#‘Bird Box Barcelona’ Review: Spanish Spinoff of Netflix’s Horror Hit Pads Out a Thin Concept With Meager Gains

#‘Bird Box Barcelona’ Review: Spanish Spinoff of Netflix’s Horror Hit Pads Out a Thin Concept With Meager Gains

Susanne Bier’s 2018 apocalyptic sci-fi chiller for Netflix, Bird Box, was a half-cooked stew of familiar ideas lifted above its derivative conception by a commanding Sandra Bullock, channeling grim determination as she braved a mysterious alien menace to shepherd two children to safety. Trauma, grief and parenting under extreme duress again factor into Spanish siblings…

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#Biden says Ukraine not ready for NATO membership

#Biden says Ukraine not ready for NATO membership

President Biden said that he doesn’t think Ukraine is ready for NATO membership, adding that it’s premature to call for a vote to accept the war-torn country into the alliance. “I don’t think it’s ready for membership in NATO,” Biden told CNN in an interview that aired on Sunday. The president added that he doesn’t…

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#Putin turns to smear campaign in power move

#Putin turns to smear campaign in power move

Russian President Vladimir Putin is turning to a familiar playbook in shoring up his authority: a smear campaign against Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group military leader who led a brief mutiny against the Kremlin.  Public opinion against Prigozhin dropped sharply in the days after the rebellion. So Putin moved quickly to discredit Prigozhin’s public image. Putin…

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#White House fends off GOP’s Hunter Biden attacks

#White House fends off GOP’s Hunter Biden attacks

The White House is fending off new questions about Hunter Biden, a sign of how the legal problems and personal issues of the president’s son are likely to be a lingering distraction as President Biden mounts his reelection campaign.  House and Senate Republicans have consistently targeted Hunter Biden with investigations, which are expected to intensify…

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#Zelensky marks 500 days of Russia-Ukraine war

#Zelensky marks 500 days of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked 500 days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a pre-recorded public address Saturday. Speaking from Snake Island — the small Black Sea landmass which Russian warships bombarded in the first day of the war, capturing its small Ukrainian garrison who resisted surrender — Zelensky pledged neither the island nor…

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