From ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to ‘Elvis’: 2022’s Most Thrillingly Directed Movies

Dec 27 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
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While movies are meant to be seen on the big screen, most do little to take full advantage of their enormous canvases. The reasons for that are numerous. There’s the growing popularity of straightforward, function-over-form television series. There’s the rise of streaming services, where so many films find a prolonged post-multiplex home. Plus, studios have an infatuation with interconnected franchises (be...

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