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2 hours ago · A mericans have all sorts of ways of learning about the Blitz from movies, chief among them John Boorman’s exuberant 1987 Hope and Glory, a memoir film about Boorman’s own boyhood experience ...
7 hours ago · In Blitz, Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan play a mother and son separated by war in 1940 London. From Empire of the Sun to Au Revoir les Enfants, there’s been no shortage of films that show us World War II through the eyes of a child. Youthful innocence can magnify the horrors of war, as it does in shattering dramas like Come and See or ...
3 hours ago · Luther Vandross is the subject of a new documentary that puts the emphasis on his live performances as it chronicles his life. Alberto Tolot, via Sony Music. By J Wortham. Nov. 1, 2024, 5:04 a.m ...
23 hours ago · Spinosaurus (/ ˌspaɪnəˈsɔːrəs /; lit. 'spine lizard') is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 100 to 94 million years ago. [4] The genus was known first from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German palaeontologist Ernst ...
23 hours ago · A scene from the movie. Ben-Hur is a 1959 American religious epic film [1] directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. A remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title, it was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
23 hours ago · William Shakespeare (c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [4][5][6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").
23 hours ago · Xenon is a competitive inhibitor of the serotonin 5-HT 3 receptor. While neither anesthetic nor antinociceptive, this reduces anesthesia-emergent nausea and vomiting. [159] Xenon has a minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of 72% at age 40, making it 44% more potent than N 2 O as an anesthetic. [160]
