Metropolis: The Most Influential Sci-Fi Film Ever*

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2001: A Sound Odyssey

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2001: Special Effects That Changed Cinema

"Please read the show notes!" She screamed into the void of a blank page. (I realise no one apparently reads the show notes but this time I genuinely think it might be useful to you.) This is episode two of the 2001: A Space Odyssey mini-series! I like to keep episodes under an h ...  Show more

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