Is there any other cinematic artist more synonymous with a single genre than Clint Eastwood is with the western? Of course, there are comedians such as Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Steve Martin or Eddie Murphy, but that’s something else, since they rarely venture outside of their comedic vehicles. And then there are the Hammer stars […]
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The 20 Best Movie Performances of 2020
Awards season has finally arrived, albeit a little later than usual. Thanks to a worldwide pandemic unrivaled by anything in modern history, cinema had to take a bit of a break while the world slowly restored itself. Although the world isn’t exactly functioning like it used to, we are slowly making our way to normalcy, […]
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The 10 Best Don Siegel Movies
At first glance, many define Don Siegel’s career only by the action films he has made. Many saying he is an action pioneer making Hollywood films about tough guys. He has most likely been given this stamp due to his most widely seen film, Dirty Harry with Clint Eastwood. While he has made his fair […]
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The 10 Most Underrated Movie Remakes of All Time
Remakes are a divisive area of cinema. On the one hand, they can provide a fresh perspective on classic stories and play with the ideas of previous films to make them more relevant to the world of today. They can also bring their predecessors to the attention of new audiences if they are largely unknown […]
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10 Great 2020 Movies That Should Have Been Nominated For Best Picture
The Academy Awards are a source of both irritation and recognition for film fans. In many ways, the process of celebrating the best films of each year may give cinephiles the chance to see some of their favorite artists receive further honors for their exemplary work. However, it’s also quite annoying to see that the […]
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10 Great Noir Films You May Have Never Seen
The film historian Sheri Chinen Biesen writes in her book “Blackout” that there are two separate strains of film noir—one arose during wartime, the other followed it: “These early noir films created a psychological atmosphere that in many ways marked a response to an increasingly realistic and understandable anxiety – about war, shortages, changing gender […]