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The vast majority of stories told in movies, in books and on television conclude with happy endings – and this has real-world political consequences.
When the ‘Captain Marvel’ movie opens on March 8, coinciding with International Women’s Day, it will be Marvel Studios’ first female-superhero led film.
Audio description began as an accessibility aid but has developed into an art form.
While the film introduces viewers to women who were important political figures in British history, it doesn’t quite capture just how much power and influence these women actually wielded.
The film wowed critics and fans. But its hidden power may be black lead characters who are accomplished scientists – just the thing to help inspire future generations to follow in their footsteps.
Olivia Colman has a funny story to tell on Wikipedia about the age displayed in her biography in the online encyclopedia. The opportunity for a Wikipedia fact-checking.
The famous British nanny is already a hit in China – an official release of the sequel would be perfect.
For decades, advertisers and marketers struggled to predict the consumption of leisure products such as movies and books. Now, big data reveals how people really spend their leisure time.
The hit film about a lesbian Queen Anne is the latest in a wave of films, TV series and books which make woman on woman sexuality a central theme.
Oscar winning performances released straight to your home.
The lamps that once lit London’s streets have come to symbolize a certain time and place in British history.
Some of the best examples of horror and fantasy genre films have emerged from Australia. Unfortunately, The School is not one of them.
As fictional inventors make terrible choices on the big screen, real-world tech innovators can learn from their example how not to make the same kinds of ethical mistakes.
Born Farrokh Bulsara, Mercury came from a Parsi family that practiced Zoroastrianism, a religion that influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
There are various techniques that can soften the fear factor of a scary film: from talking about it to providing facts that contextualise the plotline.
For decades, academics have been portrayed as brilliant, heroic men on our cinema screens. It’s time to tell the story of more heroic female scholars. Here are some suggestions.
After the first moon landing, the feelings that propelled a unified national mission quickly dissipated. Could Armstrong have played a bigger role in galvanizing the public for future projects?
‘Grease 2’ – which, according to Kavanaugh’s calendar, he saw on June 16, 1982 – is an example of the brand of entitled masculinity that appeared in the era’s teen flicks.
Scientists and soldiers deal with alien invaders in the new Predator movie, but how does the science stack up? With brains and brawn you’d think they’d know how to keep an alien tied down to a table.
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Professor of Film Studies, North Carolina State University
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, Adelaide University
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Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Lecturer in Contextual and Critical Studies for Visual Effects and Motion Graphics, University of South Wales
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Professor of History, Wesleyan University
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Senior Research Fellow, Development, Policy and Practice (DPP), The Open University
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Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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PhD Candidate, Humanities, York University, Canada
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Distinguished Professor of Religion, University of Florida