07 May 05


“the reality of the modern West is one of look-alike stripmalls, snarled traffic, air pollution, and ranches sold for subdivisions. Like most places in America, this is a region under siege by unplanned low-density development – sprawl.”

by wyclif 20 years ago

‘Unfortunately, such ahistorical claptrap has become standard fare for journalistic and even pseudo-scholarly “summary assessments” of The Crusades’

by wyclif 20 years ago

06 May 05

“the film subscribes to the skewed view that the Crusades were fueled purely by fanaticism and greed, and fails to convey that – initially – they were, rightly or wrongly, in the words of medieval scholar Thomas F. Madden “defensive wars … an attempt

by wyclif 20 years ago

10 Nov 04

‘Every week for five weeks, beginning November 9, Amazon Theater will debut a new short film for your viewing pleasure.’

by wyclif 21 years ago

09 Nov 04

trailer for the insanely great Pixar film

by wyclif 21 years ago
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24 Sep 04

“…all of the lightsaber blades have been re-rotoscoped…Han fires much sooner…the CG animation of Jabba the Hutt has been redone…[sigh]”

by wyclif 21 years ago
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“And I should also point out that there was a change to the trash compacter scene. When the one-eyed creature pops up out of the garbage, he’s now CGI and he blinks…[!]

by wyclif 21 years ago
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26 May 04

“for many people evil such as Nazism can only be understood as a cipher for evil within ourselves. They’ve become so persuaded of the essential ugliness of our society and its military, that to tell a war story is to tell the story of evil people”

by wyclif 21 years ago
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11 May 04

“These are some of the most influential and important Westerns ever made. We don’t necessarily claim these are the 30 ‘best’ Westerns”

by wyclif 21 years ago
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19 Apr 04

“The Oscar-winning film by Sofia Coppola opened to a lukewarm reception in Tokyo this past week . Critics say it draws on ‘unpleasant’ stereotypes”

by wyclif 21 years ago
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14 Apr 04

‘what follows is a comprehensive list (to be extended) of movies that somewhat inspired Kill Bill or are referenced’

by wyclif 22 years ago
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05 Apr 04

“It has to be one of the most obscene forms of death ever invented by man,” said Zias of the execution method practiced between 400 BC and AD 400 also by the Persians, Greeks, Assyrians, Carthaginians and other ancient civilisations”

by wyclif 22 years ago