This is a guest post written by David Chen from Always Watching.
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Anyone who has ever been robbed at gun/knifepoint can tell you that the experience is far from fun or exhilarating. But like many of life’s unpleasant experiences, [...]
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Is it possible to cheat death, and escape into an alternate world in the final moments of our existence? In doing so, what are the consequences? We look at a few films where the protagonists did exactly that, and [...]
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