Entertainment > Movie Characters & Performances Best films pairing Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

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Eyes Wide Shut (contains spoilers)I can honestly say this is the most unusual Christmas film I have seen. However I watched it on Christmas Eve and the action all takes place during advent. There are some jolly characters in red cloaks but no beards but they are taking part in a somewhat satanic prelude to an orgy and they s... More..

Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Book reviews: The Media in Question, by Robert Ferguson

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The Media in QuestionRobert FergusonISBN 0-340-74078-7Media Studies appears on the curriculum in your child's school but a popular front stretching from Polly Toynbee in the Guardian to Chris Woodhead in the Telegraph denigrate it as a "soft option" and suggest that anyone who studies or researches it is wasting their time. T... More..

Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Book reviews: Exception to the Rulers, by Amy and David Goodman

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The Exception to the RulersBy Amy and David GoodmanISBN 1-4013-0131-2Published by HyperionWhen you think of a journalist do you think of a sleazy individual only interested in pop stars, royalty and sex scandals? Amy Goodman can make you think again.Amy Goodman is the reporter who faced the Indonesian military in East Timor i... More..

Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Michael Moore: His contributions to film and politics

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The White House has taken Osama Bin Laden off the "Ten Most Wanted" list.They have put on Michael Moore instead.Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 which smashed its way through a cordon of corporate censorship is an astonishing work of film journalism. The job which a good journalist or an honest politician (hah!) ought to be doing... More..

Entertainment > Movie Analysis Movie analysis: Race, sex and eugenics in the movie 300

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I saw 300 today and the short review would be "don't".The battle scenes are well choreographed but the cartoon-like violence becomes repetitive when you have seen the fifteenth beheading. I found myself murmuring, "I've had worse than this, this is just a flesh wound." which seemed to send my daughter into fits of laughter.Th... More..

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