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The top films of 2021 that you missed
Photo Credit (Pixabay) Despite wearing a toughguy leather jacket and smoking cigarettes, Makwa (Phoenix Wilson) has the soft, doughy features of a preteen kid. He is an emotionally inarticulate knot of coiled wrath who has alternately been abused and neglected by his father. Cruelty is an acquired trait. Indigenous American writer-director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.’s…
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2021’s Top 10 Most Underappreciated Films
Photo Credit (Freepik) Welcome back to The Friendly Film Fan, everyone! It’s true that movies are frequently overlooked. The films themselves frequently fall short of what the real best-of-the-year rankings deem deserving of inclusion, or the promotion for the picture is insufficient to pique viewers’ attention. However, occasionally a movie gets a good score and…
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2020’s Most Underappreciated Films
Photo Credit (Gettyimages) These are a few of 2020’s most underappreciated motion picture releases. There weren’t many big-budget releases in 2020, but it would have been challenging to beat the 2019 box office records (Avengers: Endgame, Joker) even if the epidemic hadn’t started. But none had predicted the record-breaking decline in box office receipts brought…
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The Top 30 Films of the 2020s So Far (together with Where to See Them)
Photo Credit (Pixeles) A recent X thread searched for the most important films of the 2020s to date. Given that this decade, which began with COVID quarantines and has since developed into numerous international wars and one of the most stressful presidential elections in history, has been going on for around 30 years, it’s a…
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The Top Unexpected Movies of 2020
Photo Credit (Gettyimages) By purchasing billboards and Super Bowl advertisements, promoting movie stars on talk shows, and holding glamorous red carpet premieres to introduce the newest films to the public, the film industry typically succeeds in creating a good deal of buzz for its products. Although smaller films typically have a harder time making an…
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The Top Underappreciated Acting Roles of the Past Ten Years
Photo Credit (Freepik) Who better than someone who has consistently slipped under the radar to start our list? This talented artist didn’t receive an Academy Award until 2024, which was a well-earned recognition for their portrayal of the famous Joker. But in the crime/thriller You Were Never Really Here, written and directed by Lynne Ramsay,…
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Underappreciated Movies of the Past Five Years, Ordered
Photo Credit (Gettyimages) These days, it seems like every other movie is either an MCU picture, a DCEU film, or the most recent Fast & Furious edition due to the constant barrage of movie franchises and blockbusters. Innumerable other films have been shown that have been overlooked for each critical darling that has taken on…
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The 34 best films of the decade that you may have overlooked
Photo Credit (Freepik) In the history of entertainment, the 2010s will be remembered as the decade when home video and cable were replaced by online streaming and major films became unimaginably popular. However, with so many more films coming out than ever before, which ones really went unnoticed? Even better, which films from the 2010s…
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Twenty Underappreciated Films with Amazing Plot Turns
Photo Credit (GettyImages) Movies are fantastic when they push you beyond your comfort zone and test your senses by distorting how you see the world. Expectations should always be subverted, especially when done well by a filmmaker. Great plot twists in the best movies don’t always have a large following. Many of them are underappreciated…
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After being horrified by the scariest horror film ever made, viewers swear they would never watch it again.
Photo Credit (Freepik) The 1973 movie The Exorcist, which starred Max von Sydow as the titular character, depicts the tale of a girl who is thought to be possessed by the demon and was formerly banned in the UK for 25 years. In a survey of 2,000 horror moviegoers, Saw, starring Tobin Bell as Jigsaw,…
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