Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
I went to see it over the weekend. The hype about this movie was incredible and I decided I want to have a go before all the spoilers rage out. Now, for a non-spoiler review, this is what I can…
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I’ve heard (and read) a lot of good reviews of this movie, so I’ve decided to give it a shot. After all, it’s British and It’s horror, so… impossible not to, right? Here’s the plot, straight from Rotten Tomatoes: “Following…
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It’s a (well-known) fact -at least for friends&neighbours- that I binge-watch pretty much all horror Netflix and Amazon Prime dare to put online. Horror movies are a habit I developed as a teenager, and I’ve never stopped. But I’ve realised only…
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If you stumble upon Triangle (I don’t think you’re going to search for it. At least, I didn’t, because I’ve never heard of it until yesterday) and you decide to give it a try, chances are you’ll find it pretty…
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I found out about Everest (a 2015 British-American biographical adventure movie, directed and co-produced by Baltasar Kormákur) by chance when browsing Netflix’s adventure section. As I love extreme adventure movies, I decided to give it a shot. You should, too: differently…
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You remember Altered Carbon, right? It’s the amazing book by Richard K. Morgan that redefined the whole concept of cyberpunk in XXI century, together with being an action-packed thriller that you can’t possibly put down. (And if you haven’t read…
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[Disclaimer: spoilers, in the second part of this post only. I’ll warn you later on up to where it is safe to read if you haven’t seen the movie yet.] The most awaited movie of the year has been out…
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…and here we are: finally! The most awaited movie of the year is out next week, and the early reviews are glowing. “A gigantic spectacle of pure hallucinatory craziness.” This is how The Guardian entitled its article, which you can read…
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In the last six months, for a series of reasons I’ll talk about in a future post, I’ve been watching a lot of historical fiction (reading it, well, I’ve never stopped. History books – fiction and not – are among…
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In case you have never heard of it, Helix is an American SF/ thriller TV series aired by Syfy. The plot: a team of scientists from CDC travels into two different locations (series 1: a research facility in the Arctic….
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