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The Film: Without a doubt, one of the most underrated directors to have ever worked in the business in the great Sidney Lumet, who gave us a multitude of great works that included "12 Angry Men," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "Fail Safe," and "Dog Day Afternoon." However, even with that list of amazing films, there are many who would say that the five-time Oscar nominee's greatest accomplishment of his illustrious career was his 1976 satirical masterpiece "Network," which

The Film: Five-time Oscar-nominated writer/director Richard Linklater has given us quite a few unforgettable outings over the years, many of them with fellow five-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke, including the marvelous "Before Trilogy" and "Boyhood." For the most part, these have been quiet, dignified, yet highly-impactful journeys that keep the audience enthralled due to the strong writing & wonderful performances, which makes it thrilling to see them team up for yet another

The Film: There have been many films over the years that have delved into Arthurian legend, including the animated "The Sword in the Stone," the musical "Camelot," the dramatic romance "First Knight," and the greatest of them all, the wildly-goofy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." However, one of the most well-known of these came in 1981, where director/co-writer John Boorman attempted to give us a gritty, realistic take on the classic material with "Excalibur." Reviews were

The Film: Beloved author Michael Crichton gave us many novels throughout his illustrious career that have become classics to readers around the world, including "Sphere," "Congo," and perhaps most famously, "Jurassic Park" and its sequel "The Lost World." However, well before he took us to his dinosaur park, he also began to dabble in screenwriting, with one of his earliest projects taking us to a rather different kind of park in "Westworld," where guests are able to live out

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has just finished handing out their picks for the best in film for 2025, and as comes as no surprise at this point, the big winner was ultimately Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" with six awards that included Best Film, Director, and Adapted Screenplay. It was followed at a distance by "Sinners" and "Frankenstein" with three wins each. Please see below for a complete list of today's winners: Best Film: O

The Film: When the first two "Five Nights at Freddy's" games were released back in 2014, it's highly doubtful that anyone could've seen just how popular they would become, a popularity that would go on to spawn 11 main games and several spin-offs, with the most recent addition releasing just last year. This made it no surprise that an attempt would be made to develop the franchise into a feature film, which made its way into theaters just two years ago. The reaction to it was

The Film: Throughout cinematic history, there have been few monumental epics that have achieved the standing of William Wyler's 1959 masterpiece "Ben-Hur." To this day, its sheer size & scope are still marveled at by all who see it, putting to shame films that now have to cheat with CGI to achieve the same scale. At the time of its making, if you wanted to see significant portions of Rome, it had to be built. If you needed to have a scene featuring thousands of people, you ha

The Film: There have been many films about investigative journalism over the course of cinematic history, including "The Post," "The Insider," "She Said," and, of course, "Spotlight," which garnered the Oscar for Best Picture a decade ago. However, none of these have been quite as revered as Alan J. Pakula's 1976 classic "All the President's Men," which tells the timeless story of the two reporters who put their lives on the line to investigate the infamous break-in at the Wa

The Film: Writer/director Craig Brewer is another one of those filmmakers who's not exactly a household name, but there's a good chance you've seen or heard of some of his projects, including "Black Snake Moan," "Dolemite is My Name," "and "Coming 2 America." As his filmography shows, music has been quite a large part of his work, leading to projects like "Hustle & Flow," a remake of "Footloose," and the documentary "Katy Perry: Part of Me," which brings us to his latest ende

The Film: Back in 2022, a bizarre little action flicked called "Sisu" was unleashed, telling the simple tale of a former Finnish soldier trying to reclaim his stolen gold from Nazis near the end of World War II. It was a film that was big on gratuitous bloodshed & absurdity, but sadly very light on story, which ended up hindering it quite heavily, and yet, it still managed to garner decent reviews from those that praised its over-the-top action sequences. It wasn't exactly wh