Fantastic Planet's Animation Evokes Reality While Also Eschewing It

Speaking of animation that doesn't adhere to realism, let's talk about the iconic 1973 French/Czech feature Fantastic Planet. Hailing from director Rene Laloux, Fantastic Planet is a science-fiction tale and like many entries in this genre, Fantastic Planet uses a cosmic setting to create images, creatures and settings with such outlandish qualities that they could only exist in the farthest reaches of outer space. It's no wonder Laloux's trailblazing creation opts to be primarily a visual affair with social commentary sprinkled in instead of hewing to a more traditional three-act story structure. The very concept of a structure of any kind for the narrative would run counter to a visual scheme that's all about the strange and abstract.

The Exorcist Set The Standard For Exorcism Horror Movies For Decades To Come For A Reason

In the last two years, horror films like Get Out, A Quiet Place and especially It have begun to receive the kind of gargantuan box office usually reserved, in the modern era, for massively expensive action blockbusters. It's an impressive achievement but it's far from the first time horror films have managed to secure towering levels of box office glory. In fact, back in 1973, The Exorcist experienced a domestic box office gross that stands at an outstanding $943.3 million when adjusted for inflation and has amassed well over $1 billion in 2018 dollars when factoring in two separate theatrical re-releases. The ninth biggest film of all-time at the domestic box office when adjusted for inflation petrified audiences all around the world back in the day and established exorcisms as a go-to source for scares in horror movies for decades to come.

The Sting Makes Pulling Off An Entertaining Heist Look Effortless

If there's one ingredient that's crucial to making a proper good heist movie going, it's getting lead actors who are endlessly charismatic, the kind of people who can always keep your attention as they portray morally dubious individuals trying to pull off a big job. Getting Robert Redford and Paul Newman together to headline The Sting means that that pivotal element is already well taken for, these two are thoroughly engaging actors on their own merits and have winning chemistry together. The compulsively watchable lead actor part of the good heist movie equation has been well taken care of and thankfully The Sting manages to give this lead duo plenty to do in the course of pulling off a seemingly impossible heist.