Every Halloween and every Friday, the 13th, local movie theatres all over the country dust off the old classics horror films and show them to packed houses. There is just something about this film genre that appeals to a lot of people – maybe the vicarious thrills and the need to be really scared while […]
Month: September 2015
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The 20 Greatest Performances in an Ingmar Bergman Film
Film aficionados really like talking about Ingmar Bergman. They like talking about Sven Nykevist almost as much. The discussion about Bergman’s filmmaking always seems to be centered on either the the dense thematic qualities of Bergman’s screenplays or the breathtakingly beautiful shots his long partnership with Nykevist produced. Rarely does anyone address just how actor […]
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16 Lesser Known Horror Movie Sequels Worth Checking Out
Ah, sequels. In this case, horror sequels. Who cares, right? They’re just as common as all the superhero sequels nowadays, and have been coming consistently for longer. If there’s either a concept, a place, a character, or more specifically, an antagonist, there’s enough to keep bringing it back, because horror movies have audience and they […]
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10 Great English-Language Films To Help You Discover Spain
Traveling is a wonderful habit of the human nature. People do it for different reasons. Some are interested in visiting as much as they can in order to gain culture and perspective, others just to get away from the rat race for a few days and just lay in the sun without a care in […]
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The 10 Most Significant Artistic and Philosophical Influences to Stanley Kubrick
Everyone has to start somewhere. Geniuses are not born with knowledge, but come to it by their ability to absorb, retain, and apply that which they learned. We all know Kubrick was the typical ne’er-do-well who did poorly in school. His loathing for institutionalized learning was legendary. Home movies show he was affable — even […]
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10 Great Films That Use The Optimal Level of Violence
When letting violence loose in a film pins it to a very specific, limited option of genres, choosing the measured amount that the plot allows becomes the difference between a forgettable work of art and a masterpiece imprinted in our psyche, even if remembered by one crucial, violent scene. Physical aggression, implied murder, slight gore […]