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Category: Movie

  • Wag the Dog 1997 R 1997 ‧ Political drama/Comedy ‧ 1h 50m

    Two weeks prior to reelection, the United States president lands in the middle of a sex scandal. In need of outside help to quell the situation, presidential adviser Winifred Ames (Anne Heche) enlists the expertise of spin doctor Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro), who decides a distraction is the best course of action. Brean approaches…

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  • Russia in satellite deal with West African governments

    Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have announced a deal with Russia which will see them acquire telecoms and surveillance satellites. The three West African countries have been combating Islamist insurgencies for years and have turned to Russia for military support. Ministers from the three countries met officials from Russia’s aerospace agency Roscosmos in Mali’s capital,…

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  • Film: In The Summers

    In the Summers, a new feature film by Colombian American filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza, starring Puerto Rican singer-songwriter/actor René (Residente) Pérez Joglar. Lacorazza’s directorial debut, In the Summers was awarded the grand jury prize and the directing award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Lovia Gyarkye (The Hollywood Reporter) describes the film as “A…

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  • The Big Cigar review – proof that Hollywood can’t be trusted to tell the stories of Black radicals

    This drama about a fake movie fabricated to let Black Panther fugitive Huey P Newton flee to Cuba in the 70s not only dilutes the story of a Black leader – it centres the white characters. Eyes will roll A few years back, in conversation with three Chicago-area Black Lives Matter activists, I brought up…

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