Best 70s Films (1)
1. THE DEER HUNTER (1978). An in-depth look at the way The Vietnam War affects the lives of a closely knit group of friends in a small industrial town in the USA. Straight off the bat, this, in my...
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HANS ZIMMER (1957–PRESENT). 1. INCEPTION (2010). What sounds like a droning bell of doom is actually the film’s theme, Edith Piaf’s “Non Je Ne Regrette Rien”, played at a fraction of the speed. The...
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1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). After a strange encounter, a line worker becomes obsessed with UFOs, seeing and hearing strange things. A woman also experiences an encounter with a UFO,...
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1. Adaptation (2002). Writer Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze’s second partnership may be even better than their first success (Being John Malkovich). Thanks to the film’s incredible writing...
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1. The Hangover Part III. My least favourite movie of 2013 is also one of my least favourite movies of all time. The Hangover Part III is a cruel joke. It’s a movie that possesses an undeniable and...
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1. Jurassic Park (1993). The first in a series of films, this Spielberg-directed science-fiction action film was based on the Michael Crichton novel of the same name about a wildlife park of...
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**SPOILER ALERT** A film’s finale is its defining moment, the final piece of the puzzle that can either make the complete picture clear and beautiful or muddled and ugly. The level at which a film’s...
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Movie trailers: The most underrated aspect of filmmaking. Yes, I did just say that the trailer for a movie is a part of the overall quality of a film, and a very important one, actually. I’ve always...
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