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I Am Your Father: Musings on ‘The Empire Strikes Back’

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back came out May 21st 1980, but it was only in 1987, at five years old, that I saw it for the first time. I had seen Episode IV multiple times already (understatement) and knew that I wanted to be a Jedi and make movies. Episode V however, …

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‘Halo’ and the ‘Call of Duty’ Effect

Not since 2001 with the release of the original Xbox has any console launched with a game so revered by fans and critics alike as Bungie’s Halo: Combat Evolved. The original game was a bold adventure, brimming with new ideas, an alien world and a killer soundtrack. Following it’s huge success, the sequel Halo 2 …

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Director’s Cut – 3 Essential Recuts (And 3 Worthless Ones)

Ever since the birth of the concept in the early eighties, the prospect of a ‘Director’s Cut’ has become one of the most mouth watering morsels for film fanatics, a chance to glimpse an expanded version or in some cases a radically altered vision to their favorite movies. Whether it be the lengthening of an …

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