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Age of Bronze. Men of Stone – Part One

January 5th, 2014 · 4 Comments · Books, Design, Movies

Though I have many friends deep into manga and comic books, grapic novels have never been an art form that I’ve spent much time with. Still, enough people recommended Eric Shanower’s Age of Bronze to me that I felt obligated to check it out. It’s about the Trojan War, one of the great western myth […]

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A Familiar Feeling

December 1st, 2007 · 4 Comments · Movies, RTS

When I went to see Gladiator many years ago, I was pretty hyped up for it. I didn’t expect an historically accurate movie, of course, and I was told it was a fun time with great special effects, strong acting and cinematography to die for. Plus Oliver Reed in his last great role. This was […]

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Things Heard While Watching the Oscars

February 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Industry, Media, Movies

All from my lovely and brilliant wife, who is sadly out of step with the Arts page of the New York Times. “Dreamgirls is a musical?” “What is Apocalypto? I’ve never heard of that.” “There was a movie about Marie Antoinette?” “Remind me what else Martin Scorcese has done.” “Who is that?” (Repeatedly when new […]

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