Blog: SHOUTING!
I believe it was Lulu who said “Weeeeeeeeeeell…you know you make me wanna shout.” Shouting can vent anger, assert authority and assist the hard of hearing. When someone shouts you […]
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty
The idea that until guilt is proven, a criminal suspect should be assumed not to have committed a crime, underpins our legal system. It protects the innocent and avoids the […]
Is First Blood an anti war film?
First Blood follows John Rambo, a Vietnam veteran searching for one of his old army pals. The people of a small town don’t take kindly to Rambo, however, as the local police arrest […]
Strictly Classified Part 9: What We’ve Learnt
We’ve reached the end of our sojourn into surveillance and if we weren’t worried about being watched before we’re completely convinced now. Stop reading this and do a little wave […]
Strictly Classified Part 8: V for Vendetta
In V for Vendetta, the UK is ruled by a fascist government – not such an enormous leap of the imagination. That’s a joke, I don’t really think David Cameron is […]
The Five Coolest Sci-Fi Exosuits
To harness and increase the power of human movement has been one of the great aspirations of sci-fi film makers. Here’s a look at a few of their attempts… 5. […]
Strictly Classified Part 7: Equilibrium
Another day, another dystopia. In Kurt Wimmer’s 2002 sci-fi film, the world has been devastated by a Third World War, from which the authoritarian state of Libria has emerged. Its […]
Strictly Classified Part 6: Taking Liberties
This documentary outlines the range of ways the Labour government dismantled key civil liberties in the UK between 1997 and 2007. Opening with the story of a small legion of […]
Strictly Classified Part 5: Minority Report
Minority Report is set in a scary dystopian future where Tom Cruise is still in movies. The year is 2054, and Cruise is in charge of the precrime unit which […]
Strictly Classified Part 4: All The President’s Men
When discussing the theme of surveillance, it would be an oversight to ignore the Watergate scandal – the root of much of this cinematic paranoia which brought these fears and […]
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