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Beware of the disco!
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— 6 Mar 2005 Tom Comment

Watch out, Spider-Man!

Too late!

What is the secret of his awesome power??

The cover of this masterpiece.
Danger: logo abuse![…]

Walking With Myths
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— 6 Mar 2005 Tom 1 comment

Walking With Myths has been my #1 why-isn’t-this-on-TV idea for years now: using spiffy CGI beast-animation technology to bring to life loads of fake animals* with a narration that asks if and why people believed in them in the first place. Now[…]

The Last Dragon
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— 6 Mar 2005 Martin Skidmore Comment

The Last Dragon
I can’t decide whether this was a phenomenally stupid or fantastically brilliant idea. Obviously we are used to drama-doc versions of scientific discoveries, and we are accustomed now to CGI versions of wildlife documentaries &#[…]

Call that an ‘influence’?
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— 6 Mar 2005 Martin Skidmore Comment

Call that an ‘influence’?
It’s odd and unpredictable, the personal influences that can mar a film. I just watched Nasima Oshima’s Gohatto, a rather lovely and tense film of love and jealousy among a samurai corps. There’[…]

The Physics Detective Part Seven — Ludmilla, I Am Your Father
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— 6 Mar 2005 Barry Comment

The Physics Detective Part Seven — Ludmilla, I Am Your Father
Truly, we are not worthy. I thought I had concocted a scandalous resolution to this story, but it turns out that my dirty thoughts have been soundly trumped. Clearly, the likes of […]

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