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Chris Nolan, Batman Begins

The best Batman film made to date, and probably for a long time after as well. It is unfortunate that Chris Nolan does not seem eager to pursue the franchise more, but it is quite understandable that he wishes to return to smaller films. These will probably be even better still, as film franchises have [...]

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Ole Christian Madsen, Nordkraft

Not having read the book seems to be a benefit, if the reaction many of my friends who had read the book is anything to go by, but since I haven’t read the book, there was little to annoy me about what had and what had not been added or removed. The film’s major problem, [...]

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Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

One of the classic Dick novels, this is a story about a police officer investigating himself in order to unravel a drug cartel. Videotaping himself for later screening, the novel centres on sliding identities and the stress of acting as more than one person. The novel is as paranoid and excellent as only Dick can [...]

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