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Videogames: A Matter of Life and Death

Last week I read an article where George Lucas and Steven Spielberg gave their predictions of where videogames will be within the next five years, give or take. Spielberg believes videogames will not be completely immersive until they are a three-dimensional experience. Microsoft is allegedly working on that. Lucas thinks videogames will soon be revolutionised …

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A Matter of Life and Death,’ WWII romance, popular psychology, and patriotism

‘A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway  To Heaven)’  Written & Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Starring David Niven, Kim Hunter, and Roger Livesey UK, 104 min – 1946.   “A weak mind isn’t strong enough to hurt itself. Stupidity has saved many a man from going mad.”   When A Matter of …

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Extended Thoughts on ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Directed by Gore Verbinski Written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy The phrase “less is more” comes to mind when thinking of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (hereafter referred to by its subtitle), though it’d be more …

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Five Films That Blur The Line Between Fantasy And Reality

Many unsuspecting cinema-goers who clearly hadn’t read the reviews got quite a shock when they went into Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan expecting a nice movie about ballet. Black Swan is a fully-fledged (pun intended) horror movie full of fantastical elements – or is it? Horror it certainly is – fantasy, it may not be, as …

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