Rom-com is truly a timeless genre. The phenomenon of falling in love never gets old. People till like seeing the perfect versions of themselves romancing it out on the big screen. Basically, ‘Fight Club’ minus all the fight. 2018 brought along with it some inspiring watches. While some were expected to do well, some surprise entries in the list shocked us with their quality and some which were expected to do well, tanked....
SPONSORED LINKS The Following is mainly about Kevin Bacon as Ryan Hardy, a brilliant FBI agent with a troubled personal life and his arch nemesis, if we may so call him, Joe Carroll. Carroll is a charismatic English teacher who quotes Poe by day and is a ruthless serial killer by night. However, that’s not all, Carroll assembles his own cult of like-minded psychopaths who are enchanted by Joe’s personality and look to him as a leader....
SPONSORED LINKS 15. L’ Atalante (1934) Starting off with a caveat: Jean Vigo’s 1934 film pre-dates the Nouvelle Vague by several decades, but the impact of this previously underseen work’s resurgence and co-incidental meetings with main New Wave players like Jean-Luc Goddard and Francois Truffaut qualifies its place here because it’s a key reason why this list even exists. There are countless visionaries to match Vigo in the 20s-30s and even more adept directors on the scene than he was before a tragic premature death- but ‘L’ Atalante’ assembles so many uniquely original flourishes in a wholly cohesive work of art that the influence on French directors of the 60s is crystal clear....
French movies have always intrigued us and made us push the envelope of our viewing choices. And so have French actresses. One of the many, not only did Juliette Binoche help us bust the everlasting myth that French movies are all about love, sex, chocolate, and exotic cuisines, she also made us fall in love with the European ways every time she presented herself on the screen. Academy Award winner and the first European actress to be awarded the prestigious “Triple Crown of Acting”, Juliette Binoche’s rolling credits for a movie are often more than enough to deem the movie successful....
Nothing could be more thrilling than watching human-eating titans scramble across your screen. Then there’s also the last hopes of humanity desperately fighting to survive. It was an instant breakout sensation, the popularity of which just keeps on increasing. Here’s the list of must-see anime similar to Attack on Titan that are our recommendations. You can stream some of these anime like Attack on Titan on Netflix or Crunchyroll or Hulu....
Have you ever seen some movies that make you go, “What on earth did just happen?” Surprise is not an easy-to-achieve effect in the human psyche, and Freud says it’s because of the Thanatos or the death drive. Since death is the final destination (and we’re keeping ‘Final Destination‘ out of the list), the surprise feels mundane in the next moment. However, some movies defy the stance and still pack enough mind-bending twists to keep you bewildered for a day or an eternity....
SPONSORED LINKS Adventures are always exciting because there’s always that bit of fear, anticipation and curiosity that make the journey exciting and unpredictable. In cinema, the adventure could take a lot of forms. It could probably vary in tone with some depicting journeys filled with fun and laughs while others could be an exploration into the outer space seeking questions beyond the comprehensible powers of the human intellect. 31. First Man (2018) ‘First Man’ is one of the most thrilling movies in the recent times, given the dramatic journey it depicts of mankind’s mission to reach the moon – a feat no one had attempted before....
Animation in movies has come a long way since the days of Disney first mesmerized us with their creative genius. The genre has not only evolved in terms of the quality of the images produced, but also in storytelling and substance. Some films are so good, they can even feature in top movies lists for the decade. The complex nature of making such films makes them a rarity in any given year....
SPONSORED LINKS The problems that persist so viciously in the state of Mexico is damning. Right from the poverty-stricken majority, to the dazed and intoxicated populous, it seems to be worsening. Amidst this complete obliteration of normalcy and dystopian setting, visionary auteurs from the country have found indestructible ramparts of beauty. The Three Amigos, viz, Alejandro Inarritu, Guillermo Del Toro, and Alfonso Cuaron, have been instrumental in bringing Mexican cinema to a global level....
