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Charlie Chan Says: Kidnapped mother and son devise a trick To flee confinement imposed by Old Nick I lived in a bedsit once. When I was a student. An attic room with a shared toilet […]
Son of Apollo saved from life of crime, With one step, one punch, one round at a time “I don’t know what I’m doing here,” says retired boxer-cum-humble restaurateur Rocky Balboa after agreeing to help […]
The Revenant (15) is a visually stunning and graphically violent adaptation of the 2002 Michael Burke novel ‘The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge’ based on the life of American frontiersman Hugh Glass in 1823 Louisiana. […]
Discordant strings pierce the silence. Snowy peaks fill the void. Over the wood-carved shoulder of a crucified Jesus, a horse-drawn stagecoach thunders into view. Storm clouds gather. Bird flocks scatter. Gnarled branches shed their leaves […]