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6 Private Investigator Movies That Deserve More Love

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Casey Chong with six underrated private detective movies you need to investigate… Movies about private investigators are as old as time, stretching way back to the black-and-white era where classic noirs like The Maltese Falcon, Murder, My Sweet and The Big Sleep were among the prime examples. Further popular examples from Vertigo to Klute, L.A. […]

Great 90s Thrillers From First-Time Directors

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Casey Chong presents a selection of thrilling directorial debuts from the 1990s… Like every decade, the 1990s saw a numbers of filmmakers emerging with critically acclaimed directorial debuts, some of whom would go on to enjoy long and successful careers, while others would find themselves struggling to live up to their debut. Here, we zero […]

Creepy Cabin Horror Movies You May Have Missed

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Casey Chong takes a trek deep into the woods for a selection of creepy cabin horror movies you may have missed… The cabin-in-the-woods setting has been a recurring trope often seen in horror movies. And it’s easy to see why it prevails even today. This includes the use of limited settings to evoke fear, tension […]

The Essential Action Movies From Cannon Films

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Casey Chong on the essential action movies from Cannon Films… If you lived through the 80s and 90s era, you’d likely have been familiar with Cannon Films, an indie production company synonymous with low-budget, B-movies that focused on certain niches such as action, martial arts and sci-fi & fantasy. Cannon initially got off to a […]

7 Great Dystopian Thrillers of the 1970s

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Casey Chong takes a trip back to the 1970s for a selection of great dystopian thriller movies… The 1970s were a decade of auteur-driven cinema that prioritized artistic freedom and, of course, the rise of the modern blockbusters populated by Jaws and Star Wars. The same decade also saw the emergence of movies that focused […]

Darren Aronofsky Movies Ranked from Worst to Best

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Casey Chong ranks the filmography of director Darren Aronofsky… The term “playing safe” isn’t in Darren Aronofsky’s filmmaking vocabulary, especially when it comes to his body of work. His movies are often thought-provoking and, at times, polarizing and even controversial – and that makes his works all the more interesting and worth checking out. Aronofsky’s […]

10 Great Twilight Zone-Style Movies For Your Watch List

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Casey Chong presents a selection of Twilight Zone-esque movies for your watch list… The Twilight Zone began life as an anthology television series that originally ran from 1959 to 1964, before it evolved into more series (1985, 2002 and 2019), radio dramas, comic books and graphic novels, and of course, the 1983 feature-length Twilight Zone: […]

Ranking Bad E.T. Rip-Offs From Worst to Watchable

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Casey Chong presents a selection of bad E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial ripoffs, ranked from worst to watchable… The year 1982 may have given us hits like Rocky III, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Poltergeist, but it was Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial that reigned supreme during the summer season that year, blending a […]

Underappreciated 1970s Westerns You Need To See

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Casey Chong with a selection of underappreciated 1970s westerns for your watch list… By the 1970s, a lot of things had changed even for the movie landscape. This includes the Western films, one of the most enduring genres for several decades. Gone are the traditional portrayals of Old West heroes and enemies populated by the […]

7 Great NEON Horror Movies That Deserve Your Attention

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Casey Chong with seven great horror films from NEON that you need to see… Indie film production and distributor NEON has offered audiences a diverse range of genres since launching with the 2017 sci-fi comedy Colossal starring Anne Hathaway. Since then, the New York-based film company has established its reputation for delivering high-quality films such […]