That a horror film can be considered intelligent is a fact taken for granted today; but it hasn’t always been so. The horror genre has a bit of a spotty history when it comes to receiving respect and the requisite funding needed to earn that esteem. In the early days of cinema, horror films tended […]
Author: Martin Wilson
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10 Great Movie Classics You’ve Probably Never Seen
A list like this will always attract two groups of people: one group looking to count the movies they’ve already seen, and another hoping to discover ones they haven’t. The most passionate film fans will rarely be surprised by any suggestion, but those with more diverse interests are likely to unearth a hidden gem which […]
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The 10 Most Important Occult Themes In “Twin Peaks”
When FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived in Twin Peaks, his mission was clear: the homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, had been murdered and Cooper was there to crack the case. But the investigation that followed led him into a labyrinth of secrets lurking just under the surface of the small town, and those secrets often […]
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The 10 Most Shocking Movie Castings of All Time
The relationship that develops between actor and audience is a strange one; it’s a projected bond no more real than a special effect in a film, and yet it comes with certain expectations. A paradox and a pitfall of this imagined alliance is that while actors exist to portray anyone other than themselves, audiences still […]
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The 10 Best Movies Influenced By Leo Tolstoy
The name Tolstoy means many things to many people. Novelist, Aristocrat, Revolutionary, Heretic, and Saint are all titles given to the author of War and Peace – often considered the greatest novel of all time. And it seems only fitting that someone capable of creating so many timeless fictional characters should have lived a richly […]
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The 10 Best Movies Influenced By Buddhist Philosophy
Discussing Buddhism can be a tricky task; after all, the first rule of Enlightenment is: you do not talk about Enlightenment. The essence of awareness is the living of it, and the one who loudly claims to understand the nature of reality has not understood it. Still, from ancient times Buddhism has used stories to […]