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New This Week
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 Faster
Everyone's Got to Choose
Jacob Sahms
What would you do if someone had deeply wronged you? Would you seek revenge, or would you choose forgiveness? Sometimes, forgiveness means not remembering (as in God saying that he would remember our sins no more).
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HJ Manging Editor Greg Wright came back from London with some great video coverage of the Royal Premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. You may be particularly interested in the responses he received to questions he posed at a religious press roundtable interview with Gresham. Here are links to the videos: Our coverage from London continues with Press Conference videos in which Producers Mark Johnson and Andrew Adamson, Director Michael Apted, and stars Liam Neeson, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes, and Will Poulter take questions from the press. Here at Hollywood Jesus, we are committed to not only keeping you informed about The Dawn Treader, but also providing reviews and coverage you can't get anywhere else. Have some time on your hand this weekend? Check out the articles conveniently organized for you in Narnia News and Narnia Features. |
Silent Tribute Series, Part XII
12/05/10 | Comment Here
An unlikely and often overlooked pioneer in the world of Science Fiction is George Méliès, a successful Parisian stage performer in the late 1800s. As a magician, he made his trade in illusion. Like anyone who pursues a passion, Méliès consistently developed his skills to enhance the wonder produced by his creations.
Providentially, it was also about this time that motion picture film production was in its infancy.
The Edison Company, the Lumière brothers, and others had begun to release short films in the early 1890s. Méliès quickly realized that this was a match made in nitrate Heaven. Because movies are, by their very nature, illusions and Méliès was an illusionist, he realized that the two could be coupled to create something wonderful.
Méliès recognized that he could significantly add to his theatrical repertoire by the addition of trick films. Further, filming these fantasies allowed them to be flawlessly executed at each performance. Barring an occasional projector malfunction, there was little room for human error...
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New on DVD & Blu-ray
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 Avatar
Can You Get Enough?
Jacob Sahms
Now on Blu-ray. I can't get enough of Pandora, or the Na'vi, even though I am rarely swayed solely by the hype (Inception... what?) or the big price tag. And the latest edition of Avatar comes through with the goods.
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