I haven’t seen the Black Panther movie yet; but I’m looking forward to it. T’Challa, the Black Panther, has for a long time been one of my absolute favorite comic book characters – and I’ve been glad that his mythology has been given the cinema treatment: and that it appears to be doing so well […]
The sudden and untimely death of the Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan made for another sad start to another year, with the loss of another great, iconic rock star of the last two decades. Dolores, who was found deceased on January 15th in a London hotel room, was only 46. As I noted at the deaths […]
Is The Last Jedi the ‘worst Star Wars movie ever’? Possibly. Even probably. But what does that even mean? Needless to say, this is my provisional review of The Last Jedi. Writing this review – and thinking all of this through – has actually been a form of post-The-Last-Jedi therapy for me. And I needed […]
Every few Christmases, I tend to re-read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as the book has always had a hold on me ever since I first read it as a child. When I read it as a child, I had no real social conscience or understanding, of course – I simply enjoyed it as a Christmas […]
As Episode 8 of the Star Wars saga hits cinemas and adds a new chapter in the mythology of the galaxy far, far away, here’s a timely revisit to all the existing films in the epic, magical universe Uncle George made. Even die-hard fans have mixed feelings about the various films, particularly in regard to […]
There is something that occurred to me ever since seeing The Force Awakens for the first time. It’s a theory based firmly in the mysticism and esoteric nature of the Star Wars mythology that has always been there. And I want to lay it out here – before people go to see the new film. […]
I noted a few days ago the similarities between the late Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. We noted that the unsettling footage circulating on the Internet and some news channels of his death were eerily reminiscent of the brutal murder of Gaddafi in October 2011. And we also […]
Jerusalem is regarded as an international city, under a world body protectorate. That is its prevailing status. The United Nations has affirmed in a number of resolutions that continued Zionist colonisation of Jerusalem is illegal under international law. Every Zionist settlement in illegally occupied East Jerusalem is a direct contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention, […]
It is baffling that ‘Russia-Gate’ is still going on – much less that so many platforms or agencies seem to be taking it so seriously. It is clear to most discerning minds that the entire ‘Russia-gate’ fiasco that is utterly dominating politics and media in the United States is an exaggerated or fabricated pantomime, designed […]
The situation in Libya has largely – and probably by design – fallen off the radar of most mainstrean news or journalism. Ever since the fall of the Gaddafi government in 2011 – up to which point the mass international media focus had been intense – most media outlets have opted, strategically, to shed as […]
