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Jigsaw from the ‘Saw’ Franchise is a More Complex Horror Villain Than We Think

Want to play a game? Every time I hear that harmless and inviting question I automatically think of one of the most gruesomely cruel, disturbing and repulsive film series of the last decade: Saw. Abreast…

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Is It Really All That Surprising How Audiences Never Quite Latched Onto Blade...

It’s been a stagnant five to six months since the release of Denis Villeneuve‘s Blade Runner 2049. It’s quite evident that its impact has only reached a small esoteric union of film fans. It hurts…

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Why The Room/The Disaster Artist is a Sad But Triumphant Study of Loneliness

The Room. Gosh, where do you begin with this colossal disasterpiece? How could you approach such a monumentally laughed at film with such sincerity and reverence? And how in God’s creation did a man none…

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Film Review – You Were Never Really Here (2018)

If you thought We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011) was a dark undertaking, Lynne Ramsay‘s latest feature, You Were Never Really Here, socks you in the nether regions — searing a painful brand of,…

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Does The Resident Evil Themed Short Film, Dave, Share The Same Universe As...

Before I go deeper down this rabbit hole, let me clarify: the question in the title almost doesn’t make sense. The scrapped Resident Evil: Arklay TV show is an aborted series that doesn’t exist. So,…

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In a Time When Avengers Infinity War is on The Horizon, How Criminally...

For the past 10 years, the MCU has been a meticulously crafted vehicle in Hollywood. It virtually has little to no competition. In other words, it’s the Thanos of cinema right now. Each new iteration…

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Film Review – Best F(r)iends: Volume One (2018)

The general consensus of viewers that have seen Tommy Wiseau’s cult classic, The Room, may typically mark it as an artistic career death. But after its exponential climb in pop culture over the past 15…

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Top 10 Best Boxing Movies of All-Time

The gruelling sport of boxing has given us a library of true stories revolved around the sweet science. As well as that, the sheer impossibility of such a tough, damaging game has inspired many...

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18 Pet Peeves in Movies

So, before we dive straight into this comprised catalogue of movie gripes, let’s just clarify something: this list is an irreverent inspection that includes examples from movies that are not...

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Is A Quiet Place Tackling a Much Broader Political Plight?

I know what you’re thinking: another ideologue scraping the bottom of the barrel for any excuse to politically vent. This sentiment, I assure you, on how I perceive A Quiet Place isn’t politically or...

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Can ‘IT: Chapter 2’ Really Succeed As Good As The First?

Andres Muschietti’s record-breaking It (2017) had an impressive impact on audiences and critics just less than a year ago. Arguably so, the Stephen King adaptation glued itself quite closely to the...

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Top 10 Best Tom Hardy Performances

Tom Hardy. What exactly do we think of him? Well, love him or hate him (and evidently, not many seem to dislike him), and without personally fawning over his talents too much, a series of…

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Why The Gangster Sub-Genre Just Isn’t As Relevant Today

The crime/gangster sub-genre contains in itself an anachronistic library of classically defining workings. Historically, the genre seemed to have generally trickled down in relevance, peeking...

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