We Need More Violent Rom-Coms

One big reason violent rom-coms would work exceptionally well in 2024 is that action movies have dialed up in intensity over the past decade. I already mentioned how John Wick changed the game by inspiring ultra-violent movies like Monkey Man and Nobody, but I need to remind you of one very important fact. Martin Blank…

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Peter Jackson, Jiri Madl, Vojtech Vodochodský

The period around 1968 in what was then known as Czechoslovakia has gotten the film and TV treatment numerous times. But the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) saw the world premiere of Waves, a new take on the time before and after the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet Union-led Warsaw…

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