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The 25 Best Science-Fiction Movies on Netflix, According to Critics On 2/21/21 at 7:00 AM EST It may feel like were already living in a dystopian world but science fiction will always capture our imaginations. As a genre, sci-fi is so sweeping and vast it seems limiting to place so many titles under the same umbrella. From E.T. to Bird Box, whatever your favorite flavor of futuristic fantasy, Netflix has a pretty decent offering to stream. The list below reflects sci-fi films that are ranked ...

Democrats are hoping 2021 will be the year they accomplish their long-held goal of reining in rising prescription drug costs by allowing the government to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies.The proposal is largely opposed by Republicans and loathed by the pharmaceutical industry, but Democrats think they have a chance of getting it done with control of the White House and Congress. Price negotiations could be included later this...

Print Around the year 1350, with Europe in the throes of a bubonic plague epidemic, a book of stories called “The Decameron” captured something of what it was like in Florence, Italy: the devastation, the fear, the resolve, the hope. In 2021, with the world struggling through another pandemic, a new collection of stories aims to chronicle what it felt like in San Diego. Called the San Diego Decameron Project, it includes 100 stories written by county residents as part of a contest organized...

Game of Thrones‘ Donald Sumpter, Shobu Kapoor and more, in a statement. Advertisement Greg Davies A synopsis for The Cleaner reads: “Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead (Davies), is a state-certified cleaning technician with a very special field of work: as a crime scene cleaner he is responsible for the removal of any signs of death. “Wicky works for Shropshire-based cleaning contractors Lausen and is usually found, together with his baby-blue pickup truck, at crime scenes after the police hav...

Author of the article: Calgary Herald Publishing date: Feb 20, 2021  •  February 20, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Outreach worker Wallis Kendal, left, NDP childrenís services critic Rakhi Pancholi and NorQuest student Shyannah Sinclair, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Sinclair, 21, will lose benefits when she turns 22 from a government program for youth who have aged out of care. The government is lowering the cutoff age to 22 from 24 starting next April. Photo by Janet French /Postmedi...

BBC One has confirmed the cast for brand new comedy series, The Cleaner, due to air in 2021 - including huge stars such as Helena Bonham Carter, David Mitchell, Stephanie Cole and Greg Davies, whos also written the show. Heres everything we know so far: The Cleaner: Whats it about? The show is based on the multi award-winning long-running German comedy series Der Tatortreiniger ( Steve GranitzGetty Images The series follows Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead, a state-certified cleaning technician...

Neil Patrick Harris speaks about shooting The Matrix 4 One of the many films which has had to negotiate the global pandemic is the fourth eagerly awaited installment of The Matrix franchise, which has been globe-trotting in order to wrap and meet its December 2021 release date, and one of the new additions to the cast, Neil Patrick Harris, has been speaking about what it was like to shoot The Matrix 4 on-location in Berlin. The Gone Girl star was talking about his experiences to Variety, rev...

The show is based on the long-running German comedy series Der Tatortreiniger, created by Ingrid Lausund. The Crown actress Bonham Carter and Peep Show star Mitchell join Davies in the cast, along with Stephanie Cole, Donald Sumpter, Shobu Kapoor, Ruth Madeley and Layton Williams. Zita Sattar, Georgie Glen, Bill Skinner and Esmonde Cole will also feature. Davies said: “I’m thrilled that this remarkable collection of actors has agreed to appear next to me on screen. “Scrubbing up blood in ...

Iain Pattinson, scriptwriter on I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, ‘the antidote to panel games’ – obituary A purveyor of what Humphrey Lyttelton called ‘blue-chip filth’, he left a high-flying career behind to join the anarchic radio show Iain Pattinson Credit: PA   Iain Pattinson, who has died from leukaemia aged 68, was the scriptwriter behind I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, the anarchic “antidote to panel games” on Radio 4, famous for its smutty jokes that have made it cult list...

We’ve recently witnessed some extraordinary policy reversals in Canada — extraordinary because it’s now so rare for governments to take a second look at their own decisions. Even when it’s the consequence of public backlash or political opposition, it’s still the closest thing to an apology we ever hear from our elected leaders for obvious mistakes or unforced errors. But it wasn’t always this way. In years now long gone, political leaders more...