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I hesitate to grab the word “reality” when probing at “Maniac” (Netflix). The series ventures through the altered consciousnesses of two participants in a psychiatric-drug trial, one of whom, Owen (Jonah Hill), has a history of schizophrenic delusions. Momentary hallucinations…
When I was a young boy, I visited the French town of Lourdes on a school trip. I was educated by the Christian Brothers, who believed that the grotto there was a miraculous site where, in 1858, the Blessed Virgin…
The delight of streaming movies is instant and inexpensive access; the downside is impermanence—the prospect of titles vanishing from services because of contractual limits or planned scarcity. Movies worth revisiting enduringly are, in my opinion, worth owning on physical media,…
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Mexico might conclude a bilateral trade agreement with Canada if Ottawa’s talks with Washington on the new deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) see no progress, Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador…
Amid US anti-Iranian sanctions, scheduled to curb oil exports from the Islamic Republic, the kingdom was expected to boost its oil output and meet future high demand. But the country’s main company now tells buyers that it’s supply is running…
A “Super-Earth” exoplanet has been discovered ‒ exactly at the location described in “Star Trek” as the planet Vulcan, the homeworld of one of the sci-fi franchise’s most well-known characters, Spock. A team of scientists spotted an exoplanet twice the size…
