War and Horror are subjects that one might assume go hand in hand, but in the world of film, well made war-horror hybrids are surprisingly rare. While the integration of war subjects with horror elements is common in novels, comics and graphic novels, in film the genre has become a niche filled mostly by independent […]
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The 10 Best TV Tie-In Movies
Made-for-TV movies often face a bad rap, but what about TV tie-in films? Films that, despite being released onto the big screen, continue stories that began on the small screen? The genre is a wee-bit of a mixed bag (for every “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” there’s a “Dr. Who and the Daleks”), but […]
Philosophical Musings: Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Acting is a common theme within existential philosophy. It makes sense, when you think about it. When there is nothing essential or permanent underneath the constant flux of reality, is there any concrete sense of self? Or are we all just playing different parts and roles, the accumulation of which adds up to something seemingly […]
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The 10 Best Unfaithful Movie Adaptations
No one said they had to play it by the book. Adaptations are fascinating to see come to life mainly because of the question that always has to tag along with them: “how faithful will the movie be?” For fans of the novel or original story, it can be a true heartbreak to see stories […]
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10 Great Movies Favored By Paul Thomas Anderson
In just over twenty-five years and nine feature films, Paul Thomas Anderson has developed a body of work that’s unmatched in contemporary cinema. Where other filmmakers of the video store generation swayed towards genre (Quentin Tarantino), or some towards blockbuster actioners (Christopher Nolan), Anderson stayed true to the emotive impulses of classic cinéma vérité, all […]
Philosophical Musings: The Master (2012)
The Master begins with a group of men doing what they end up doing with too much time and nothing to do: drinking, wrestling, talking about their privates, and creating a naked woman out of sand. One man takes it a little too far, exciting himself a little too realistically, and ends up masturbating into […]