Tag: cinema
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Canada’s Changing Climate: What Key Cities Could Look Like With ‘Dune-Ification’
How Climate Change Could Transform Cities into a Dune-Like Landscape Dune’s cinematic and literary success reflects our fascination with desert landscapes. But the vast deserts of Arrakis, the movie’s fictional planet, hold a deeper meaning. They serve as a cautionary tale for our own planet threatened by desertification. A new study by our friends at…
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Photo Essay- How Much Did Blade Runner Borrow From Barry Lyndon?
Kubrick. Scott. Which one of these directors needs their first name in order to be recognized by most movie watchers? Yeah, thought so. Let’s try this introduction another way: Kubrick. Ridley Scott. Ah that’s better. Regardless of who is more recognizable, the fact remains that both of these cinema geniuses created masterpieces on celluloid. Stanley…
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Synth Britannia Shows The Future Was In Fact Delivered
Come on, you have to admit. It’s a lot of fun to stumble around YouTube with that old pre-internet habit of television channel surfing surprising you with random discoveries. When I do, I particularly enjoy reading comments left by others who have somehow found their way to whatever it is I happen to be watching. This…
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Movies With The Most Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia. Few feelings create anxiety more than being trapped in a small confined space. Many films take advantage of this discomfort, often being filmed in one location or room for the entire movie. We look here at some of the best, ranked in order of their claustrophobic factor. Did we miss one? Do you disagree…
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Explore The Evolution And Creation Of America’s Music On Giant IMAX Screen
America’s Musical Journey follows singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc as he traces the roots of American music and explores the great musical cities- places like New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville, Miami, New York City and more- where such electrifying art forms as jazz, the blues, country, soul and rock and roll were born. In America’s musical cities, every…
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Becoming AFI Celebrates 50 Years Of American Film Institute
“This book puts you directly behind the scenes for a story that began with a dream, overcame constant challenges, and evolved into the institution it is today.” ―Steven Spielberg “Documented here by the people who lived it, this is a remarkable tale of how a major institution, created out of whole cloth, wove itself…
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Reenact These Famous Movie Road Trips
Wildly changing oil prices are keeping us guessing on accurate fuel cost estimates so don’t forget to check the price of gasoline before you hit the road 😛 Infographic courtesy of our friends at car leasing made simple.
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Thirty Five Million Dollar Star Trek Themed Mansion
BOCA RATON, Fla.– May 2014 — The “Star Trek Mansion” in Boca Raton, Florida, is now on the market for a cool $35 million, featuring a much-buzzed-about home theater designed by Acoustic Innovations. Created to model the bridge of the Star Ship Enterprise, the theater is the focal point of the 27,000-square-foot home owned by…
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Real–life Detroit set to receive ten-foot ‘pop culture’ Robocop statue
In the 1987 the Dutch auteur film maker Paul Verhoeven created a movie unlike any other. He called it Robocop and I’m old enough to remember watching this dark comedy sci-fi masterpiece when it was brand spanking new. …
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Bollywood Movies Popular In GTA
The importance of Toronto for the world movie industry is becoming more and more substantial. It has already gained the nickname “Hollywood North“ and now the major Indian film studios are tightening their co-operation with the city of Toronto. More and more Bollywood movies are being shot in Toronto, a huge number of Torontonian cinemas…