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10 Flawless Movie Plot Twists That Changed the Entire Film

1 month ago | cbr.com | Kevin Spacey |Gabriel Byrne |Chazz Palminteri |Alexander Martin

parasite Follow Followed Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account The power of a great movie is its ability to capture elements of humanity and imagination in a short period of time, connecting with the audience by crafting stories that are able to hold audiences' attention from beginning to end. One of the best ways that a film can capture an audience is with a twist, something that completely reshapes the narrative of the movie and leaves the audience to question everything that...
10 Twilight Zone Episodes Everyone Knows (Even if They've Never Seen the Show)

2 months ago | cbr.com | Alexander Martin

The Twilight Zone is one of the most influential and culturally significant pieces of art or media from the 20th Century, coming to redefine how American television storytelling worked and inspiring countless science fiction and horror storytellers. From Jordan Peele to M. Night Shyamalan, from Black Mirror to Love, Death, and Robots, the influence of The Twilight Zone can be felt in every corner of the modern entertainment industry.
10 Best World War 2 Films Based on True Stories

2 months ago | msn.com | Alexander Martin

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10 Best World War 2 Films Based on True Stories

2 months ago | cbr.com | Alexander Martin

saving private ryan Follow Followed Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Image by Morena Perez Vitale Films that depict World War II exist across many decades of the history of cinema, starting even as the war was continuing to rage on. These films have the ability to transport the audience to a world that was torn apart by one of the most costly conflicts in modern history, putting viewers in the shoes of the fighters and bystanders in one of the defining moments of the 21st...
Clint Eastwood's Juror #2 Ending, Explained

2 months ago | cbr.com | Alexander Martin

Clint Eastwood's newest film, Juror #2, is the 94-year-old filmmaker's most recent quiet drama that has entertained audiences and critics, being named one of the Top 10 Films of 2024 by the National Board of Review and entering the top of many people's lists for films of last year.
10 Perfect Spy Movies That Are Flawless From Beginning to End

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10 Perfect Spy Movies That Are Flawless From Beginning to End

2 months ago | cbr.com | Alexander Martin

Movies Follow Followed Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Image by Morena Perez Vitale Espionage is perfect for movies, where filmmakers get to go between heart-pounding action sequences, tense negotiations and the drama of how living with leading lives of deception can make the people thrown into these situations lose their sense of reality. Spy films have been a staple of Hollywood movie-making for decades, dominating at the box office and with critics since the beginning...
34 Years Later, Star Trek Still Hasn't Topped This 33-Year-Old TNG Episode That's Absolutely Flawless

2 months ago | cbr.com | Alexander Martin

Star Trek is a franchise that is one of the most important in the history of television, particularly in how it was able to essentially create a subgenre of TV that took many of the rhythms of police procedurals and mapped them onto a utopian science fiction setting. What resulted was a series that appealed to multiple generations of fans, who were able to hop into any single episode of the series without needing much prior context and enjoy Star Trek as an episodic drama.
This 96% Fresh Thriller Secretly Steals 1 of the Greatest Western Storytelling Tropes (& It's Perfect)

Jan 24, 2025 | cbr.com | Alexander Martin

With the awards season and best of 2024 lists piling up after the end of the year, audiences and critics are looking back on the films that inspired, awed and captivated them over the last 12 months.
Every 2025 Best Picture Nominee

Jan 23, 2025 | cbr.com | Alexander Martin

oscars Follow Followed Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account The Academy Awards typically stands as a voting body that broadly represents both the commercial and artistic interests of the film industry, elevating both small independently funded movies and gigantic blockbusters by giving out coveted awards for almost 100 years. The Best Picture award is the most coveted of the Academy's prizes, representing the best that the year's films had to offer. Once the Oscars expanded...