SceneKid#7: “I will be your champion”

With season five of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ fully underway, a look back at one of the standout emotional scenes from the previous season, featuring two of the series’ finest performances thus far…

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Dir: Alik Sakharov
Original Air Date: 18 May 2014

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Preview: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (teaser trailer #2)

I have a very good feeling about this…

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Review: It Follows

The latest darling of the horror-hype machine arguably falls short of true ‘horror’.

Aside from that, it’s ace.

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Guitar & Lens: The Narrowing Memories of an Era

Watching Pete Townshend’s wailing finale to The Who’s set at Woodstock 1969, it dawned on me that by the time the next generation rolls around, film reels and video will be our only memories of rock’s most explosive era.

But what memories…

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Review: Furious 7

Paul Walker’s last ride is a fitting ‘end’ to the definitive action series of this generation.

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SceneKid#6: “What they did was tech-nic-ally high treason!”♫

Seth McFarlane and co.’s take on the 1980s Iran-Contra affair provides a painfully funny history lesson…

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Dir: Pam Cooke
Original Air Date: 11 May 2008

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TurningJapanese#1: Battle Royale バトル・ロワイアル

ILT’s new TurningJapnese series will serve as a discussion of all things hōga in the Land of the Rising Sun, seeking to share the latest productions and reminisce about the history, the classics, and the downright bizarre.

First up, a look back at many of my generation’s introduction to Japanese cinema…

Battle Royale
Dir: Kinji Fukasaku
Original Release Date: 16 December 2000

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Review: Last Days in Vietnam

Next month marks the 40th anniversary of North Vietnam’s victory over the South and the reunification, by force, of Vietnam.

Fresh from it’s Academy Award nomination, Rory Kennedy’s 2014 documentary on the Fall of Saigon is as powerful as it is poignant.

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ScenedKid#5: “What the hell is a Dim Mak?”

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Dir: Newt Arnold
Original Release Date: 26 February 1988

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Review: House of Cards (Season Three)

Frankly my dear, FU.

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