True crime is one of the most popular genres today, with surveys showing that nearly half of Americans enjoy it. From Netflix juggernauts like Making a Murderer and Tiger King to an endless stream of top-ranking podcasts, true crime has surged into mainstream culture. While the fever may have cooled slightly, it still commands a […]
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Fun is subjective. People find different things funny — we all know this. So yes, some people like fourth wall breaks and pop culture nods in movies. Blah, blah, blah. Who cares? I still don’t like any of those things, and this is my post, so I make the rules. My reasons for not liking
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Movies that a better than the book We hear it a lot, don’t we? The book was better than the movie. This sentiment has come up countless times in my life, especially since my dad was a hardcore reader. He wasn’t shy about reminding me, over and over, how much superior the book was to
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One Life is a movie directed by James Hawes. The film is about Nicholas Winton, a man who saved over 600 children from nazi occupied Yugoslavia. The movie follows Winton as an old man played by Anthony Hopkins as he tries to get rid of all the artifacts he still possesses from his past. Nicholas
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Makoto Shinkai is a hack director! By that, I do not mean he is bad in all aspects, on the contrary, he is obviously very good at art direction. If nothing else his movies always look pretty. His films are very pretty with little to no substance if anything. So many of Shinkai´s shortcomings would
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What does it mean to say something is boring? What does it mean to say a movie is boring? When is a movie boring? Is something being boring a description of the work itself or merely a label that reflects more on the person who perceives the boring thing? Today I want to talk a bit
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Glass Onion is the sequel to the successful murder mystery movie Knives Out. Technically it’s not so much a sequel, it’s more like another story told in the same universe. The title is Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. The only recurring character from the first movie is the master detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Graig). Both films fall under what I
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Dune has become a mega hit grossing a lot of money and gathering critical acclaim making it the perfect blockbuster. Under the steady hand of one of the best directors working today, Denis Villeneuve has made what people are already calling a modern classic. Since Dune consists of many more books it is only natural
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Guy Ritchie operates within a strange space in the movie world. He doesn’t seem to be within the same popularity as Spielberg or Tarantino, in fact, I don’t know if mainstream audiences know who he is. On the other hand, his films seem to be making money so he is not a totally unknown identity.
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I have a fascination with the horror genre however, I would not call myself a fan of the genre. I have seen plenty of horror films at this point. My favorite subgenre of horror is the slasher flick. Slashers started in the 50s and are centered around killers who murder a group of people. Most
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