Shakespeare on Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles
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The performers interviewed represent a Who's Who of stage and screen actors (between them they have...
The Low Voices
Manuel Rivas and Jonathan Dunne
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The Low Voices is a novel about life, it is life itself telling stories, it is the memory of the...
Goodbye Mr Chips
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Mr Chipping is a quiet, unassuming teacher at Brookfield Grammar School - a wholly conventional...
Catalan Cartoons: A Cultural and Political History
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In a world increasingly dominated by visual sensation, our understanding of the role and influence...
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Spider-Man 2 (2004) in Movies
Sep 23, 2020
Spider-Man 2 owes a lot to Alfred Molina. His performance as Otto Octavius, and later, Doctor Octopus is pure villainous perfection, whilst lending the character a sympathetic undertone. Spider-Man has a fantastic rogues gallery to chooses from, and Doc Ock is one of the more complicated ones. This movie does the character justice.
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, J.K. Simmons and Rosemary Harris all return from the first film and all cement their positions in movie history as these beloved comic characters.
The effects look a little dated by today's standards, but they're still more than passable, and another great score by Danny Elfman is the cherry on top.
Spider-Man 2 is both a strong sequel, and a strong comic book adaption.
The Stories We Tell
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It's December 1942 and Betty Ahern is enjoying her fledgling career as a private detective,...
Spheres of Action: Art and Politics
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Contemporary art is increasingly part of a wider network of cultural practices, related through a...
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
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'Her bravest work of performance art to date ...Rawly intimate' Observer This memoir spans Marina...
French Concession
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An acclaimed Chinese writer makes his English-language debut with this heart-stopping literary noir,...