ONE MISSING BOMB NEARLY SPARKS WORLD WAR III IN THE SUM OF ALL FEARS World War III could emerge if a terrorist set off a nuclear bomb in the United States, which in turn became convinced that Russia was behind the plot. That is the premise in Tom Clancy’s novel The Sum of All Fears, […]
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ONE MISSING BOMB NEARLY SPARKS WORLD WAR III IN THE SUM OF ALL FEARS World War III could emerge if a terrorist set off a nuclear bomb in the United States, which in turn became convinced that Russia was behind the plot. That is the premise in Tom Clancy’s novel The Sum of All Fears,
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THE BELIEVER CHALLENGES FILMVIEWERS TO LINK GLOBALIZATION & POLITICAL EXTREMISM The Believer, directed and written by Henry Bean, is the most controversial film of the year, so any review is bound to be misinterpreted until the reader sees the film. The story is based on the book One More Victim by Arthur Gelb and A.
THE BELIEVER CHALLENGES FILMVIEWERS TO LINK GLOBALIZATION & POLITICAL EXTREMISM The Believer, directed and written by Henry Bean, is the most controversial film of the year, so any review is bound to be misinterpreted until the reader sees the film. The story is based on the book One More Victim by Arthur Gelb and A.
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CAR-WINDOW SOCIOLOGY OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN MÉXICO EMERGES IN Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN Two seventeen-year-old Mexico City boys spend a summer together in the coming-of-age Mexican film Y Tu Mamá También, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. When the film begins, their girlfriends are about to leave for a vacation in Italy, though not before one
CAR-WINDOW SOCIOLOGY OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN MÉXICO EMERGES IN Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN Two seventeen-year-old Mexico City boys spend a summer together in the coming-of-age Mexican film Y Tu Mamá También, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. When the film begins, their girlfriends are about to leave for a vacation in Italy, though not before one
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FIND HOPE OUT OF TURMOIL IN GREEN DRAGON Refugees generally leave a country in turmoil without a clear idea of what comes next other than a prolongation of their lives. In Green Dragon, the experience of some 134,000 Vietnamese refugees is condensed into short cuts of a few characters with myriad adjustment problems
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FIND HOPE OUT OF TURMOIL IN GREEN DRAGON Refugees generally leave a country in turmoil without a clear idea of what comes next other than a prolongation of their lives. In Green Dragon, the experience of some 134,000 Vietnamese refugees is condensed into short cuts of a few characters with myriad adjustment problems
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A CROOKED WHITE LAWYER RUNS OVER AN HONEST BLACK TELEMARKETER IN CHANGING LANES African Americans are accustomed to being screwed by the power structure in American society. In Changing Lanes, insurance salesmarketer Doyle Gipson (played by Samuel L. Jackson), a recovering alcoholic, is driving on the FDR Expressway to a child custody hearing when Wall
A CROOKED WHITE LAWYER RUNS OVER AN HONEST BLACK TELEMARKETER IN CHANGING LANES African Americans are accustomed to being screwed by the power structure in American society. In Changing Lanes, insurance sales marketer Doyle Gipson (played by Samuel L. Jackson), a recovering alcoholic, is driving on the FDR Expressway to a child custody hearing when
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