No one said they had to play it by the book. Adaptations are fascinating to see come to life mainly because of the question that always has to tag along with them: “how faithful will the movie be?” For fans of the novel or original story, it can be a true heartbreak to see stories […]
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10 Movies With The Most Heavy-Handed Messages
Movies can cause change. Going back to the early days of cinema, visionaries behind the camera and the typewriter have used the medium to translate topical messages in engaging ways. After all, anecdotes and examples can often be the most compelling arguments of all. But something disastrous comes about when filmmakers awkwardly present their own […]
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The 10 Most Bizarre David Cronenberg Movies
David Cronenberg has made some truly strange movies over the years. One can just look at a plot synopsis and marvel at how remarkably insane some of the plot points and characters are. But even that fails to give a sense of how weird Cronenberg can get. Yes, some of the stories are weird by […]
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The 10 Best Movies About Media
It may seem as though that film is a medium that exclusively praises the media. Documentarians are pseudo journalists in their own right so it does make sense so many movies have respect for those that deliver people news and entertainment. But a deeper look into movies and their relationship with the media reveals just […]
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The 10 Best Movies To Come Out of Dead Genres
“There will be a time when the superhero movie goes the way of the Western.” Steven Spielberg said this back in 2015, and while superhero movies have not died out yet, he does have a point. Genre popularity in film is finite. Sure, there are revivals and resurgences, but a good amount of film genres […]
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10 Great Movies That Subvert Color Theory
In film, rules are meant to be broken. Color theory is one of the most well-known guides in all of cinema. The general premise that certain colors matched with a specific brightness, saturation, and value will elicit certain emotional reactions from the audience has been followed by many and worked very well. But for more […]