Review: The Hurt Locker
I was so pleased to see a genre film win Best Picture at the Oscars this year. Usually genre films are maligned as being just for profit, without any artistic merit, even though that’s not true. And...
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Best Actress Academy Award (Photo credit: cliff1066™) I used to be very cynical about the Academy Awards. I assumed that the voting process was for show and that the awards were given out on a basis of...
View ArticleDiscussing Movies: The Cult of Taste
Cover of Dune (Widescreen) There are two ways to talk about movies: in absolutes/closed conversation, and in discussion/dialogue. In the first instance, for example, someone says ‘I hate The New...
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