A movie’s fame and notoriety can be based on a number of factors beyond just the overall quality of the film or the significance of the names behind it. Controversy can play a big role in a film’s success, i.e. any press is good press. If a film contains controversial or buzzed about subject matter, […]
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10 Great 2018 Movies That Deserve Higher Rotten Tomatoes Scores
A high score on reviews aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes is one of the most highly sought-after accolades for a newly released film. To be certified ‘fresh’ can mean a surge in audiences going to see a film and obviously more tickets sold means more box office revenue. On the flip side a low score on […]
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10 Great Horror Movie Classics You’ve Probably Never Seen
The genre of horror remains one of the most interesting schools of cinema. The very idea of what audiences conventionally deem “scary” has seen countless transformations since the birth of the genre. From the intense stylization of Italian Giallo, to the grotesque senselessness of torture porn, filmmakers constantly strive for newer and more innovative methods […]
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10 Great Foreign Films You Probably Didn’t Know Had A Hollywood Remake
If the past few years in American cinema have shown us anything, it is that Hollywood is not shy when it comes to sequels, reboots and remakes. In fact, one could go as far as saying that it is one of its primary sources of profit nowadays. Although this understandably paves the road for critics […]
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The 10 Weirdest Characters In David Lynch Movies
There is a reason why the English language has taken into its dictionary the term “Lynchian”. It has everything to do with how Lynch first and foremost treats his characters. They appear to be sucked out from the deepest vibrations of the unconscious. The reason their “weirdness” has an impact on the average viewer is […]
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The 20 Most Perfect Movie Scenes of All Time
The scene. The cinematographic equivalent of theatrical acts. It can easily be understood as the backbone of the movie. In this time unit, space and action are some of the main elements of the cinematographic articulation. In the more traditional cinema, the scenes have linking facts between them – usually, there is a bridge that […]