One of the reasons I launched this series was to try to understand the thought process AMPAS members go through to pick the Best Picture winner of any year. It’s…
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Jon Favreau may not be a household name yet but he is responsible for some of the most famous pop culture icons of the two decades. He started as an…
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It’s a common refrain with any audience: “The book was better.” And most of the time, they’re right. That’s not to say there have been zero adaptations that have improved…
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David Cronenberg’s filmography is among the strangest in horror cinema. He started in Canada making an unofficial adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s High Rise – with parasites thrown in for good…
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There are plenty of films that win Best Picture but are turned on by the public and retroactively labelled as terrible messes. There are other Best Picture winners that are…
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At the start of 2020, many people (myself included) were openly wondering how long the movie theater business model could last. Now, the situation has become far more dire. AMC…
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Joel Schumacher passed away earlier this month after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 80. And his obituaries have been some of the weirdest things I’ve read. Schumacher, throughout…
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Like many cinephiles, I am obsessed with lost/alternate cuts of films. It presents an alternate version of history and, for me, was one of the main draws to a film’s…
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The Worst of the Best re-examines the most unpopular Best Picture winners to see if they have any merit and determine why they won the top prize. It’s difficult…
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I’ve covered two types of debuts on (Not-So) Famous Firsts. The first is the type of debut that, while embarrassing, allows the director in question to point to his roots…
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Recently, Sonic the Hedgehog was released after being delayed four months to fix its CGI after its first trailer became the laughingstock of the internet. Everyone expected it to be…
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The 2019 Oscar ceremony is upon us and already people are expressing their dissatisfaction with AMPAS. After years, if not decades, of being a white boy’s club, AMPAS finally started…
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For more than sixty years now, Woody Allen has been an icon in the comedy world. Lately, though, it’s obvious that he’ll likely be remembered just as much for his…
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I know that may be the new norm for stores in the U.S., but it feels wrong to hear “White Christmas” the first week of November. And honestly, I don’t…
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Daniel Suddes
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Halloween gets all the movie nerds excited. This is the season where it becomes not only socially acceptable to watch gory films, but it’s almost mandatory. It’s also the time…
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Daniel Suddes
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My goal with (Not So) Famous Firsts is to remind myself that everyone has stumbling blocks to get over. Steven Spielberg wasn’t automatically a superstar when he directed the made-for-TV…
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I was fortunate enough to see Apocalypse Now during its recent IMAX rerelease. It was advertised as the “Final Cut,” like the release Blade Runner received on its 25th anniversary….
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The most influential figure on the new Hollywood era was Roger Corman. He’s the one who gave Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Monte Hellman, Johnathan Demme, Robert Towne, Nicolas Roeg, and…
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Daniel Suddes
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Ah, summer. It was the most important season in our adolescent lives. These days, summer to me is exciting because it means the school buses won’t affect my morning commute…
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A smart film critic (possibly Ken Hanke) once wrote, “Filmmakers start by remaking things they admired in childhood.” I am not able to find out exactly who wrote this, partly…
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In a career spanning 34 years, director Terry Zwigoff has only directed four major films. His 1994 feature Crumb may be the greatest American documentary ever made. He followed that…
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“If you asked a random person what their most anticipated release of April 2019 was, they likely said Avengers: Endgame. Yet I picked The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Gilliam’s…
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Starting this weekend, trendy music genres like trap, EDM, trance house, crunk, or whatever the hell else the kids are listening to these days will step aside while their dark…
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Daniel Suddes
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Ryan Coogler has only directed three feature films, but he’s already attained the success very few filmmakers ever attain in their careers. Coogler not only revived a dead franchise for…
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Since Generation X filmmakers came of age, comic books have been the driving narrative force behind every other piece of media in existence. Black Panther won three Oscars and Marvel’s…
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Daniel Suddes
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It’s been five years since Alfonso Cuarón released Gravity and won the Best Director Oscar. But with the release of Roma he’s once again the front runner at the Oscars…
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Daniel Suddes
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I don’t hate Christmas. I enjoy the time I get to spend with my family and the time I get to take off from work. I also enjoy seeing people…
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WarnerMedia announced its streaming service FilmStruck announced last month that it was shutting down on November 29. The reasons WarnerMedia gave to Variety for the decision were, at best, unsatisfactory….
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Most horror films, while capable of offering a great thrill ride for their run time and make people confront the dark ideas they present, aren’t capable of being truly scary….
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The fandom behind The Rocky Horror Picture Show is something I have never really understood. I’ve tried to, because for more than forty years, Rocky Horror has been the yardstick…
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