2021 has been a difficult transitional year when it comes to new movies as the ongoing COVID pandemic delayed production and theatrical releases. Despite the obstacles still being a major problem, stricter guidelines have allowed theaters to reopen more frequently. Here are the best films (that I’ve seen) in 2021.
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The Last Duel [REVIEW]
This might be one of Ridley Scott’s best films to have come out in a long time. No doubt he was assisted a lot by the writing that Affleck Damon and Nicole Holofcener have provided with real complex characters and a strong foundation to support it
Drowning in Directors Cuts – The Decline of Historical Epics
You’re reading part 3 of our Historical Epic series. Read part 1 here! Period dramas have been the kinds of films directors have pushed themselves to make. Hollywood was also in the same vein looking to try to make the next Gladiator. There has been a string of historical films with some of the same talent such as Mel Gibson’s The Patriot and Russell Crowe’s Master and Commander. However, after the mid-2000s there has been a gradual decline of such films, at least theatrically. Some of them however have found a new lease on life when they reach DVD and
A History of the Historical Epic
We’re going to analyze the crap out of the historical drama genre and see how its centerpieces stand up to today’s standards.