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An Imperfect World: An Interview with the Directors of Flushed Away

[10.Nov.06] :. Would CGI's sparkle brighten Aardman's earthy touch? Would stop-motion puppetry's three-dimensional depth be flattened into two-dimensional popcorn?

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Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (2003)

[24.May.04] :. Secrets' literary authorities are primarily interested in relating the text of Tolkien's work with the texts, so to speak, of his life.

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The Agatha Christie Megaset Collection

[24.May.04] :. If you're a fan of probably the most popular murder-mystery author of the 20th century, welcome to the motherlode. Sort of.

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William Gibson: No Maps For These Territories (2003)

[10.Feb.04] :. William Gibson is a visionary in his own right, and painting him into the reductive sci-fi corner is akin to missing the point of his work.

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Music

Lyrics Born: Later That Day

[11.Dec.03] :. There's a point in Lyrics Born's ambitious solo disc, Later That Day, where he calls Quannum label-mate Gift of Gab for a heart-to-heart after getting smacked down by an automated teller for...

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Music

Guided By Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates

[4.Dec.03] :. By the time this page fully loads, Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard will have probably composed, performed, mixed and pressed yet another tightly coiled pop-rock nugget. That is literally about how...

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