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The 20 Best Prison Movies of All Time

Prison movies appeal because the very nature of prison offers built-in conflict 24/7.  It’s a brutal place but a great setting for many genres including drama, survival, action and even comedy. Below are our picks for the 20 best prison movies of all time. 20- Alien 3 (1992) Directed by David Fincher After Ridley Scott’s …

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The Definitive Scary Scenes from Non-Horror Films: 40-31

40. Night of the Hunter (1955) Scene: The Preacher on the Horizon Video: http://youtu.be/9PyNL2ahKwc?list=PLZbXA4lyCtqolaQOAXly96de5FYQlPzqK Just like a few others in this section of the list, Charles Laughton’s brilliant Night of the Hunter isn’t really a horror film, but still sets out to keep the audience on edge. Starring a diabolical Robert Mitchum as a preacher/serial killer …

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TJFF 2012: ‘My Australia’ is morally facile, tonally capricious

My Australia Written and directed by Ami Drozd Israel/Poland, 2011 In the social and economic fallout that followed World War 2, ten-year old Tadek and his older brother Andrzej become victims of the decaying zeitgeist in post-war Poland.  They benightedly join a gang of hooligans with neo-Nazi attitudes, but after being arrested for beating up …

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4 Films That Make Amateur Mistakes (And Get Away With It)

Cinema really is a wonderful thing, a true spectacle and a glowing indication of our soaring creative spirits, with billions of dollars and months of man hours dedicated to building dream worlds for us to experience, a shot at escapism and enraptured obsession a million miles from our dreary lives. So it makes sense that …

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