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Top Gun: Maverick Is Another Military Recruitment Video Disguised as a Movie

The hotly anticipated sequel to Top Gun, the 1986 movie that made Tom Cruise a star, is raking in cash, great reviews, and even Oscar buzz. Don’t be fooled — it’s the same glorified military recruitment video that the original was.

Source: Top Gun: Maverick Is Another Military Recruitment Video Disguised as a Movie

nemonemini cinema Leave a comment June 4, 2022 1 Minute

Beauty and the Culture War Beast: Buycott Beats Boycott  

On April 6,  hundreds of protesters convened outside the Walt Disney Company’s headquarters in Burbank, California. Their message: Boycott Disney.

Source: Beauty and the Culture War Beast: Buycott Beats Boycott – CounterPunch.org

nemonemini cinema Leave a comment April 12, 2022 1 Minute

What Noir Films Taught Us About Police 

Before copaganda became widely televised in shows like “Law & Order,” police were more accurately portrayed as abusers of power.

Source: What Noir Films Taught Us About Police | Portside

nemonemini cinema Leave a comment April 8, 2022 1 Minute

For 50 Years ‘The Godfather’ Has Sold Us a Beautiful Lie  

They do love The Godfather, all those men—and it’s almost universally men—who quote the film’s well-worn lines, as if Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo’s masterpiece of movie making, is also a darkly comic guide to creating and wielding power in America.

Source: For 50 Years ‘The Godfather’ Has Sold Us a Beautiful Lie | Portside

nemonemini cinema Leave a comment March 22, 2022 1 Minute

“The Empire Strikes Back” originally had a darker ending

Mark Hamill confirmed on Twitter what some fans have suspected about that final scene

Source: “The Empire Strikes Back” originally had a darker ending | Salon.com

nemonemini cinema, Uncategorized Leave a comment March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 1 Minute

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