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Comedy as myth

Part of the recent hagiography that has grown up around George Lucas is the idea that he [deliberately crafted *Star Wars* to reflect Joseph Campbells' *Hero with a…

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The problem of hope

So, there's a movie of [Watchmen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) coming out. Probably the greatest graphic novel of all time. Now, it's a film based on Alan Moore comics, [so it's](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Hell) [going…

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Movie Review: Cloverfield

This weekend I went to see the new movie from JJ Abrams, [*Cloverfield*](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/). I went in with fairly low expectations - I enjoy monster movies, but don't really…

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Movie Review: No Country For Old Men

[*No Country For Old Men*](http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/). Directed by Ethan & Joel Coen. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin. In West Texas, June 1980, a drug deal…

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Move Review: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

[*National Treasure: Book of Secrets*](http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0465234/). Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Starring Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren and Ed Harris. Treasure hunter Ben Gates (Cage)…

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Movie Review: Hitman

[*Hitman*](http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0465494/) Directed by Xavier Gans. Starring Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper and Ulrich Thomsen. A mysterious, powerful organisation (known only as "The Organisation") has created…

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Films: October to November 2007

Movies coming up in the next couple of months, and my thoughts ([as according to IMDB](http://us.imdb.com/Recent/Australia)). * *[A Mighty Heart](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/)*: Interesting, has a few good reviews it seems.…

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Top 20 movies

The top 20 movies according to the [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com), with the ones I've never seen in bold: * The Godfather * The Shawshank Redemption * The Godfather Part II…

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