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Forecasting the Force Part One: The New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy

A not so long ways away in a galaxy, well, in our own galaxy actually, a corporation adorned with mouse ears and a big blue castle are about to release the first of a barrage of new Star Wars films. This story begins in 2015, summer most likely, possibly late December, and starts with the …

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Hurt and Turner turn up the smoking ‘Body Heat’

Body Heat Directed Lawrence Kasdan Written by Lawrence Kasdan U.S.A., 1981 The Friday Noir column has written a great deal about the seedy side of characters, plot, settings and themes that make up the genre. The one aspect that, up until now, has maybe not been overlooked but certainly not observed with thorough depth is …

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