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Superman Defined - Part IV
On Screen "What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From...
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Apr 20, 20235 min read


Superman Defined - Part III
Truth, Justice and the American Way "Superman has the big the big S on his uniform – we should, I suppose, be thankful that it is not an...
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Apr 20, 20234 min read


Superman Defined - Part II
Power and Invention "Up in the sky! Look!...It's a bird!...It's a plane!... It's Superman!" – The Adventures of Superman, Radio serial...
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Apr 19, 20235 min read


Superman Defined - Part I
First of His Kind "I will teach you the Superman." – Friedrich Nietzsche In their 1932 short story, "The Reign of the Superman", Jerry...
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Apr 18, 20234 min read


Superman Defined - Introduction
Man of Steel. Man of Tomorrow. "Only the weak succumb to brutality." – Superman, Kingdom Come As America began to climb out of the Great...
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Apr 18, 20233 min read


End of Watch (2012)
These are the Good Guys. "I am a consequence. I am the unpaid bill. I am fate with a badge and a gun. Behind my badge is a heart like...
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Apr 18, 20233 min read


About a Girl (short film, 2001)
Sucker Punched '"He never let's us 'ave nuffin'...it's always, 'Do a' look like a f***in' bank?!' She says she's not gor enough saved for...
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Apr 18, 20231 min read


The Nao of Brown
A Sequential State of Mind ‘I had a feeling something wasn’t right, it was over my shoulder and inching up on me…it doesn’t always happen...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read


Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Silence and Monsters "Sometimes I have wondered whether life wouldn't be much more amusing if we were all devils, no nonsense about...
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Apr 17, 20235 min read


M83 Trilogy (2011)
The Cerebral Soundscape of Anthony Gonzalez "I love composing music and making music with pictures in my head, it's really what's driving...
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Apr 17, 20232 min read


Milius (2013)
Tales of a Hollywood Maverick "He doesn't write for pussies and he doesn't write for women. He writes for men. Because he's a man." Sam...
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Apr 16, 20232 min read


Bunraku (2010)
A silent mix of loud style and tradition “Great lessons are often found in defeat.” There’s a lot to enjoy in Guy Moshe’s cocktail of...
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Apr 16, 20232 min read


Ulrich Schnauss: A Long Way to Fall (2013)
Much more than ambient abandonment I first discovered the ambient sounds of Ulrich Schnauss back in 2004 when I returned to University...
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Apr 16, 20232 min read


The Black Beetle: No Way Out
Pulp hero pulls no punches 'All I can think about is who got to them before I did while I should really be worrying about freefalling...
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Apr 16, 20232 min read


DatA: Skywriter (2009)
Epic soundscapes in Retro Rock As someone still riding the high of Daftpunk’s glorious Discovery album, and more than longing their...
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Apr 15, 20232 min read
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