You can learn a lot from watching a bad movie. Taking a note from The Princeton Review, watching a bad movie instructs you what not to do if you want to make a good movie.…
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20 Martial Arts Movies Every Guy Should See
Few things are as enjoyable and adrenalizing as martial arts films, whatever their make and model. Sometimes, plot is a necessity for stringing together cool fights. Sometimes, it’s as much of a pleasure as the…
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Oscar Nominations 2022: Who Will Win, Who Should Win
It’s the fashion among cool kids not to care about the Oscars until Oscar nominations are announced, then to stop caring again after being mad on Twitter for a day, and then to start caring…
The Best Classic & Old Movies on Netflix
Pulp Fiction. The Dark Knight. Schindler’s List. Each of these movies enjoys a spot in film’s pantheon, and in 2022 can be called classics without reaching. This will inevitably make more than a few folks…
Antony Starr Is Scary As Hell In “The Boys” Season 3 Teaser
Behind every smile, there’s teeth, and behind Antony Starr’s teeth is sheer psychotic authoritarian terror. If there’s a lesson to take from The Boys, Amazon’s S-tier adaptation of Garth Ennis’ A-tier comic book, it’s that when…
20 Movies To Be Excited For In 2022
Alright: That’s a wrap. 2021 is over. Done. Finished. There’s nothing else to hold your breath on this year apart from the ball dropping, unless you’re in a store without a mask and you think…
The Best Holiday Movies To Stream Right Now
You’re about to sit down with your family for Christmas dinner and spend a long (or, depending on your relationship with them, really long) weekend with them eating too much food and running out of…
The Best Movies of 2021, According to the Cool Material Team
COVID tried to kill the movies. It’s still trying to kill the movies. But COVID’s best efforts have yet to succeed. Because lo and behold, there are still movies coming out, whether in theaters, on…
“The Northman” Trailer: Avenge, Save, Kill, Repeat
What is The Northman? Iceland’s Black Panther? Elevated Conan the Barbarian? A violent fever dream a’la Valhalla Rising? It’s a Robert Eggers movie, that’s for sure, and Eggers, having made two bona fide New England horror…
2021 Holiday Gifts for Book-Lovers
With our lives in stasis over the last 20 months, we’ve all had a chance to pause, think about what matters, and, on the lighter side, discover or rediscover new hobbies and passions. The need…
The Best Gifts for Music-Lovers 2021
Giving the music enthusiast in your family the gift of more music is the easiest way to their hearts (and ears), but think outside of the streaming services and MediaMonkey libraries; find gifts that speak…
2021 Is the Year of Adam Driver
2020 was a year without Adam Driver. So 2021 has made up for the privation with Adam Driver times three: Leos Carax’s Annette, Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, and because 2020 was also a year…
The 8 Best Movies You May Have Missed This Year
We’re fast approaching the end of the year. And that means studios are flooding theaters (and, if they bother, streaming services) with movies that they want to convince you are must-sees. Some of them probably…
The Best Film Noir for Noirvember
November is a time for turkey and growing facial hair. It’s a time for gratitude. It’s a time for sitting in the shadows with a handful of film noirs. You know those shadowy, cynical, effortlessly…