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10 Essential Revenge Thrillers You May Have Missed

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Casey Chong with ten essential revenge thrillers you may have missed… Revenge thrillers have been a cinematic mainstay, giving us the pleasure of watching the protagonist set out on a vengeance route to kill the person(s) responsible for a murder. Popular movies from Oldboy to Man on Fire, the Kill Bill duology, and of course, […]

10 Essential Italian Horror Movies of the 1980s

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Casey Chong with ten essential Italian horror films of the 1980s… If the 1970s marked the golden era of Italian horror, offering us genre-defining classics from The Bird with the Crystal Plumage to Deep Red, and of course, Suspiria, then the 80s era was best described as the culmination of the country’s distinctive flair for […]

Top Gun at 40: The Story Behind the Iconic Tom Cruise Action Blockbuster

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As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Top Gun… Top Gun can best be described as the quintessential 80s summer blockbuster. Filled with high-octane aerial cinematography, an infectiously charming Tom Cruise and one of the most iconic movie soundtracks of all time, Top Gun simply redefined “popcorn cinema” all […]

12 Essential Job Title Movies

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Sometimes a movie does what it says on the tin, such as these movies named after job titles… Choosing the title of your movie can be one of the hardest tasks. Get it wrong, and you might find your film is wholly mis-sold or misinterpreted by audiences. That was one of the reasons William Friedkin’s […]

David Cronenberg’s The Fly at 40: A Love Letter to the Rot

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Adam Page on David Cronenberg’s sci-fi body horror classic The Fly… There is a moment in The Fly from David Cronenberg, and if you haven’t seen it yet, stop reading, go watch it and come back, I’ll wait. Okay, then? It’s where Jeff Goldblum’s Seth Brundle pulls off his fingernail. Just…lifts it away clean to […]

The Essential Comedy Movies of 2006

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It’s time to venture back to when cinemas had a new comedy every week, with the essential comedy movies of 2006… If there’s one genre that feels like it needs a shot in the arm, it’s the comedy genre. There was a time not too long ago when it felt like we had specialists, and […]

7 Bizarre 80s Horror Movies You Might Have Missed

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Casey Chong presents a selection of bizarre 80s horror movies you might have missed… The 1980s marked a tremendous decade for the horror genre, thanks in no small part to practical effects, which allowed filmmakers to incorporate extensive use of gore, latex makeup, and animatronics, regardless of budget levels, not to mention the rise of […]

10 Adaptations That Completely Missed the Mark

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Simon Thompson presents ten adaptations that completely failed their source material… The science of what makes a good adaptation is a bit like cooking a complicated stew with an ultra-specific recipe, in the sense that you can have most of the right ingredients, but if even one or two things are a little off what […]

Mission: Impossible III at 20 – The Story Behind the Underrated Action Sequel

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Mission: Impossible III as the film celebrates its 20th anniversary… Despite the box-office success of Mission: Impossible 2, the film was a significant departure from Bruce Geller’s original espionage television series as well as Brian De Palma’s twisty-turny 1996 suspense thriller which launched the big screen franchise. However, […]