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Watchmen Character Profiles: Nite Owl
Nite Owl is a brilliant inventor, a millionaire investor and a respected academician. Despite his accomplishments though, he is crippled by self-doubt and loneliness.
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Watchmen Character Profiles: The Comedian
The Comedian is the only character in the Watchmen universe who is almost totally unlikeable. He is unrepentingly evil and for the most part he gets away with it.
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Watchmen Character Profiles: Dr. Manhattan
Dr. John Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan, takes the archetype of the atomic superhero to its logical end. Dr. Manhattan is a brilliant, powerful, and alienated man.
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A Review of The Blob (1958)
The Blob is light, fun and attention-grabbing. From the opening ditty to the closing helicopters, The Blob is fun the whole way through.
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Watchmen Character Profiles: Rorschach
Rorschach's intensity and strangeness make him one of the most compelling characters of comics. This article introduces him to the casual reader.
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Great Cinema: Face of Another
Hiroshi Teshigahara's Face of Another is a fantastic surreal science fiction film straight out of the '60s Japanese arthouse.
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An Interpretation of Passion of Anna
The conclusion of Ingmar Bergman's island trilogy is mysterious and difficult. It presents intellectual and emotional challenges the scale of which is difficult to match.
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A Review of Passion of Anna (1969)
Bergman's Passion of Anna is an intriguing film: a mixture of avant-garde experimentation and human drama.
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Great Cinema: Dersu Uzala
Akira Kurosawa's Dursu Uzala is a fusion of environmental and humanist cinemas. It is another masterpiece from the man who gave us Seven Samurai, Red Beard and Ikiru.
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Great Cinema: The Grand Illusion
The Grand Illusion is something of a rarity these days- a war movie that isn't about decrying war. Rather, it's about aristocrats, commoners, and the death of nobility.
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Adapting Alan Moore's Watchmen to the Screen
Adapting Watchmen to the screen is an epic task. Are the creative personalities involved up to it?
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Asana Studies: Shoulderstand Pose
Shoulderstand is an elemental, solid pose. It involves builds abdominal strength and spinal flexibility.
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Characters of Watchmen
Watchmen is a complex story populated with a wide array of three-dimensional characters. This article gives a rundown of major characters in the graphic novel.
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A Review of Cabaret (1972)
Cabaret will break your heart. It's got that classic romance vibe you find in His Girl Friday or Casablanca, offset by a '70s attitude towards sexual exploration.
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Cabaret (1972)
Cabaret will break your heart. It's got that classic romance vibe you find in His Girl Friday or Casablanca, offset by a '70s attitude towards sexual exploration.
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Great Cinema: Woman in the Dunes
Woman in the Dunes possesses its viewers. Its fantastic landscape is fresh and abyssal; its characters are earnest and real; and its quandaries urgent and bizarre.
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Introduction to Watchmen
With the new trailer appearing before The Dark Knight, everyone wants to know about Watchmen. This article introduces some of the key concepts of the Graphic Novel.
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Asana Studies: Eagle Pose
This pose has wide-ranging virtues. It involves balance, stretching and grace. It is useful to do early in your workout to prepare your shoulders for later stretches.
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The Three Weirdest Horror Climaxes
Low budget cult horror is great. At its worst it makes you laugh, and at its best it blows your mind. This list is about those times it blows your mind.
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Yeats' Lines Written in Dejection
"Lines Written in Dejection" is a fine introduction to Yeats: short and lyrical, but also complex and mysterious.
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