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Review: Rosewater
Rosewater Trailer No, I haven’t suddenly become obsessed with Iranian based cinema, it’s just the way that things have fallen out. Jon Stewart – Yes, that Jon Stewart – has never been one for getting behind the camera, but something seems … Continue reading
Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Trailer In a black and white landscape, a construction site of some kind by the look of it, a cool looking character, all James Dean white shirt, jeans and cigarette, sits and waits. … Continue reading
World Cup 2014: Matchday Fourteen (Group F, E)
Nigeria 2 – 3 Argentina A game characterised by rapid activity at the opening and closing of each half, where neither side really seemed too bothered taking it seriously. Messi was showing his strengths throughout the game, smashing the ball … Continue reading
Posted in Football (All), Sport, World Cup 2014
Tagged argentina, bosnia and herzegovina, ecuador, football, france, honduras, iran, nigeria, sport, switzerland, world cup 2014
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World Cup 2014: Matchday Ten (Group F, G)
Argentina 1 – 0 Iran My fears that Iran would essentially be a New Zealand-like team – coming to the World Cup only to play for draws and nothing else – seemed realised in the first half here, as the … Continue reading
Posted in Football (All), Sport, World Cup 2014
Tagged argentina, bosnia and herzegovina, football, germany, ghana, iran, nigeria, sport, world cup 2014
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World Cup 2014: Matchday Five (Group F, G)
Germany 4 – 0 Portugal What an implosion. I turned on expecting to see a clash between two of Europe’s best sides, and got a pasting instead. It was obvious from the outset that the game was a total mismatch. … Continue reading
Posted in Football (All), Sport, World Cup 2014
Tagged football, germany, ghana, iran, nigeria, portugal, sport, USA, world cup 2014
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Argo
Spoilers. I often come out of cinema’s thinking “That movie was brilliant! I’ll never see anything that good for a long time!” Then I think about the movie. Then I think some more. Then I talk about the movie with … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, TV/Movies
Tagged alan arkin, argo, ben affleck, bryan cranstan, canadian caper, cia, fiction, hostage crisis, iran, john goodman, mendez, movies, reviews
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Israel And Douhet
A fascinating piece by Jeffrey Goldberg on Bloomberg about Israeli expectations of war with Iran. Especially of note is this paragraph: A widely held assumption about a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities is that it would spur Iranian citizens … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Politics, War
Tagged america, iran, iron dome, israel, middle east, netanyahu, nuclear, obama, politics, strike, war
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Took Long Enough
It’s taken a criminally long time for the Iraqi parliament to make a government…and to re-elect the same guy as Prime Minister. This extended drama in the Parliament, just trying to form a government that really cannot be described as … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), Iraq, Middle East, Politics
Tagged 9 months, delay, government, iran, Iraq, maliki, middle east, politics
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