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Adapting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Part II
I watched many submarine films when researching Nemo’s Fury, but the film that most informed the background of our protagonist, O’Connor, is a gritty Irish western called Black ’47. A bitter, brutal and brilliant Irish revenge thriller, it swaps the Wild West of the USA for Ireland’s bleak midwinter of 1847. It’s an impressively physical…
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2001: A Space Odyssey is Kubrick’s funny bone
Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey is a monumental epic which explores the evolution of humankind. It is is dense, slow, demanding and not normally judged to be a giggle riot. I see it as Kubrick’s cosmic sex joke. The key to unlocking the humour and understanding Kubrick’s intentions can be found in the director’s previous film.…
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Dan Dare: British sci-fi legend
Mega City Book Club: 214: Dan Dare vol 2 — Read on megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/02/214-dan-dare-vol-2.html
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James Bond 007: Top 10 villains
10. Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) At 6 ft 4 in tall, Lee brings stature as well a smooth sophistication to his role of a former KGB agent turned world’s best assassin who charges one million dollars per kill.His favourite weapon is a gold cigarette and pen combination which…
Nemo's Fury 