Is Harry Potter a ripoff of Star Wars?
Pop quiz. What sci-fi/fantasy/adventure franchise has taken billions at the box office, inspired a generation and features a timeless story of good versus evil in a fantastical world full of
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Is the strong female character role a myth?
Shuri. Furiosa. Sarah Connor. Hermione Grainger. Captain Marvel. The last few decades have given us so many female heroes you’d think feminism had won and Hollywood had settled the culture
A History of Violence
Violence in entertainment is as old as entertainment itself, but it might teach us more about our relationship to real violence than we realise. From the time we can crawl,
How Hollywood and the military work together
In films about the military, America’s forces play a surprisingly big role behind-the-scenes. We find out more about the Pentagon’s ties to Hollywood. War is one of the oldest genres
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How We Solved COVID
The scope and seriousness of COVID19 was bought home to many in March 2019 when it suddenly became impossible to travel anywhere and a famous actor got it. Fast forward
Every Move You Make
I shouldn’t have been surprised. It was a blatant example of what’s been dubbed “The Other Internet”, a layer of businesses that work in the background to capture and trade details about what you like and visit online. … Continue readingEvery Move You Make