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Eye in the Sky

weekend watchlist: a sci-fi mood piece of eeriness, ookiness, and dread

Tue, Sep 27, 2022
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Plus a snarky heist, a two-century-old energy crisis, and more. (First published August 27th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

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weekend watchlist: a timely cure for collective cultural amnesia

Tue, Jun 07, 2022
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Plus drone warfare, murder most genteel, and more. (First published May 7th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

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Official Secrets movie review: blow all the whistles

Mon, Sep 23, 2019
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Not a spy thriller but a story of emotional and intellectual suspense wrangling with matters of patriotism and of conscience, and of just how far journalism’s watchdog role can and should take it.

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AWFJ 2016 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Dec 22, 2016
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Moonlight leads, with seven awards…

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A United Kingdom movie review: a love that changed the world

Fri, Nov 25, 2016
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Insistent chemistry between David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike fuels a true story of passionate romance with an urgent message about love as radical and political.

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Captain America: Civil War movie review: the consequences of superpowers

Fri, Apr 29, 2016
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Tough, unanswerable human questions frame spectacular, innovative action sequences that are like superhero ballets. This series just keeps getting better.

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Eye in the Sky movie review: in the eyes of 21st-century warriors

Fri, Apr 15, 2016
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As entertaining on an escapist level as it is irrefutably engaging on a level that is essential for citizens who are players in our political environment.

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