The year 2011 saw one of the best movies of its category come out: Crazy, Stupid, Love. The romantic comedy directed by Glenn Ficara and John Requa hits home for most of its audience. But what exactly made this movie so on point?
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Video Games Cinematics, Week 4: World of Warcraft – Legion
Welcome back to the weekly video games cinematics post! You know the drill, the game changes every two weeks, so there was still one more cinematic from World of Warcraft to go.
When adventure calls (Short story)
Lyn, 23-year-old, just got her history degree and secured a job in one of the most prestigious universities in the United States. At the same time, her personal life could not be better. She’s got supportive friends, looking forward to hearing her work stories and considering her a role model. Her boyfriend’s intelligence and looks leave every person he meets, man or woman, astonished. Her future looks perfect. However, when the first day of work arrives, Lyn is nowhere to be found…
The fighting dreamer (Short story)
A short story about how it is possible to follow your dreams... if you know how to present them to your parents correctly.
Video Games Cinematics, Week 3: World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King
Still here, on time, as always, we're now moving away from the Fields of Justice to enter the universe of a much older, much more mythic video game title: World of Warcraft.
A genre, a film: Irish cinema – Neil Jordan’s The Butcher Boy (1997)
Neil Jordan’s release of The Butcher Boy in 1997 certainly shook its entire viewership with its bold rawness and the problems it exposed on screen. Freely using Patrick McCabe’s original work...
A genre, a film: the road-movie – Ridley Scott’s Thelma and Louise (1991)
In 1991 came out Thelma and Louise, a Ridley Scott directed movie telling the story of two young women trying to escape their daily life and ending up as outlaws.
Video Game Cinematics, Week 2 – League of Legends, A New Dawn
Welcome back to our weekly post of video game cinematics! This week, we're staying in Runeterra, at a time where League of Legends still didn't have a universe page.
A genre, a film: the Third Cinema – Fernando Meirelles’ City of God (2002)
Far away from Hollywood, at the beginning of the sixties, South American directors worked on creating a new kind of cinema. They named it ‘Third Cinema’ after the 1969 manifesto ‘Towards a Third Cinema’ written by Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino.
Film review: A Star Is Born – Lives and deaths of the stars
Bradley Cooper’s directing debut was also Lady Gaga’s acting debut, in 2018 version of A Star Is Born that many people expected for a while.
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