Thursday, May 21, 2015
Dome of Humans
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So from cop movie to Spaghetti Western, Max arrives on his third outing at a Science Fiction film with 1985's Mad Max Beyond Thunderdo...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Roads and the Warriors who Wander Them
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Now here's the Max you were probably looking for. 1981's Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior bears little resemblance to its predecessor,...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Copper's Turf
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Looking for a movie about a dystopia where roving gangs and refugees battle to the death over scarce quantities of oil? Don't look to ...
Monday, May 18, 2015
Game of Parcheesi
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Now we have the Empire Strikes Back of Game of Thrones season five. Not in terms of quality, though it wasn't all bad, but in terms ...
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Grey Flesh and Locked Jaws
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Sunday mornings often put me in the mood to watch Herzog's Nosferatu . Or a production of Parsifal . Something grey and solemnly roman...
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Despots and Dessert
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Behold, the frozen Pina Colada Daleks (and TARDISes)! Not even Davros himself dared dream of such a thing and now! Now, I am master of th...
Friday, May 15, 2015
The Sex Conference Convenes
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It would be nice to think about and have sex all day. The vast majority of us don't have the luxury but we do have 1974's Emmanuel...
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Common Land
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In a world abundant in resources, why do people still go hungry? It's not a new question but in England of the 1650s people took unpre...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Bee Wing
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Here's a dark bee with rather ragged wings now that I look at it from my car last week. Here are a couple lizards looking out for each...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
The Terrible Opportunity of Simple Pleasure
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I'm not sure whether 1982's The Draughtsman's Contract is a post-modernist satire of the way some period films are made or if...
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