American Ultra

...The Begin With A Bang And Then Whimper Rule

This is an easy one, and yet another example of how a great film (Sunset Boulevard not Citizen Kane, in this case) ruined cinema forever.  When Mr. Billy Wilder came up with the swell idea of killing the lead at the beginning, and then narrated the earlier parts from his point of view (spoiler alert: I just did a spoiler alert for the opening shot of a film.  I’ve ruined..spoilers!), various hack filmmakers realized that they no longer had to write...read more

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

Crimson Peak