A film fan’s love of adventurous cinematic spies is a continuation of man’s love for adventure. Spies unearthing untold similarities of methods—where governmental secrecy serves as the raw material of fiction—also separates the mystery of persuasion from the guesswork of brainwashing. Indeed, all movie genres adapted from literature rely on screenplays to focus on select […]
Month: September 2014
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The 12 Best Daniel Day-Lewis Movies You Need To Watch
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If Dustin Hoffman is the American version of an actor who is a proponent of the Method style and approach towards the craft, then Englishman Daniel-Day Lewis is that, only turned up several notches. The recent recipient of a Knighthood for his services to the craft, the astounding and consistent quality of his performances in […]
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The 20 Best American Indie Movies Of The 2000s
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The 2000s was the best of times for indie, and it was the worst of times for indie. It was the dawn of cinema’s second millenium, a clean slate for a new century of cinematic art. However, it was not all good news for indie cinema. On one hand, following the indie renaissance of the […]
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The 10 Best Studio Ghibli Films Not Directed By Hayao Miyazaki
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Fears about the closure of the highly respected anime house, Studio Ghibli, began a year ago with Hayao Miyazaki’s confirmation of a rumor scattered at Venice Film Festival about his retirement. Recently—as the celebrations and controversies about Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises (2013) simmered, and after the premier of Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s When Marnie Was There (2014)—Toshio […]
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15 Essential Films Every Aspiring Screenwriter Must Watch
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Even if you’re not an aspiring screenwriter and have general interest in extremely good screenplays, these are the basic films whose narrative construction, character development, solid yet mind-blowing plotlines, etc., make for terrific readings and life-changing experiences. Any good screenwriter should keep in mind the work already done by masters of this craft throughout film […]
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The 9 Greatest Roles Of Michelle Monaghan On Screen
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Born in Iowa in 1976, Monaghan started modelling shortly after leaving high school, where she went on to study Journalism in Chicago. But after leaving college one semester short of graduation to pursue an acting career, Michele Monaghan has never looked back, with a respectable number of movie roles under her belt. In fact, according […]