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In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom

Michael Flinn In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom By Yeonmi Park and Maryanne Vollers * Available on Amazon Kindle Have you ever wondered what is it like to grow up in the Hermit Kingdom of North Korea? Well here is your opportunity to find out.

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Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning

Alexander McRae If you are familiar with Jordan Peterson then you would have heard of the book Ordinary Men. It is about the 101 Battalion Reserve Police during 1943 in Poland written by Christopher R. Browning. The book has been on my list for a long time but I felt

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Film Review: Don’t Look Up

Film Review: Don’t Look Up

This movie had so many terrible reviews, I had almost decided not to watch it. But over Christmas, with not much to do, the movie beckoned and with its star-studded cast, including Leonardo di Caprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett (not to mention the very brilliant Mark Rylance)

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Movie Review: Spiderman: No Way Home

Movie Review: Spiderman: No Way Home

I’m going to have to give this movie two separate ratings: for the fans, 9/10; for non-fans, maybe a 6/10. The reason for the disparity is that this movie is the culmination of a two-decade odyssey that kicked off with Sam Raimi’s groundbreaking 2002 superhero film,

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Our Pick of the Films of 2021

Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. 2021 was a strange year for the film industry. Covid-19 closed the theatres for many months; a number of movies appeared first on streaming services like Amazon and Netflix. We’ve selected a dozen of the year’s releases

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Movie Review: Dune

Movie Review: Dune

There are some movies that simply must be seen on the big screen at least once. That goes in spades for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. Everything about Dune is… big. From Australian Greig Fraser’s magnificent IMAX cinematography, to the overwhelming scale of its set pieces, to Hans Zimmer’s

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The Ten Best Horror Films

The Ten Best Horror Films

As intended, my recent list of the Ten Best SF films sparked much debate (hey, we write only quality clickbait, here at the BFD). Like certain body parts, everyone has an opinion on the best SF films (and, as in some SF films, some people have plenty). The same goes

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The Ten Best SF Films

The Ten Best SF Films

The Times has published a list of the “Ten Best Sci-Fi” films, on the occasion of the release of the new Dune movie. As with most such “list” articles, it seems more designed to generate clicks and comments than seriously critique a genre. After all, who could take seriously a

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Book Review: Cancel Culture and the Left’s Long March

Book Review: Cancel Culture and the Left’s Long March

Eliora Cancel Culture and the Left’s Long March, edited by Dr Kevin Donnelly, published by Wilkinson Publishing Pty Ltd, Melbourne 2021. Recently a person posted an article they appreciated from the popular NZ website The BFD on their Facebook page. Immediately the FB account was banned for 30 days,

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Five of the Best New Crime Novels to Read (And One Golden Oldie)

Alec Charles University of Winchester Professor Alec Charles is Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Winchester. He has previously served as Head of the School of Arts at the University of Hull, Head of Media at the University of Chester, and Sub-Dean of the Faculty of

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The Case against Cardinal Pell Was Always Specious and Indefensible

The Case against Cardinal Pell Was Always Specious and Indefensible

Fr Frank Brennan SJ mercatornet.com Fr Frank Brennan SJ is the Rector of Newman College, Melbourne, the Distinguished Fellow of the P M Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University, and the former CEO of Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA). Cardinal George Pell’s conviction in a Melbourne court of historic

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A Bush Farcical

A Bush Farcical

I consider myself blessed that the little regional art gallery in my home town hosted some of the great works of Australian art. For a bus fare, I could walk the hushed galleries and be awed by the work of great Australian artists such as Arthur Streeton, Grace Cossington-Smith, Eugene

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It’s Still True: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Rules the World

It’s Still True: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Rules the World

Kimberly Ells Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family: Why the Global Campaign to Crush Motherhood and Fatherhood Can’t Win and is a policy advisor for Family Watch International. Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet Anyone who has thought about

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More a Progress Report Than Political Memoir

More a Progress Report Than Political Memoir

For those of you who share my unconditional love for our country and deep concern for its future direction, and may be enduring the boredom of Covid lockdown, I have an immediate remedy: get on-line now and place an order for the book, “National Identity” by Hon Simon Bridges. The

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