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  The ongoing "golden age" of prestige television drama began more than twenty years ago, but how many shows have truly surpassed The Sopranos, the one that started it all? However many series come and go, raising large and often obsessive fan bases with their varying mixtures of crime, history, politics, science fiction, fantasy, and intrigue, none […]

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  How John Woo Makes His Intense Action Scenes: A Video Essay

  

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