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The gang from the first Shazam! movie is back, and naturally, everyone’s older, their minds are on other pursuits, and they want to grow up a bit. Not to mention their public image has taken a nosedive, with the group being called the Philadelphia Fiascos because nothing is…
I feel like I’m coming in late on Kimi because of its very time-bound nature, but then again, the lockdowns were three years ago this month and they already seem surreal and distant, so the movie has a strange nostalgia to it. Like in the beginning when a guy is on a Zoom call…
Black Kites are falling from the sky in New Delhi, where they’ve long been seen by the local Muslim population as a necessary evil. If they throw meat at the birds and keep them happy, the birds won’t dive bomb them and will even protect them. Saud and his brother, Nadeem, along…
Alexei Navalny is a rather notorious persona non grata, and certain people in Russia and the Ukraine are unhappy that the film bearing his name just won an Oscar for Best Documentary. It’s likely uncomfortable that Navalny’s name is out in public at all; journalists in Russia are…

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