-life story of middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta, the film is less cinema and more like a documentary disguised as […]
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8 Reasons Why “Unforgiven” is the Best Western Since 1980
Westerns, generally speaking, are considered a less popular genre than they once were and too often have less-than-stellar box office returns. Nonetheless, many incredible Westerns have been made in the last 25 or so years. 3:10 to Yuma, Open Range, The Proposition, Bone Tomahawk, Hell or High Water, The Assassination of Jesse James by the […]
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The 20 Greatest Movie Performances Honored At The Cannes Film Festival
At 70, the prestigious festival held annually at the beautiful French city is hardly in want of recognition. Films that play here often go on to become cherished masterpieces of world cinema, or awards players and even in a few instances, huge box-office successes. There is an allure to Cannes that even in an uninspiring […]
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6 Reasons Why “What We Do in The Shadows” is One of the Best Comedies of This Century
The 2014 comedy “What We Do in the Shadows” developed a cult following upon its release. Directed by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, who also wrote and starred in the movie as Viago and Vladislav, respectively, this mockumentary became one of the most acclaimed comedies of this second decade of the 21st century. Uniting an […]
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7 Reasons Why “The Dark Knight” Is The Best Superhero Movie of All Time
These days, everyone seems to love superhero movies. It is, along with horror films, the most popular genre, and many theorists argue that this augmentation of superhero films came because of the need for heroic figures after the 9/11. Although, it is certain that Christopher Nolan gave a new perspective on how we should see […]