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A Filmmaker's Review: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (2017)
Let's have a look at my own personal history with this great film and then, we'll have a look at why I rated it in this particular way. That seems totally fair. I found out about this movie when it came out and well, I was very interested in it right from the beginning and I watched it all the way through close to after it was released on DVD. For some reason, I had heard about the marketing campaign etc. that happened in America, but as I live in England, there wasn't really a big deal made about it here. I didn't hear much buzz about it but, after the Oscars happened, I was even more so interested in it - being because the film itself got a number of Oscars that I thought were incredibly well deserved.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: 'The Wicker Man' (1973)
Directed by Robin Hardy, this British Classic makes a great excuse film for a rainy day and is possibly one of the greatest films created quintessentially by the British. It is an amazing film with all the trimmings of a horror/thriller cult classic.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: 'Hereditary' (2018)
Hereditary (2018) is a movie I have watched many many times, all the way through, in individual parts, in sections and even backwards, forwards and inside out. I have tried over and over again to see what the hype was all about and, I have even tried telling myself repeatedly that I must love this movie because everyone else does. Let me explain why I finally gave it a two out of five rating.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to the 10 Greatest Films of the 1980s
The 80s was an incredible decade for film, not only was there new and inventive cinematic techniques being developed, but there were also an incredible amount of really, really good and entertaining movies. My opinion though, may be very different from yours and so, we may not have the same views when we talk about what the greatest films of the 80s as a decade were. What we are going to look at is what I rate as the ten best films of that decade and why I rate them so. So, without a further introduction, I'd like to give you my top ten films of the 1980s and why I feel like they are contenders for the list.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: 'J. Edgar' (2011)
I totally missed this movie when it first came out. Why? Well, there were other films that were out roughly the same time that, even though they didn't star Leonardo DiCaprio, looked far more interesting than a crime drama about one of the world's most problematic FBI Agents. It was subsequently released without much press at the AFI Film Festival in the November of that year and I'm not gonna lie - it was like crickets for some reason. The best I could hope for was the movie poster on the back of an Empire Magazine issue from round about that time. It was then released six days later in the cinemas and even though we had a little bit more of a marketing campaign, I think with the grittiness of the trailer juxtaposed with the lightness of Christmas, nobody really noticed it was on TV for thirty seconds or so. The movie itself should've been released in the summer so that it could've had a wider audience, but with a budget of $35M and a profit of $84.9M, I think the film did do pretty well on its own given the fact that it wasn't pushed so much. I think people were watching it because Leonardo DiCaprio was in it.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in The Swamp
A Filmmaker's Guide to 'Malcolm X' (1992)
It is very well-known that Malcolm X (1992) may be one of the greatest biopics ever made and it is even more well-known that it is possibly Denzel Washington's greatest performance of his career. Personally, I am so obsessed with this film, I just keep watching it over and over again. Every single time a new detail comes to me and every single time I love the film more and more. We all know that shit gets real as soon as Sam Cooke's song "A Change is Gonna Come" hits the movie whilst the car scene is in play.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: 'LBJ' (2016)
LBJ (2016) is not a bad film by all means, but what we're going to look at here is why critically, it isn't really that great of a film either. Directed by the same man who made This Is Spinal Tap, it fails to live up to prophecy with its confusing over-the-top dialogue and its lack of substance. Not to mention how the Kennedy brothers actually look and sound nothing like the actual Kennedy brothers. When we look at the movie through the eye of entertainment, we can see that yes, it is fairly entertaining. But, as a biopic it doesn't really hold up on its own and has been compared to other films about LBJ's presidency which are, in fact, better and more thorough.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in The Swamp
A Filmmaker's Review: 'I Saw the Light' (2015)
Hank Williams is one of my all-time favourite singers and when I was a slightly younger me, I used to really enjoy watching this film. All in all, it is a fun film about Hank Williams and shows us what his fame would've looked like way back when he was actually alive. Set in the late 40s, this film gives light to the final years of the singer with the deterioration of his marriage to Audrey and his alcoholism getting the better of him. The only problem I had upon the next and more analytic watch of this film is that it really lacks some substance. Yes, it's a fun film - but nothing that you'd say is any good critically and that's how we're going to look at it today.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Beat
A Filmmaker's Review: 'Get On Up' (2013)
Get On Up (2013) is the story of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. Starring Chadwick Boseman and directed by The Help director Tate Taylor — this film makes the Godfather of Soul look just as he was, a man of many complexities. The fact that is is written by the same guy who wrote The Last Legion and then, after Get On Up he wrote: Edge of Tomorrow, Black Mass and Ford V. Ferrari shows that the writer(s) on the project obviously know a thing or two about history and biopic film. The film is very well put together and has an incredible storyline — being about James Brown, what do you expect? It is a thrilling story with an amazing score and, most of all, it is a very entertaining viewing experience.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review of the Greatest Films of 2019
There are tons of good movies in the 21st Century and maybe this year has some of the greatest ones. We can definitely say that 2003 wasn't a great year for film and yet 2007 was phenomenal — but nobody ever really talks about 2019. How did this year go and what difference did it make to film? There haven't really been any innovations that have come out in filmmaking such as in 2009 when Avatar came out and the world experienced something brand new and never seen before on screen. (Though I don't particular like the film, the innovation is there). Boyhood, There Will Be Blood, The Dark Knight and Hereditary have all been moments of awe in the filmmaking world and so, we're going to answer the question of what are the 10 greatest movies of 2019.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to Jordan Peele's 'Us' (2019) - Part 3
We can all agree that Jordan Peele's Us (2019) is quite possibly one of the best films of the last ten years and has potential to be one of the greatest movies of the 21st Century (but not the greatest, that space is saved for There Will Be Blood (2007), sorry Peele). Us (2019) is a brilliant movie in which subtleties reign supreme in exciting the audience's understanding of the film. Everyone guesses what everything means and so, we're going to look at some subtleties of our own and see how they're used to create meaning. This should be interesting seeing as, especially in horror film, these subtleties in usage are becoming evermore popular. If you'd like to start at the beginning of this series of articles, then please proceed to click here: https://todaysurvey.today/horror/a-filmmaker-s-guide-to-jordan-peele-s-us-2019 - but you don't have to read the others in order to understand this article. They are entirely separate and can be read in any order at all. So once again, here's your spoiler alert if you haven't see the film. Let us get on with this article on the subtleties used in Jordan Peele's Us (2019).
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to Jordan Peele's 'Us' (2019) - Part 2
Jordan Peele is very well known for inventing new and exciting methods for horror, especially where his filmmaking skills are concerned. Now on his second movie, he has quite a good streak of horror films under his belt already with Get Out (2017) having an Oscar and Us (2019) on its way to having one. If you haven’t done so already then you probably want to read the first article in this series (https://todaysurvey.today/horror/a-filmmaker-s-guide-to-jordan-peele-s-us-2019). This article isn’t going to continue from the previous one though - so you don’t have to read the one before to understand it. The thing I do want to cover is how Jordan Peele uses this film to establish his own signature style. These are the points we’ll go through to see how that works:
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Horror
