The Academy Awards are supposed to be a beacon for the masses of what the elite works in film are in any given year. Most know that the Oscars are usually pretty ridiculous and the best choices aren’t the ones picked. But for the most part, the choices aren’t so wildly off base that absolute […]
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10 Directors Who Made Two Great Movies In The Same Year
Some directors are fortunate enough to have two films go into production at around the same time or one immediately after the other. Making one good film is challenging enough, but two, back to back? Now that takes some serious focus, a creative spark, and probably a lot of coffee and energy drinks. Following our […]
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10 Famous Directors Who Were Sued For Their Movies
Have you ever wondered from where great directors get their ideas? The unfortunate truth is that some of the best stories in cinema are nowhere near original. Some of the most famous directors are equally infamous for the lawsuits piled up against them for copyright infringement, and you might be surprised who makes the cut. […]
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12 Legendary Directors Who Should Have Made More Films
Anyone new to the classic mystery reading field could be forgiven for thinking that Dashiell Hammet, author of The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, and The Thin Man, probably had a gigantic selection of mystery novels in his bibliography and that those were just the top three. Actually they were the top three of just […]
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The 10 Best Movie Directors Working Today
Contemporary cinema is the home of many styles and approaches toward reality and cinema. Many filmmakers take an extremely critical approach toward cinema and society, while others focus on a simple portrait of humanity and communication. In the contemporary scene, there are filmmakers whose careers have just started and who probably are going to deliver […]
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15 Actors Who Had Two Great Films In The Same Year
Compared to directors, the time an actor spends working on one film is substantially much shorter. By the time that one film is released, that same actor could have worked on multiple films that somehow end up being released within the same year. If they’re lucky enough to be in demand, and lucky enough to […]