Cinema enthusiasts usually hold the critics’ taste in high regard. Sure, everyone prefers to watch a film by themselves and make their own mind up, but we all are in some way influenced by the opinion that critics have of a film. This is especially true in the social media era: titles of reviews or […]
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10 Movie Trailers That Are Better Than The Actual Film
Ahh trailers, we all love them. They’re the reason we get to the movie session on time, because we don’t want to miss them. We can spend hours upon hours on the computer delving deep into the trailer vortex until we’ve seen every film that is coming out. Trailers ultimately set our expectations for a film, […]
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10 Movie Masterpieces That Are Textbooks of Camera Movement
As if sculpting a formless body of thoughts into a palpable conformation of visions, a film director projects a textured intellectual surface on a motion picture’s transparent kinesiology. Standing across, at the viewer’s position, you drift in the film’s conceptional background, usually ignoring the constantly observing eyes and controlling hands of the recording medium. Camerawork, […]
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The 10 Most Legendary Movie Performances of All Time
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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The 10 Best Romantic Thrillers of All Time
The formula for a romantic thriller is simple. You have to have a femme fatale, a man willing enough to be duped, and the ever-constant threat of danger. Throw in an overarching conspiracy and you’re in for a rollicking good time. Combining both a fear and fascination with sex, and the worldview that romance (or […]
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10 Great Zombie Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen
The recent release of Overlord has reminded many people why the zombie genre is so popular. People just love watching the undead duke it out with the living, and who can blame them? Especially right now, when Oscar bait movies are being shoved down our throats, it may be nice to sit back and watch […]