STEALING CARS REVEALS A DETENTION CAMP FOR BOYS Based on actual events, teenager Billy Wyatt (played by Emory Cohen, the spitting image of a young Johnny Depp), steals a car, police chase him, and he ends up in Burnville Camp for Boys. He is roughed up over and over again up by a guard for no reason […]
STEALING CARS REVEALS A DETENTION CAMP FOR BOYS Based on actual events, teenager Billy Wyatt (played by Emory Cohen, the spitting image of a young Johnny Depp), steals a car, police chase him, and he ends up in Burnville Camp for Boys. He is roughed up over and over again up by a guard for no reason
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EYE IN THE SKY HAS NO ROOM IN THE BOMB FOR A HEART The case for and against the use of drones is made in Eye in the Sky directed by Gavin Hood. Thanks to on-the-ground intelligence, terrorists high on the “most wanted” list in Nairobi are being tracked by a drone armed with a
EYE IN THE SKY HAS NO ROOM IN THE BOMB FOR A HEART The case for and against the use of drones is made in Eye in the Sky directed by Gavin Hood. Thanks to on-the-ground intelligence, terrorists high on the “most wanted” list in Nairobi are being tracked by a drone armed with a
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AFERIM! REMINDS EUROPEANS THAT GYPSIES WERE ONCE SLAVES Directed by Radu Jude, Aferim! takes filmviewers back to the days of 1825 Wallachia (in Romania), not out of nostalgia but to portray how chaotic life was and how the Romanian people coped in the countryside amid the ever-present possibility of war with Russia and gypsies treated
A JEW FINDS SALVATION IN SON OF SAUL Director László Nemes has gone so far to the depths of the Nazi deathcamps that filmviewers are advised not to eat before sitting in their chairs before the screen. Otherwise, they may vomit as they view Jews entering a gas chamber, having their dead bodies removed, scrubbing
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A CENTURION IS CONVERTED IN RISEN Risen is a Christian redemption film, released during Lent. Governor Pontius Pilate (played by Peter Firth) is assigned to keep order in Palestine, where Jews are in revolt. The Pharisees urge Pilate to kill Jesus (Cliff Curtis) in order to avoid unrest from yet another movement of religious
RACE IS ABOUT RACISM AND WINNING Had the film Race been exhibited during 2015, Academy Award nominations would have not shut out African Americans or a plot about them. Directed by Stephen Hopkins, Race presents extensive details about how Cleveland native Jesse Owens (played by Stephan James) won four Gold Medals at the 1936 Olympic
RACE IS ABOUT RACISM AND WINNING Had the film Race been exhibited during 2015, Academy Award nominations would have not shut out African Americans or a plot about them. Directed by Stephen Hopkins, Race presents extensive details about how Cleveland native Jesse Owens (played by Stephan James) won four Gold Medals at the 1936 Olympic
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WHERE TO INVADE NEXT IGNORES HAWAIʽI, WHICH WAS INVADED BY THE USA IN 1893 Michael Moore decided to shame the United States by going across the Atlantic to find where life is better, but in most instances he discovered what already exists in the Aloha State. He begins by praising Italy’s paid leave policy, though
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