In the canon of dead genres, one of the most sorely missed in the current landscape of cinema is the “men-on-a-mission” war film. The mid-budget, aimed at adult action adventure movie is all but extinct, but there was a time in which they were a regularity; big studios would release these sturdy, terrifically fun pictures […]
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The 10 Best Metamorphosis Movies
What better way to elicit dread than the subversion of the human anatomy? Since Franz Kafka’s acclaimed novella in 1915, The Metamorphosis has always been the grounds for interesting narrative material. As a concept, it works on various levels, from exercises in mind-boggling body horror to allegory for depression and grief. It speaks profoundly to […]
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10 Great Sci-fi Films You Probably Haven’t Seen
Science Fiction has captured the imagination of moviegoers ever since Georges Méliès landed a space rocket in the man in the moon’s eye in Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) back in 1902. Perhaps more than any other genre, sci-fi is capable of evoking mankind’s greatest hopes and darkest fears, sometimes […]
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10 Great Recent Thriller Movies You May Have Never Seen
Thrillers, Thrillers, Thrillers. Too many to watch and not enough time. And here we go again: when you’re looking for a thriller, the selection is so huge and overwhelming that you end up watching the same ones again and again. To avoid that, here a list of 10 under appreciated thrillers that you should add […]
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10 Great Thriller Movies Favored By Paul Thomas Anderson
In the middle of the 90’s, he burst into the scene as the new poster boy for American cinema. Critics and fans have long tried to categorize him and put a label on his work, but he’s shown as a filmmaker not to be bound to any genre, only to the expectations of greatness attached […]
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10 Underseen Horror Movies That Deserve More Love
A lot of horror movies have a tendency to slip through the cracks. Sure, there are Halloween staples, the iconic nine-installment franchise films that get trotted out every October. But many horror fans often find themselves in a rut. After you’ve seen the classics, it’s easy to rewatch them year after year. A lot of […]