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“Films are a unique way to understand feelings”

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.

Shot of the week

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - Peter Jackson

Latest reviews

Film reviews
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)

Vampire film with values and heart

Scream 7 (2026)
Scream 7 (2026)

Solid return to form

Screamers (1995)
Screamers (1995)

Needs to be re-adapt asap

Virtuosity (1995)
Virtuosity (1995)

Lord have mercy

Broken Arrow (1996)
Broken Arrow (1996)

Travolta Vs Slater

Cop Land (1997)
Cop Land (1997)

Top tier crime drama

Assassins (1995)
Assassins (1995)

Sly can’t save this one

Judge Dredd (1995)
Judge Dredd (1995)

You will be the judge

Deepstar Six (1989)
Deepstar Six (1989)

Underwater ruin

Latest Articles

Articles
The Best Fourth Entries in Movie Franchises
The Best Fourth Entries in Movie Franchises

The best fourth entries in movie franchises

Ranking the Pirates of the Caribbean Films from Worst to Best
Ranking the Pirates of the Caribbean Films from Worst to Best

A pirates’ life is for me!

Which one is better: The Haunting (1999) Vs House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Which one is better: The Haunting (1999) Vs House on Haunted Hill (1999)

Blockbuster special effects or old school charm?

12 Insane Hidden Details in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973)
12 Insane Hidden Details in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973)

You better watch out!

19 reasons why Rey Skywalker is a terrible character
19 reasons why Rey Skywalker is a terrible character

A hero without a face or an arc

60 Years, zero Greeks: The silent erasure of Greek culture on screen
60 Years, zero Greeks: The silent erasure of Greek culture on screen

Greek myths: Everyone’s welcome except Greeks.

The modern girl boss trope: conservative myth or woke ignorance?
The modern girl boss trope: conservative myth or woke ignorance?

Girl boss: myth or reality?

Dissecting Action: The 2010s
Dissecting Action: The 2010s

A plunge into action mediocrity

Ranking the Rurouni Kenshin Films from Worst to Best
Ranking the Rurouni Kenshin Films from Worst to Best

Pick up your Katana and fight!

Top Ten Best Nightclub Action Sequences
Top Ten Best Nightclub Action Sequences

Dance or die!

Which one is better: Batman (1989) Vs Batman Begins (2005)
Which one is better: Batman (1989) Vs Batman Begins (2005)

Pulp, gothic style or shaky cam realism?

When Art Crosses Mediums: Eiko Ishioka’s Game Changing Costumes
When Art Crosses Mediums: Eiko Ishioka’s Game Changing Costumes

Sensational, timeless, hauntingly beautiful

Latest Scores

Scores
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)

Exciting and thematically rich

Van Helsing (2004)
Van Helsing (2004)

Bombastic and excessive

Scream (1996)
Scream (1996)

Intelligent horror score

The Crow (1994)
The Crow (1994)

Gothic supernatural shenanigans never sounded better