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To Catch The Predator

September 13, 2018November 13, 2019 mattb

Spoilers, obviously. What do you expect from a film blog? Dick. The Predator is a surprisingly enjoyable film. It maintains the recent re-injection of humour into action films that started with Deadpool, whilst telling an ....

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Derren Brown – Miracle

June 28, 2018November 13, 2019 mattb

All argument aims at consensus. We might pretend that we're "establishing the truth", but all that really means is trying to get people to agree with us. For this reason, arguments between the religious and ....

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Some Like it Not

June 12, 2018November 5, 2020 mattb

Some Like it Hot, the 1959 classic and one of my favourite films as a child, is currently on Netflix in the UK. The film sees two impoverished, male musicians (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon) ....

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Wiki Wiki Wild Wild Country

April 19, 2018November 13, 2019 mattb

The terribly titled Wild Wild Country is the best and only docu-series I have ever watched. It tells the classic American tale of a group of settlers who, escaping alleged persecution in their own country, ....

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The Star Trek Discovery of Trauma

January 14, 2018November 13, 2019 mattb

Popular culture is an insight into the culture that created it. But, one or two precious examples are so long running that they also show an insight into how that culture changes. Star Trek is ....

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The Young Pope

March 5, 2017November 13, 2019 mattb

Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. The philosopher Jacques Derrida once said ‘Inheritance is an act’. At least, I’ve been told he did. I’ve never read it myself, and as much as I ....

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Belated Review: Klingons Into Darkness

November 18, 2016November 13, 2019 mattb

Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. I kind of enjoyed Star Trek: Into Darkness at the time, but the Klingons always bugged me in it. Now, I’m not going to go onto some sort ....

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Tune Thunk: David Bowie’s Blackstar

November 11, 2016November 13, 2019 mattb

Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. This post inaugurates a mini-series of Belated Drafts. Basically, I’m working hard on the Ph.D. at the moment, so have less time to work on the blog. ....

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Star Trek: Beyond (2016)

August 7, 2016November 13, 2019 mattb

Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. The new Star Trek film is not only a good film, but it is actually an actual Star Trek film.Star Trek: Beyond or Star Trek: XIII or ....

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