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When movies are taken out of context

Many of my recent reflections on various topics asunder have, in their conclusion, included the fact that context is vital to understanding a situation or a concept. So it won’t come as a surprise that the following four paragraphs, taken from a really well-written piece posted on Den of Geek about the importance of context… Read More When movies are taken out of context

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Beating the Gloom of Winter and a thing called Recession

I am very much into preventative measures: exercise before you start gaining weight, take vitamins before you have a week of bad eating (namely, while on a trip), take vitamin C and echinacea as soon as you get tired rather than when you are starting to feel under the weather – that kind of thing.… Read More Beating the Gloom of Winter and a thing called Recession

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Top 10 scary movies

I should start by saying that I don’t like gore-fests, so if you are looking for a list of scary movies heavy on the gore… You aren’t in the right place. So here are, according to me, myself and I, the top 10 scary but not gory stories of all time (or at least until… Read More Top 10 scary movies