A tragic movie can provide much more than a comforting "good cry." The films that leave you feeling the most uncomfortable often accomplish what is perhaps the pinnacle of cinema: creating empathy in the audience. Even though you probably can hardly bear to watch them more than once, they are the stories that touch you so deeply that you remember them for years to come.
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The 2022 film “The Inventor” opens the audience's eyes and makes them question how the history of various inventions have really played out, and whether such processes can really be called history if there is so much of it still being observed today.
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Watching older movies brings back nostalgia for simpler times. However, these films also help us appreciate the technology we have now. Just in the past few decades, we have seen wireless internet, laptops and tablets become ubiquitous parts of everyday life. Of course, these devices are nowhere to be found in films from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Businesses portrayed in those movies also did not have modern essentials such as MDR.
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The best sports movies, however, shift this paradigm and can take yours along for the ride. One good example is the movie Friday Night Lights, which follows the 1988 Permian High School football team from Odessa, Texas. Instead of an underdog team fighting against the odds to ultimately win, this film portrays the stresses faced by the real teenagers the story is based on.
Read MoreThe art of film analysis and critique is something that people enjoy to varying degrees. You can love movies without necessarily feeling the urge to pick them apart, scene-by-scene, frame-by-frame, but at the same time, some people might feel as though this is a move that helps to strengthen their love of the film and the medium in general. It’s subjective, and there’s no right way to enjoy a film when it comes to reading it.
Read MoreFor their 87th episode, two grizzled film critics, two mad-bomber dads, and two disco-dancing school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan welcome back Lauren Knight of L.A. Knight Consulting for a back-to-back Sylvester Stallone love fest. Last time, it was new Sly for Samaritan. This time, they dig back to 1981's Nighthawks where a Stallone beard and Rutger Hauer, in his American debut, steal the show. Listen to wear this terrorist thriller ranks for our gathered talkers.
Read MoreThe merit of this story of formative failure can only be truly assessed by whether this teenage proxy of the filmmaker himself turned out alright after the credits roll and history continued forward. One can learn by failure only if they learn. Like the main character, the submission of the movie itself does not put forth enough fight for earned growth. If Armageddon Time is the sum total of James Gray’s regret, then it is a weak indictment that comes off little better than someone saying “I had a Black friend once.”
Read MoreCRM is a piece of software that allows you to keep track of your customers and business contacts. It's important to have a CRM system in place so you can see who your best customers are, what they're buying, and when they're buying it. If you're not using a CRM system, you're likely missing out on valuable insights into your business. Not only that, but you may also be losing money.
Read MoreThere are different methods for retrieving deleted text messages depending on the Android version, device type, and storage location. This article will teach you how to recover deleted text messages on Android.
Read MoreAccording to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a trademark is a “word, phrase, design, symbol, or a combination of them” to identify specific goods and services. The trademark helps customers to identify the source of goods and services, protects the brand legally, and helps protect it from fraud and counterfeiting. Trademarks influence customers to a great degree because they communicate the underlying trust and credibility of the business. Some of the most important reasons for the importance of trademarks for your business:
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You know how there are just some songs that make you want to get up, run around the room, and dance until your legs fall off? There are movies like that, too. If you've been lacking motivation to get to the gym lately and need a bit of inspiration, all you need to do is watch one (or more) of the best gym movies available to entertain and motivate you.
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The shiny paint. That new car smell of the interior. The revving of the engine under the hood. If you're a car person, you know just what it feels like to fall in love with a lady on four wheels. You can't always be on the road, unfortunately, but what you can do is spend a weekend having a movie marathon. Of course, it will need to feature some of the best car movies of the last few decades to truly be enjoyable.
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