If the crucial encounter between Jack Nicholson, the star of “Chinatown”; Robert Towne, the screenwriter of the film; Robert Evans, the influential Paramount producer; and last but not least Roman Polanski was featured in Paolo Coelho’s book, it would be dismissed with terminal condescendence by all critics. It would no doubt be considered either some blatantly manipulative […]
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The 20 Best Movie Opening Scenes of The 2010s
It’s hard to overstate the burden borne by a movie’s opening. The best ones are mini-treatises — bold statements that tie together plot and theme to give audiences a sense of where they’re going while getting them excited for the journey. The worst ones simply have us reach for the off button. In the 2010s, […]
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10 Great Movies To Watch If You Liked “The Irishman”
Since mob and gangster genres have been done to death, we’re rarely getting them anymore. But this year Martin Scorsese finally brought one of his passion projects to life; now we have “The Irishman” and it’s a glorious masterpiece. Scorsese has given us some of the best mob films of all time – “Goodfellas,” “Casino,” […]
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The 10 Best Italian Films of The 2010s
From its early days to far into the 20th century, Italian cinema has sculpted the world of film and has given birth to numerous influential movements, filmmakers and movie masterpieces. Unfortunately, between the 1980s and 2000s, the amount of great films that came from Italy has considerably diminished. Of course, we still had the likes […]
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10 Great Cult Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen
Shocks… Thrills… Chills! The exploitation movie has been around for a long, long time. There’s even reason to believe that Thomas Edison might have been an O.G. pioneer in the field: his movie The Execution Of Mary Stuart, among the first ever made, features Mary, Queen Of Scots getting her head chopped off and literally […]
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The 20 Best Movie Endings of The 2010s
A film’s ending has the ability to do many things. It can double down on the movie’s greatness, inspire hope, crush expectations, and even change everything that has come before it. The best endings are the ones we first think of when we hear a movie’s title. The hand emerging from Carrie’s grave, Verbal’s disappearing […]