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10 Movie Franchises Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Could Improve
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has developed a habit of stepping into established series/franchises. He’s become – as director John M. Chu puts it – “franchise Viagra.” Between this week’s G.I. JOE: Retaliation, Fast Five, The Mummy Returns, and Journey 2: The Myst...
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Top 10 Scenes that Make Me Hungry
Title is pretty self explanatory, but for one reason or another (and, admittedly, some of these are random), the scenes listed below all give me insatiable cravings. It is interesting that many of these scenes were first witnessed when I was a child. An analys...
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Top 10 Controversial Films that Aren’t Really that Controversial
Controversial hype is a tricky hand to get dealt. On one end, controversy can help allure an audience, but inversely, it can shy viewers away. All of the films on this list have been victim to one or the other, and in watching them all, I’m curious as to why.
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Top 10 Dramatic Performances by Comedians
I’m a fond admirer of performers going out of their comfort zone. Stretching and trying something new – something that carries weight. Every actor on this list faultlessly fits that bill. All noted comedians before venturing into the world of drama, these perf...
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The Results: Best Movies of the 2000s
About a month ago staff, friends, and readers of Movie Mezzanine listed their favorite films of the 2000s. When it was all said and done, we had a little more than 60 ballots submitted. Now, after crunching numbers for what felt like decades, I've aggregated a...
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7 People Who Should Totally Direct Bond 24
It’s official. Empire is reporting that Same Mendes, who took the James Bond franchise to $1 billion heights with Skyfall, will not be directing the next installment of the franchise. Bond 24, as it’s tentatively called, will thus be handed off to yet another ...
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Really, Bieber? Top 5 “Worst Birthdays” on Film
Worst birthday
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) March 2, 2013
We're all sorry for Justin Bieber right now. Poor kid just wanted to go out and have a great time on his 19th. Sadly, he couldn't get his underage friends into a club, so they ended up back at a ...
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Our Favorite 15 Working Directors
In lieu of this week's Battle of Directors column, the Movie Mezzanine staff decided to rally together to form an arbitrary (yet thoroughly enjoyable to produce) list of our favorite working filmmakers. Diverse and (hopefully) thoughtful selections lie below. ...
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