Author Archives: NFB

Review – Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania

Posted on Jun 2, 2023 by NFB

Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania Trailer Having helped save the world, Scott Lang/Ant-Man luxuriates in a happy life with partner Hope/Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), mentor Hank (Michael Douglas) and quantum explorer Janet (Michelle Pfeffer), as well as … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: 1972 Campaigns And Ceasefires

Posted on May 30, 2023 by NFB

Bloody Sunday was not the sole reason why recruitment and support for organisations like the Official Irish Republican Army or the Provisional Irish Republican Army in this period began to truly skyrocket, but it has been acknowledged by many senior … Continue reading →

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Review: The Mother

Posted on May 26, 2023 by NFB

The Mother Trailer A special forces veteran known only as “the Mother” (Jennifer Lopez) gets out of a criminal enterprise run by former lovers Lovell (Joseph Fiennes) and Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal) by turning informant with the FBI, but at … Continue reading →

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The Finals: Index

Posted on May 20, 2023 by NFB

Prologue: The Moment Of Moments An outline of this series, and a look at just why international Finals are the spectacle that they are. 1896: A Disputed Beginning Did football take place at the first Olympics, and if so what … Continue reading →

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The Finals – 1906: One Half

Posted on May 20, 2023 by NFB

To read the previous entry in this series, please click here. It is easy to forget in these days when the Olympics is an event so massive that not even a worldwide pandemic can completely stop its course, that its … Continue reading →

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Review: Air

Posted on May 19, 2023 by NFB

Air Trailer In 1984, Nike is the trailing third placed company when it comes to the basketball shoe market, far behind their main competitors at Converse and Adidas, considering shutting down that aspect of its business. Talent scout Sonny Vaccaro … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Bloody Sunday (1972)

Posted on May 16, 2023 by NFB

The Troubles essentially began in Derry, when the seething sectarian and political tensions of the period erupted into the Battle of the Bogside. Two-and-a-half years after that seminal event, Northern Ireland had become engulfed in a level of violence that … Continue reading →

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Review: How To Blow Up A Pipeline

Posted on May 12, 2023 by NFB

How To Blow Up A Pipeline Trailer In the middle of the Texan desert eight individuals come together with one goal: to build a series of homemade explosives, and use them to enact a major sabotage of a local oil … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: 1971 And PIRA’s First Campaign

Posted on May 9, 2023 by NFB

The deteriorating situation in Northern Ireland as 1970 ended and 1971 began was summed up nicely by two well-publicised quotes from Reginald Maulding, then Home Secretary. In a news conference Maulding used the unfortunate phrase “an acceptable level of violence” … Continue reading →

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Review – The Pope: Answers

Posted on May 5, 2023 by NFB

The Pope: Answers Trailer In the course of an afternoon in the presence of numerous Spanish-speaking young people from around the world, Pope Francis fields questions and listens to stories on a variety of topics: abortion, refugees, pornography and what … Continue reading →

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