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Whiplash: a masterclass in ending a movie


Few movies can match the air-sucking tension and atmosphere of the Whiplash finale. Spoilers ahead...

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"Attack the Block": Monsters, race, and rewriting South London’s outer spaces by Lorrie Palmer

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