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  • Watching Films Again

    Watching Films Again

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the pandemic I became unable to listen to podcasts, watch television series and watch films. Each of these media reminded me of how dreadfully my existence had become during the pandemic. Instead of watching films and television series I listened to tech podcasts and watched people play computer games. The reason…

  • Leaving Netflix Soon

    Leaving Netflix Soon

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the last week, or less, I have been choosing what to watch, not based on what’s new, or recommended, but on what is leaving Netflix soon. With netflix it is very easy to think “I don’t know what to watch” and “I don’t want to watch anything that is being recommended.…

  • Of Films, Music Festivals and Mad Max

    Of Films, Music Festivals and Mad Max

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the greatest problems with music festivals is that they can be noisy until three or four am for days in a row. This means that sleep is affected. It is because sleep patterns are altered that it is the perfect excuse to watch several hours of television a night for…

  • Shovelling Snow and Playing With Plex

    Shovelling Snow and Playing With Plex

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday it snowed for several hours and that snow was covering the path to my house. When I saw the ground turn from asphalt black to grey, to white I decided to go and start clearing the snow. It’s easy to clear snow when you have three or four centimetres, rather than…

  • Films I Watched

    Films I Watched

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor years I didn’t watch many films but recently the habit has returned. Blood and Gold I am used to watching English or French films about the First and Second World War but recently I watched Blood and Gold, in German, with English subtitles. It’s interesting to watch a German film rather…

  • Montagne en Scène Genève

    Montagne en Scène Genève

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesAu Vieux Campeur held the summer mountain film screening event at the Batiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva. They introduced the event as being the opportunity for them to share the passion of the mountains with people who may not be aware of the activities that are possible. They then went on…

  • Fox Film distribution and the European market in relation to Night at the Museum

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFox and UK cinemas fighting I have just read that a few cinema chains in the United Kingdom are pulling Night at the museum from the cinemas. They became angry after Fox distributors decided to release the film just three months after the cinema release. From a media student’s point of view,…