The exposure to international cinema, especially due to the involvement of streaming services like Netflix, has allowed the audience to take in the culture and lifestyle of various regions from the comfort of their home. While there is a ‘to each their own’ criteria when it comes to watching movies, there are certain regions and languages that have succeeded in breaking the barriers more swiftly as compared to others. Spanish films and TV shows have seen an exponential rise in popularity, which can also be because it is one of the most widely spoken languages....
ABC’s ’20/20′ documents the double murder of Dennis and Norma Woodruff in October 2005, which left the residents of Royse City, Texas, petrified. However, the investigation soon took an unexpected turn as the evidence pointed toward the couple’s son, Brandon Dale Woodruff. Although Brandon insisted on his innocence, his involvement in the murder remained inconclusive until evidence discovered in 2008 set the record straight. Let’s take a look at everything that went down on that fateful night, along with Brandon Woodruff’s current whereabouts!...
The rise of the Los Angeles Lakers from years of a title drought was helped in big part by them drafting Earvin “Magic” Johnson in 1979. The story of how the Lakers won a title in his first season and went on to win many more over the next decade is chronicled in HBO’s latest series, ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.’ Magic’s pure talent for the game was accentuated by the qualities he picked up from his parents, Christine and Earvin Sr....
Director Castille Landon weaves a steamy and hormone-charged ambiance in the young adult romance drama ‘After We Fell.’ The story, a continuation of ‘After We Collided‘ and built upon the book of the same name by Anna Todd, revolves around the seemingly doomed relationship between Hardin and Tessa. As a character in the movie unwittingly puts it, love is quite often complicated. It’s all about tough love for Tessa and Hardin....
SPONSORED LINKS 10. Coherence (2013) ‘Coherence’, a story of eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events, is essentially based on a scientific theory referred to as Schrödinger’s cat theory. Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. In simple terms, it is the possibility of existence of multiple simultaneous realities at the same time....
SPONSORED LINKS ’30 for 30: Shark’ is a sports documentary film about the retired golfer Greg Norman AKA “The Great White Shark” or “The Shark.” The movie dives into the 1996 Masters Tournament in which Greg played for Australia. In the final round, Greg had a six-shot lead against Nick Faldo. However, the advantage did not help him win the tournament as his play collapsed, costing Greg the Masters title for the year....
‘Slow Horses’ follows a group of disgraced British secret service agents relegated to the Slough House branch. Under the leadership of their ill-tempered boss, Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), the agents take on some truly lackluster assignments. Most of the agents are content with no future prospects, with the notable exception of Sid Baker. The bright young agent proves her mettle in the opening episode and even seems to impress Jackson Lamb from time to time....
“To see is to believe”, they say. But isn’t there more to truth than just that? Netflix, through its latest geopolitical suspense thriller, not only crosses cultural boundaries, but the boundaries of the genre itself, and brings to us something thought-provoking that keeps us on our toes as we try to figure out the truth, if there is one. Netflix’s ‘Messiah‘ explores the need of people to believe in something, at a time when they cannot trust anything....
‘Pam & Tommy’ is a biographical drama that follows the remarkable story of the titular celebrity couple and their infamous sex tape. The first three episodes of the miniseries introduce us to a disgruntled carpenter named Rand (Seth Rogen), who inadvertently steals the tape in question and decides to profit from its distribution, leading to all manner of chaos. Episode 3, titled ‘Jane Fonda,’ sees Rand come upon the novel idea of using the internet to sell the tape anonymously....
As someone who always wakes up “with the piano” – not a phone alarm but an actual pianist playing the instrument inside her home – as revealed on ‘Young, Famous & African,’ it’s undeniable that Khanyi Mbau is wealthy. After all, although she has been labeled a “gold digger” by her trolls for mostly having dated affluent men, she’s an actress, television host, artist, life coach, and entertainer through and through....
Aimed mainly at children and teenagers, ‘MaveriX‘ is an Australian sports drama series created by Rachel Clements, Isaac Elliott, and Sam Meikle. The drama series chronicles the journey of six young motocross riders who form a team in order to compete for national titles and are willing to give it their all. Titles or not, the biggest victory for the group of young riders is the friendships that develop in the process....
