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April 7 Marks World Premiere for Kiwi-Helmed Movie

April 7 Marks World Premiere for Kiwi-Helmed Movie

Lance Morcan Publicist / Associate Producer ANNO 2020 the movie Anno 2020 IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13455748/ Morcan’s IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1909596/ Morcan’s blog site: https://morcanbooksandfilms.com/ Anno 2020 film industry site link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13455748/ As the

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Visually Splendid, Epic, Astounding – And Unsatisfying

Visually Splendid, Epic, Astounding – And Unsatisfying

I’ll confess to a major SF heresy: I’ve never much liked the novel Dune. But I do like both film versions. Yes, that includes David Lynch’s. Lynch may have disowned the film, due to the trauma of working for De Laurentiis productions and the appalling, unauthorised, “director’

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Disney Blames Woes on Fans

Christian Toto newsbusters.org Few would deny Disney is in serious trouble. Stock woes. Box office flops (Wish, Haunted Mansion, The Marvels). Theme park struggles. Beloved brands struggling for relevancy after years of culture dominance (Indiana Jones, Pixar, Star Wars, the MCU). There’s a cottage industry of alternative media

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Celebrities Get a Taste of the Backlash

Celebrities Get a Taste of the Backlash

Christian Toto newsbusters.org Celebrities routinely suffer for sharing their political views, and no one bats an eye. Just ask Kevin Sorbo, who watched his mainstream Hollywood career implode for being an openly Christian conservative. Actor Antonio Sabato, Jr shared a similar story in recent years, forcing him to create

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‘A Perfect World’: Clint Eastwood’s Masterpiece on Masculinity

Rudolph Lambert Fernandez Rudolph Lambert Fernandez is an independent writer who writes on culture and society. mercatornet.com The year 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece on masculinity. The plot, set in 1960s Texas, follows escaped convict, the benign Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) who takes eight-year-old

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How Movies Use Music to Manipulate Your Memory

Libby Damjanovic Research Fellow of Psychology Lund University Around one in five American adults manage to squeeze in watching a movie on a daily basis. It’s a great way to escape the daily grind and unwind with loved ones. But, what can you actually remember about last night’s

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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Is a Fast-Paced Slapstick Extravaganza

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Is a Fast-Paced Slapstick Extravaganza

Oliver Gingrich Programme Lead BA (Hons) Animation Min Young Oh Lecturer in Animation University of Greenwich Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget combines the distinctive charm of the Great Escape-esque story that characterised the original Chicken Run (2000), with an action-packed plot, staged in a futuristic setting fit for

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River of Freedom Streams to the World

River of Freedom Streams to the World

Kiwis abroad and international audiences eagerly awaiting the release of River of Freedom can stream it across online platforms from 13 December.  Journeyman Pictures has secured worldwide rights to the New Zealand box office smash, River of Freedom. “A unique and visceral account of the under-reported and divisive furore that

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The River of Lies

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The River of Lies – The New Zealand Covid-19 Scamdemic This in-depth documentary, written produced and directed by Billy Te Kahika, investigates the New Zealand government’s handling and management of the covid-19 pandemic. A past politician, activist and pastor whatever your

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Movies for Kids and Families

Alwyn Poole alwynpoole.substack.com Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1

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Banishing Ghosts after the Past Three Years

Charles Krblich Chuck Krblich works in the insurance and reinsurance industries as a catastrophe manager. brownstone.org My wonderful wife handles all of the Halloween planning for our family. She arranges the costumes, the candy, puts up the decorations, and manages the inevitable costume parties. This year my wife chose

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The Real Villain in the Shawshank Redemption

The Real Villain in the Shawshank Redemption

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org In a 2016 interview, Stephen King was asked if he had “a personal favorite” film adaptation of one of his stories. The first movie out of the bestselling author’s

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Fighting for Financial Freedom

Fighting for Financial Freedom

Simon Angelo WealthMorning.com This article is editorial content. It is the author’s personal opinion and commentary. It is general in nature and should not be construed as any financial or investment advice. ‘A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.’ Edward R. Murrow Two documentary films

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River of Freedom Nears End of Remarkable Run

River of Freedom Nears End of Remarkable Run

dailytelegraph.co.nz “It took me a week to get a ticket. The film sold out its Wellington screenings for five straight days. The Thursday afternoon session I got into was also a sell-out”. Graeme Tuckett, Stuff. River of Freedom had its world premiere on September 7, 2023 and this

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