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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – a review

January 8, 2016September 18, 2017 by Justin Reynolds

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is arguably the most keenly anticipated film in movie history. Though Return of the Jedi, the final episode of the first Star Wars trilogy, was released more than 30 years ago the colossal cultural impact of George Lucas’s space opera continues to resonate.

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Mountain spirits

February 4, 2015September 1, 2017 by Justin Reynolds

While absentmindedly surfing channels a few evenings ago I was fortunate to chance on what turned out to be one of the most compelling films I’ve ever seen: The Epic of Everest, a new version of a 1924 documentary recording one of the earliest efforts to scale the mountain.

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