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From Brass Eye to Four Lions: Who is Chris Morris?
For over 20 years, British comedy writer, director and actor Chris Morris has made waves in Britain, and more recently in America. Here's an extensive look at his body of work.
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Withnail & I: A Classic Even an "Ignorant American" Should Enjoy
Don't know Bruce Robinson? Not many do, unless you suddenly bring up the fact that he directed the recent Hunter S. Thompson adaptation The Rum Diary . Even then, most unfamiliar with that movie's release won't know who the hell Hunter Thompson or...
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The Birds Who Tweet the Most
140 characters can get thousands of people to either praise or despise you in an instant. There is one writer using them who displays this most effectively. Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho and screenwriter of his latest independent...
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Troll 2 or The Room? Two of the Worst Films Ever Made?
There are so many terrible movies out there it's hard to list even half of them. Not only are there so many bad films, but many of them are not bad enough to be considered objectively horrid; they have good points to them such as editing, sound,...
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Hobo on a Train: A Short Story
There's only one thing that can make me happy. That one thing is riding back and forth all day, every day. I don't have to drive, don't have to walk, and the best part is, I can entertain. I can entertain myself and the people who are either...
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They, You and I: Perspective as a Writer
Perspective is in my opinion the most important element a writer needs to choose once he or she knows what to write, contrary to font, as I stated in another Hub. It's the perspective that ultimately determines how a story is told, and how the...
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Roger Waters: A Brief Glimpse into a Tortured Soul
“So ya thought ya might like to go to the show, to feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow. Tell me, is something eluding you, Sunshine? Is this not what you expected to see? If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes,...
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The Real Rowan Atkinson
His face is instantly recognized in America as the childish Mr. Bean, but Rowan Atkinson has much more to his credit as a thoughtful comedic performer. Much smarter than his most famous portrayal, Atkinson first appeared in England's Not The...
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The Tortured Genius of H.R. Giger
While Swiss artist H.R. Giger may have been known mostly for his creature designs in Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi film Alien , he had created hundreds, if not thousands, of other pieces of art in the forms of paintings, drawings, and sculptures. His...
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Less Than Zero: A Look into the Depths of Depravity
Of all of the books I have read, most of them quite recently(within the past year or so), I have found few to measure up to the profoundness I experienced when reading Bret Easton Ellis's Less Than Zero for the first time toward the end of my...