In a episode of the animated TV show The Simpsons, son Bart provoked a long series of laughs from his family by revealing that his memory was only seven minutes of duration and he insisted that he wasn’t kidding. The Simpsons, for anyone who knows the show, is a marvel of compression, packing much into […]
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Top 30 Stephen King Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Stephen King is a towering figure in modern day storytelling. Ever since his debut back in the 70s with “Carrie,” he was a voice to always pay attention to. With each successive year and a new story, he cemented his place in the pantheon of all-time great writers. There may be some naysayers, because anyone […]
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The 10 Most Pretentious Movies of All Time
When a film fails to be as impressive at it presumes it will be, it is pretentious. A film can seek to be impressive in many telling ways. However, the gossamer of visual effects, the clout of celebrity, or a miscalculated promotional campaign, can fail or work against the visionary objective. Such is the case […]
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10 Great Movies That Are Extremely Hard To Watch
Cinema in its early days was intended, mostly, to please. Its spectacular mix of sound and images was considered the most radical invention in the field of entertainment. Yes, early filmmakers like Sergei Eisenstein took it upon themselves to craft films that were not only depictions of real-life pain and joy, making the cinematic endeavour […]
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The 25 Most Infamous Movies of All Time
A quick glance at IMDb’s Top 250 page, or even at nominally more serious attempts to supposedly list the “greatest films ever,” shows that few people, their claims of be-ing “cinephiles” notwithstanding, take cinema seriously as an art form. The petit bourgeois journalist-cum-“critic” views cinema the same way he (it is usually a he) views […]
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10 Movies That Would Be Better If They Were Shorter
One of the greatest irritations as a film audience is the feeling that your time is being wasted while watching a film that is full of potential. As cinema has come into the twenty-first century, the average length of films has increased, certain genres have formulas nailed down to the point that the narrative can […]