Remakes of films, particularly by those in Hollywood, have a poor reputation of being cheap and sloppy movies made to cash in on the success of the original. While, unfortunately this is true for the majority of these films, many directors manage to revive the plot of a film successfully and put a new spin […]
Month: June 2015
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26 Great Movies from National Film Registry You Need To Watch (Part I)
The fact of the United States being a relatively young country may well have something to do with the contiguous fact that the country is often a bit slow to recognize and preserve key artifacts from its history such as buildings, documents,artworks and other things which provide of record of how and why the country […]
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10 Enigmatic Movies Benefit From Repeated Viewings
Cinema transports audiences into the minds of its director. We experience the director’s vision and depiction of the story. Most contemporary directors and production companies are under the assumption that the modern audiences lack the intelligence to construct their own interpretation and meanings behind what is happening visually and aurally and therefore usually rely on […]
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12 Essential Films For An Introduction To New Norwegian Cinema
Norwegian cinema is riding a brand new wave internationally. A growing amount of directors and actors are being exported, while back home we are finally getting used to the excitement of seeing our own productions not only partaking in festivals, but also receiving awards while there. Meanwhile distribution rights to popular Norwegian films have become […]
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15 Great Movies About Police Corruption That Are Worth Watching
The thin blue line has been featured time and time again throughout cinema history. From hardboiled detective thrillers to intense character studies, corrupt police officers have been a fixture in movies. Sometimes we may root for the hero, the Boy Scout, the white knight who swoops in to clean up the crooked police department but […]
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25 Bleak Crime Movies That Are Worth Your Time
Just like real life crimes, films about crime aren’t supposed to be uplifting. After all, they are films about people wrongfully hurting someone and the consequences of those actions. But even in a genre full of sadness and unpleasantness, there are a select number that are darker than the rest. From the start, these films […]