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Welcome to Film Mining 101! This is a site dedicated to film reviews, top tens, rankings and various essays. Film Mining 101 is an independent site. All content is drafted, written, managed and maintained by an academic who besides conducting research on justice health, has a strong passion for stories. This site is a shrine for those who wish to discuss films - all genres and filmmakers are welcome.

Latest reviews

Film reviews
Samsara (2023)
Samsara (2023)

An experience like no other

The First Omen (2024)
The First Omen (2024)

Mostly good prequel of a classic 70s film

Head On (1998)
Head On (1998)

Shallow and provocative exploration of sexuality

Eastern Condors (1987)
Eastern Condors (1987)

Sammo Hung’s best(?) film

The 13th Warrior (1999)
The 13th Warrior (1999)

Uneven and unfocused book adaptation

The Three Musketeers - Part II: Milady (2023)
The Three Musketeers - Part II: Milady (2023)

Middle chapter en garde!

Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

Sweet, wonderful and feel good comedy

All the President’s Men (1976)
All the President’s Men (1976)

Peak 70s American cinema

The Three Musketeers - Part I: D’Artagnan (2023)
The Three Musketeers - Part I: D’Artagnan (2023)

Luscious European epic

Silent Night (2023)
Silent Night (2023)

Silent night for all the wrong reasons

Latest Articles

Articles
Another Top 10 Best fight scenes of all time
Another Top 10 Best fight scenes of all time

Having ten fights only is never enough

Epic cinema is dead; Long Live the Cheap Mediocrities
Epic cinema is dead; Long Live the Cheap Mediocrities

Is modern epic cinema dead?

Ranking the Conjuring films from best to worst
Ranking the Conjuring films from best to worst

Ranking the Conjuring films from worst to best

The Best Action Scenes From the John Wick Movies
The Best Action Scenes From the John Wick Movies

Action overload

The Best Scenes from Paul WS Anderson Movies
The Best Scenes from Paul WS Anderson Movies

Enough visuals for everybody

The creative decline of legacy sequels
The creative decline of legacy sequels

The fall of legacy sequels

The 10 Greatest Movie Shoot outs
The 10 Greatest Movie Shoot outs

It’s bullet time!

Films That Mock the Source Material
Films That Mock the Source Material

Mocking the source material is a tough job

The Best Third Entries in Movie Franchises
The Best Third Entries in Movie Franchises

The best third entries in movie franchises

Woke films always existed. You just did not care Part V
Woke films always existed. You just did not care Part V

A history of US films with LGBT leading roles