December 2009
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TERMINALS Top Films of the Decade
These are not the best films of the decade. They are however my favourite films of the decade all for different reasons. These are the films that defined my life the past 10 (or is it 9?!) years and helped define the many periods of my life in that time. They’re in no order, and I left it a little bit late so forgive me if it’s a bit scarce on lovin’ but feel free to drop a...
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James Cameron's Avatar Bets it All on Blue
Despite challenges throughout its existence from new technological innovations aimed at usurping its throne, the film industry has long proved almost bulletproof from competition due to its adaptability and clout in the entertainment marketplace.
When the introduction of TV threatened Hollywood’s rivers of celluloid gold, it fired back with colour film and a series of gimmicky add-ons such as...
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Welcome to the United States of Zombieland.
Since its rise to prominence with genre-father George A. Romero’s original Trilogy of the Dead, the zombie film has evolved into an entirely different flesh-eating beast in recent times.
Beginning with a renaissance of zombie popularity thanks to the Gen-Y retooled, “jacked up” zombies of 28 Days Later and Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake, the zombie has never been more popular—or in...