it reaffirms Kore-eda’s place as a preeminent chronicler of the human condition. Safe to say that it is beautifully filmed, cast and acted. To elicit such incredible
Director:Christopher NolanStarring:Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain. Having finished off his Bat-trilogy, Christoper Nolan got back to his own, original work. Interstellar reads to some as another cold Nolan experience, more concerned with the intellectual exploration of space travel...
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Frankenstein (1818 edition) by Mary Shelley (which everyone really should read at one time or another!) Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes I wish I could name a handf...
I also want to offer a special mention to the trilogy of articles on the role of parliamentary legal advisers and the desirability of publishing their advice, which you can read here, here and here. They make fascinating reading, despite (in the case of the first two) coming to oppposite...
I particularly enjoyed Associate Professor Alan Krell’s presentation on beacons where he juxtaposed the grand beacons of antiquity, the splendid imagery of the Beacons in theLord of the Ringstrilogy and the more prosaic beacons of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, before moving on to Turner’s...
Han Solo (Harrison Ford) was the first of the originalStar Warstrio to go in the new trilogy, and his death was a painful one. InThe Force Awakens, fans learn that the villain Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) is none other than Ben Solo, the only child of Han and Leia (Carrie Fisher). Han...
Saul Durand (Jovan Adepo) in the show, sociology professor Luo Ji in the second book. If you thought Saul didn't have much to do in the show until the final episode other than sit around getting stoned, that's because Luo Ji doesn't enter the trilogy until book two,The Dark Forest...
Saul Durand (Jovan Adepo) in the show, sociology professor Luo Ji in the second book. If you thought Saul didn't have much to do in the show until the final episode other than sit around getting stoned, that's because Luo Ji doesn't enter the trilogy until book two,The Dark Fore...
I argue that the demonic cultivators in novels such as The Dao are no longer the proletariats but the endlessly self-enterprising human capital that seeks to identify with the ever-expanding capital. The Dao has become demonic. The Dao in fantasy novels represented by The Dao is global ...
Compared to Longchenpa’s Trilogy of Being at Ease, which restricts mindfulness to a mental factor (caitasa/caitasika/caitta, sems las ’byung ba) and thus to the dualistic mind (citta, sems) that is to be progressively purified by lower vehicles, Jigme Lingpa’s presentation on ...