November 2011
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"Sunshine" and "The Fountain" – On Spiritualism...
Sunshine, 2007, directed by Danny Boyle
The Fountain, 2006, directed by Darren Aronofsky
Danny Boyle’s “Sunshine” and Darren Aronofsky’s “The Fountain” are two strikingly spiritual films – the former more surprisingly than the latter – yet the conclusions of either film couldn’t be more different than the initial similarities they...
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In Defense of Digital Readers, and Not
via Poorly Drawn Lines
I recently finished Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, a historical fiction documenting the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the court of King Henry VIII from 1500 to 1535 (quick Tudor history for those who hate dates as much as I do: things was around the time when Henry was trying to divorce Katherine so he could marry Anne Boleyn). Having borrowed the book a few months ago, I...
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Script Suggestion: TRON 3
Warning: huge amounts of spoiler below for the original TRON and TRON: Legacy movies
Whenever a movie disappoints me, I have a habit of brainstorming how it could have been improved after identifying what aspect didn’t quite meet my expectations – such is the case with TRON: Legacy. To be honest, I didn’t begin playing around with ideas until recently while I was watching a DIY video...