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Just wasted an hour and half watching the movie, 'Afterlife', starring Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson. What nonsense. You are given evidence throughout that Christina might be dead, and also evidence that she might be alive. And at the end, as is fast becoming the trend in western horror movies, all the good die and the bad guy gets away to do his shit another day....and gets a young boy to be his student as well! The shows main focus seems to be just increasing the tension within the viewer, not giving the viewer enough evidence to decide either way, and finally ending on as bleak and sick a note as possible. Basically, there isn't really any ending. Evidence is given to make people think either way so that the tension and anxiety can last long after the cinema has closed its doors as people attempt to figure out what really happened.  What the white man seems to be coming up with these days for 'entertainment' brings back memories of those days in Ro...

Great actors. What can we understand by that phrase? There are lots of 'great actors' in the west. Yes. I consider them 'great actors', but within a particular context. A particular 'western' context. Just like there are great Chinese actors, but also within a particular 'chinese' context. What do i mean by 'within a particular context'? Let's look at it this way. Let's look at a children's production in school. Amongst them, there would be 'great actors' WITHIN that particul ar context. You see, in a school play, not that much is expected. No great passion, depth, and so on. Because they are kids. So WITHIN that context, and standard, we determine who is a 'great actor'. Same thing when it comes to understanding 'great actors' in any context, and in comparison to other contexts. Clint Eastwood can act in a children's school play with little effort, whilst a child from that play wouldn't be ...