Film Reviews: Kidnap The Gringo, Or All We Had Was Tulip Fever

Film Reviews: Kidnap The Gringo, Or All We Had Was Tulip Fever

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Gringo / Directed by Nash Edgerton / 16LVS Tulip Fever / Directed by Justin Chadwick / 16SN Kidnap / Directed by Luis Prieto / 13LV Proud Mary / Directed by Babak Najafi / 16LVD All We Had / Directed by Katie Holmes / 13DL The Strangers:...

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Film Reviews: Kidnap The Gringo, Or All We Had Was Tulip Fever

Film Reviews: Kidnap The Gringo, Or All We Had Was Tulip Fever

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Gringo / Directed by Nash Edgerton / 16LVS Tulip Fever / Directed by Justin Chadwick / 16SN Kidnap / Directed by Luis Prieto / 13LV Proud Mary / Directed by Babak Najafi / 16LVD All We Had / Directed by Katie Holmes / 13DL The Strangers:...

Opinion: Live-Action Remakes – Nostalgia Or Nous?

Opinion: Live-Action Remakes – Nostalgia Or Nous?

  By JESS ROBUS   It is often remarked that there are not enough hours in the day to do all of the things that need doing. While that's probably intended as a light-hearted bemoaning of busyness, this phrase has since become the grumbled mantra of doctors,...

Conservation: A Small Sumatran, Or Rare Rhino Reprieve

Conservation: A Small Sumatran, Or Rare Rhino Reprieve

  By Plt. Kepala Balai Taman Nasional Way Kambas   The Government of Indonesia has announced the birth of a Sumatran rhino at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) in Way Kambas National Park, Lampung Province on September 30, 2023. Minister of Environment and...

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Book Reviews: Verwoerd Empires, Or Messiah’s Light

Book Reviews: Verwoerd Empires, Or Messiah’s Light

  By ROB HOFMEYR, LISA WITEPSKI, NIGEL WILLIS   Secret Empires by Peter Schweitzer Verwoerd: My Journey Through Family Betrayals by Wilhelm Verwoerd The Four Horsemen: Tthe Discussion That Sparked An Atheist Revolution by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam...

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