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Is the world safe with Bond?
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pveugelaers
DVD movie commentary/review In a day and age of security uneasiness, what or who will save the day? Fight fire with fire or with subtlety? James Bond is based on the Ian Fleming novels, but the issues the novels, and movies, present are as relevant today as they were yesterday, perhaps more so. The character…
Quest for peace
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pveugelaers
There are movies that hold up the ideal of peace, but it can be a difficult road to hoe. Battlestar Galactica (1978, USA) was one of those movies. Battlestar Galactica was something of a cult phenomenon and the movie merchandise was short lived, but memorable for some boys. It was like Star Wars (1977, USA),…
Is it okay to be weak?
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pveugelaers
Return of the Jedi was the long awaited Star Wars sequel of the 1980s. The movie was strongly anticipated because it was a Star Wars film as well as the previous film leaving a few unanswered questions. Actually, the producers changed the title “Revenge of the Jedi” to Return of the Jedi (1983, USA) because revenge…
When justice overwhelms
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pveugelaers
What attracted me to the first Taken (2008) film–funnily enough for an action film–is that the story revolved around real issues, the (tragic) contemporary trafficking of humans sold into slavery and prostitution. However, action films often have an issue somewhere in there, but trafficking is a subject that is rarely raised at the movies and…
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