Throughout history, science fiction has been utilized to capture the scientific developments of the times as well as warn us about the implications of the said discoveries. Despite the use of outlandish and futuristic storylines, the best of the genre incorporates concepts that are rooted in our current reality. In everything from literature to cinema, […]
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10 Movies So Awful They Were Pulled From Cinemas
It is widely accepted that we are experiencing an oversaturation of films for quite some time now. With thousands of movies produced each year the line between commercial success or failure can be a blurry one. Even though a lot of films have nowadays found a new home in streaming platforms, cinemas are still faced […]
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10 Average Movies Made Incredible By Their Endings
It’s a crying shame when a film has all the makings of a masterpiece, only to fall apart in its final moments. But what of the opposite? What of those films that appear backed to the corner of the ring? What of those films that, at the final desperate breath, throw a surprise jab to […]
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10 of The Most Powerful Uses of Music in Cinema
Music has the tremendous ability of evoking feeling from within our innermost depths. It can induce longing, passion, and strength. It can even defy articulation. Ludwig Van Beethoven famously expressed that ‘music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.’ Music is uniquely visceral. Whereas much of cinema’s arsenal operates on the basis of […]
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10 of The Most Anticipated 2019 Movies by Great Directors
Now that the Best/Worst of 2018 lists are slowly running out, let’s focus on what 2019 has in store for us. Quite a few great, renowned directors are releasing a new feature in the year to come. Some of them are coming back after years of silence, while others have only just released their previous […]
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The 10 Best Western Movies Set in Modern Times
The Hollywood Western was once one of the most preeminent and stirring of genres. Set in the late 19th century, attentive to Old West myth-making, folk heroes, and morality tales, it was an altogether American invention. In Hollywood’s Golden Age the Western was exceedingly popular, nothing else was as popular and directors like John Ford […]