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    ‘White Heat’ is the Quintessential Post-War Gangster Movie

    by Nils Berg September 3, 2019
    by Nils Berg September 3, 2019

    White Heat (1949) rolled out of Warner Bros at an interesting time for Hollywood and its genre circus. It came long after the heyday of the studios’ rise and fall of gangster pictures in the…

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    The Top 10 Hangout Movies: From the Works of Quentin Tarantino to Richard Linklater

    by Nils Berg August 26, 2019
    by Nils Berg August 26, 2019

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Tarantino’s cool, colorful number nine is, in my estimation, one hell of a film. Yet, while it’s certainly this year’s most groovy affair thus far, it can also be…

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    ‘Rocketman’ vs. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: Which is the Better Musical Biopic?

    by Nils Berg June 16, 2019
    by Nils Berg June 16, 2019

    Can you smell it? I can: biopics are cool again. Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman cannot help but be compared. They are both about gay, British rock stars with stories each riddled with tragedy, darkness, and…

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    ‘Midnight Cowboy’ is a 60s Landmark

    by Nils Berg May 25, 2019
    by Nils Berg May 25, 2019

    Midnight Cowboy, directed by John Schlesinger was a surprise Best Picture Winner at the 42nd Academy Awards. The film follows the friendship between Joe, a Texan prostitute and Ratso, a fledgling con-man in New York…

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    Top 10 Best Movie Battles

    by Nils Berg May 18, 2019
    by Nils Berg May 18, 2019

    ‘Tis the season for emotional death scenes and warfaring set pieces it seems! Between Endgame’s arrival last month and Game of Thrones’ final season, war is everywhere on our screens at the moment. Pulling off…

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    Film Review – The Highwaymen (2019)

    by Nils Berg April 21, 2019
    by Nils Berg April 21, 2019

    In a time where the revisionist Western (and even the revisionist-revisionist Western) are typical the only stories of the West getting the green light, The Highwaymen goes in the opposite direction, preferring a classical approach…

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    The Oscars and the Rise of the Coming-of-Age Movie

    by Nils Berg January 12, 2019
    by Nils Berg January 12, 2019

    The beer-soaked carcass of the new year may barely be cold, but buckle up film fans: Oscar season has just begun. There will be a front-runner, a challenger, an outrage, an overriding social backdrop, some awful…

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    Top 10 Non-Hollywood Action Movies

    by Nils Berg January 3, 2019
    by Nils Berg January 3, 2019

    It’s the time of year in which the classic debate rages amongst film buffs: what is Die Hard: an action film or a Christmas film, or both? Well I for one am sick of hearing it.…

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    Top 10 Best Neo-Noir Films

    by Nils Berg October 3, 2018
    by Nils Berg October 3, 2018

    A Simple Favor, released last month, is a bizarre cocktail of murder, mystery, and a sexy, suave elegance. Although it’s not a perfect film, its themes harken back to the style of a bygone era…

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    What Exactly Went Wrong With The Hobbit?

    by Nils Berg August 16, 2018
    by Nils Berg August 16, 2018

    In July, Amazon revealed the first concrete information about it’s upcoming Prime Original The Lord of The Rings prequel. They announced the show runners to be Godzilla vs. Kong and Star Trek 4 writers JD Payne and Patrick…

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    Top 10 Best Movies Starring Musicians

    by Nils Berg June 12, 2018
    by Nils Berg June 12, 2018

    While reaction to the latest foray into the extended Star Wars universe, Solo: A Star Wars Story, has been lackluster at best, one less criticized aspect of the movie has been the performance of Donald…

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