High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewContact Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/contact/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Weekend Roundtable: Smart Sci-Fi https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-intellectual-sci-fi-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-intellectual-sci-fi-movies/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:00:41 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=90067 Most science fiction movies that Hollywood spits out are really just action movies with light sci-fi trappings, providing an excuse to watch spaceships dogfight like fighter jets or giant robots smash each other to bits. Every so often, however, a serious sci-fi movie with some ideas on its mind will still get produced. Here are...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-intellectual-sci-fi-movies/feed/ 31 Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie Heroines https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-movie-heroines/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-movie-heroines/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2014 19:00:06 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=61266 I happen to know a 14-year-old girl who is very excited to see this week’s theatrical release of ‘Divergent’. Whether Shailene Woodley’s character in that film turns out to be as empowering a female role model as Jennifer Lawrence’s in ‘The Hunger Games’ remains to be seen. (Reviews aren’t encouraging.) In the meantime, this week’s...

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