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Jaws: KU lecturer offers new perspectives on blockbuster

Nearly five decades on, Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws still captures the imagination and opens up new opportunities for research on the movie that was released back in 1975. KU Lecturer in Film, Media and Literature, [more…]

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‘Selma’

Though the flower prints and fedoras make it clear that Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay, is set in the 1960s Alabama, the issues the film deals with are unfortunately ongoing. It was in Selma, where [more…]

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A look forward to Bond 24: SPECTRE

  A deep resonant voice is heard as a hand slowly strokes a white cat watching two Siamese fighting fish attack each other while another hangs back, looking for the opportunity to attack. “Waits until [more…]

Review: Stolen

Hollywood plagiarism or emotional simplicity? New Taken-esque flick Stolen gets considerable criticism. Max Parker Not every film can be an Oscar winner and yet there is still space in the world of cinema for trashy, [more…]