Ambition in art, and specifically in cinema, is always complicated. As much as we as an audience want filmmakers to take risks and aim to make the best movie they can, it’s never pleasant when artists shoot for the stars without the talent to back it up. Moreover, ambitious projects are always a risk, commercially […]
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10 Great Movies That Have The Quality of a Novel
Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? And where does that divide start to blend? Great works of art—whether literature, film, visual arts, or otherwise—make that boundary disappear, and they demonstrate how many artists view life as if through a prism that reflects and diffracts its own reality. Some great works of art […]
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10 Famous Movies Unfairly Considered Too Violent
Violence has existed in cinema since the beginning, and real life violence definitely predates movies. Still, films have often been blamed for glorifying violence. In some cases, the film in question isn’t even as bloody as it seems, or is censored because its context isn’t properly understood. Many films are no bloodier than Shakespeare but […]
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All 30 Jake Gyllenhaal Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Over recent years, Jake Gyllenhaal has become one of the most trustworthy working actors whose movies you’ll watch solely because his name is on the poster (if anyone still picks movies that way). Even when he appears in mediocre movies, you can be sure he’ll give a stellar performance, always giving 110 percent to whatever […]
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20 Great Movie Classics You’ve Probably Never Seen
Since we can all be a little pretentious about the films we have seen, here is a list of films you can really turn your nose up to other film buffs about. “Oh, you haven’t seen this? Are you serious? Wow. I thought you loved movies.” These are all remarkable films without getting the attention […]
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10 Movie Franchises That Peaked In Their First Outing
Franchises are a way of life in cinema. They’ve been around since the earliest days of cinema, but they’ve become more important to studios since “Star Wars” was birthed in the 70s. The usual thinking with franchises is that the first movie is usually the best and there is a case of diminishing returns as […]