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This book is now available and can be ordered at the following link: https://www.createspace.com/5721406 The following is an excerpt: Face-Hugger (35:34 – 42:43) In the next scene, Ash is shown anxiously awaiting the arrival of … [Continue reading]
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This book can be ordered on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Scene---Scene-David-Ebert/dp/1514680572/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1435736022&sr=8-7&keywords=john+david+ebert AN EXCERPT FROM STAR WARS: SCENE-BY-SCENE by John David … [Continue reading]
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ON THE TORTURE OF PRINCESS LEIA An Excerpt from My Forthcoming Book Star Wars: Scene-by-Scene by John David Ebert Three Imperial T.I.E. fighters—polished gray-black—are now shown heading for the Death Star as a transitional shot to … [Continue reading]
Mad Max: Fury Road Reviewed by John David Ebert Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller's fourth installment in his classic "Mad Max" series turns out to be a little like The Phantom Menace: it is big, loud, full of flashy, glitzy special … [Continue reading]
GUEST REVIEW: Ex-Machina by Brian Culkin Of all the thematic binarities Ex-Machina employs to develop its narrative--man vs machine, morality vs power, secrets vs transparency--it is the one never overtly spoken of that has the most profound … [Continue reading]
FIGHT CLUB REVISITED A Retroactive Review by John David Ebert David Fincher's 1999 film Fight Club--his fourth--is a kind of thematic sequel to Martin Scorsese's 1976 Taxi Driver. Both films, that is to say, are studies of alienated … [Continue reading]
This book can be ordered from Amazon at: https://www.createspace.com/5301621 From the Preface: The following is a book, not so much about superheroes, but about the kinds of heroes made possible by transformations of media. The … [Continue reading]
Exodus: Gods and Kings Reviewed by John David Ebert Ridley Scott's new film is the most recent in a long series of Hollywood Biblical epics that stretches from Cecil B. Demille to Darren Aronofsky's recent debacle, Noah. It is a much better … [Continue reading]
Interstellar Reviewed by John David Ebert Christopher Nolan's new film Interstellar hybridizes two ancient Near Eastern genres: the myth of the end of the world (first articulated by the Sumerians with the Flood myth of Ziusudra that later … [Continue reading]
Maps to the Stars Reviewed by John David Ebert For the ancients, the quickest route to the stars was death: all you had to do was suffer heroically after accomplishing some great deed and, like the twins Castor and Pollux (who became … [Continue reading]
UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY ART Taught by John David Ebert Hosted by Open Online Academy For Eight Weeks Class Begins: September 29, 2014 Class Ends: November 21, 2014 Number of Video Lectures: Approximately 60 To Enroll, simply … [Continue reading]
R.I.P. H.R. Giger: A Review of Jodorowsky's Dune by Benton Rooks [www.bentonrooks.com] "A medicine man shouldn't be a saint. He should experience and feel all the ups and downs, the despair and the joy, the magic and the reality, the … [Continue reading]
Giant Humans, Tiny Worlds: Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels (An Excerpt) by John David Ebert This book can be ordered here: https://www.createspace.com/4683141 At first glance, a graphic novel is simply a comic book with a … [Continue reading]
