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December 14, 2008

20th Century Fox’s Christmas Turkey: Notes on The Day the Earth Stood Still

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August 25, 2008

Paul W. S. Anderson’s cinematic heritage: Event Horizon (1997)

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August 03, 2008

The cinematic dream logic of Dark City

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WALL-E and the critical hyping of two robots in love

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The Politics of the Attractive: the Japanese Aesthetics of Aeon Flux

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The Aesthetics of Torture: the Uneasy Mixture of V for Vendetta

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Serenity: Space Cowboys, Cannibal Zombies, and a Killer Psychic

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Terrorist Grunge: The Delights of Children of Men

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