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‘I Live in V.I.,’ a Social Class Satire From Nigeria, Will Dive Into Urban Alienation and Gentrification
Nigerian director Ugochukwu Azuya is developing I Live in V.I., a surreal social-class satire about a young woman’s struggle to survive in Lagos after moving there for work. The project was presented at Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors programme and won the Tabakalera–San Sebastián Film Festival Residency Award, potentially helping it progress towards production. The…
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Marvel unveils VisionQuest trailer as Vision faces Ultron again
Marvel Studios has unveiled the first trailer for VisionQuest at Disney’s D23 event, showing Vision’s life after escaping Westview and setting up a renewed confrontation with Ultron. The Disney Plus series concludes the television storyline that began with WandaVision and continued in Agatha All Along, focusing on Vision’s identity, autonomy and possible connection to a…
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‘Dead Souls’ Review: Alex Cox Betrays His Talent — Again — in His Latest Arid Didactic Western Doodle
Variety’s critic finds “Dead Souls”, Alex Cox’s new crowdfunded Western, a disappointing and overly didactic film. Cox plays a mysterious elderly man who arrives in an 1890 Arizona border town to collect the names of dead Mexican labourers; the review argues that the premise becomes an arid political lesson rather than compelling drama. The critic…
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‘Lilo & Stitch 2’ Drops First Look of Pink Alien Angel in Live-Action Sequel
Disney has unveiled the first image of Angel, Stitch’s pink alien love interest, in its live-action “Lilo & Stitch” sequel at D23 in Anaheim. The reveal confirms the sequel will introduce another established character from the franchise after the first live-action remake earned more than $1 billion worldwide. Angel, also called Experiment 624, is known…
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Pixar Sets Original Film ‘Ghost Market’ for Spring 2028
Pixar has announced “Ghost Market”, an original supernatural animated film scheduled for release in spring 2028. Revealed by chief content officer Pete Docter at Disney’s D23 convention, it follows Kyle, a teenage Chicago content creator who discovers a hidden Hawaiian market linking the living and the dead during a family holiday. The film is inspired…
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Courtney Love Reveals She ‘Almost Died’ in 2019 Amid Mystery Illness
Courtney Love has said she “almost died” during an unspecified illness after moving from Los Angeles to London in 2019, but has since recovered and is now healthy. She shared the account while updating fans on a completed new album, signalling a return to music despite ruling out a Hole reunion. Love said the illness…
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New Trump cabinet member Kelly Loeffler goes viral for ‘awkward’ video with suspiciously empty binder
Kelly Loeffler, a newly appointed member of Donald Trump’s cabinet, drew online attention after appearing in a video holding a binder that viewers believed looked almost empty. Critics described the clip as awkward and questioned whether the prop was intended to project preparedness, turning a routine official appearance into a viral social-media moment. The reaction…
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10 Best Satires in Film History
Collider selects ten films it considers cinema’s finest satires, arguing that the genre uses irony and wit to expose human folly across comedy, drama, horror and fantasy. The article highlights satire’s enduring cultural value, particularly where films challenge prejudice, consumerism, celebrity culture and social behaviour. – ‘Borat’ (2006), ranked tenth, uses mockumentary and improvised encounters…
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California teen faces prison after viral video shows him squaring up, repeatedly kicking sea lion in the face
Tyler Muehl, an 18-year-old from La Jolla in San Diego, pleaded guilty in federal court to harassing a sea lion after video showed him repeatedly kicking the animal in the face and chasing it as it tried to escape. The case matters because it involves protections for marine wildlife under US federal law and drew…
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FRED KELLY: My bizarre (and very long) night with Howling Laud Hope, Baron Von Thunderclap… but sadly not No-show Nigel
Fred Kelly recounts an eccentric and unusually long evening spent with political satirist Howling Laud Hope and Baron Von Thunderclap, while Nigel Farage reportedly failed to appear. The article is presented as a humorous first-person account of an unconventional political gathering and its colourful personalities. The available text gives no substantive account of the events…