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This image released by IFC Films shows Kai Luke Brummer in a scene from Moffie. (IFC Films via AP) 4/8/2021 Αssociated Press
The main character of Oliver Hermanus shattering Moffie, set in 1981 South Africa, is a handsome, white 18-year-old. In the country s system of apartheid, he is a member of the ruling class, but he s no insider.
Shy, timid and closeted, Nicholas van der Swart (Kai Luke Brummer) is conscripted into the army as part of regulated military service for white males over 16. There, the film s title an Afrikaans anti-gay slur isn t directed at him but it s hurled all around an ever-present threat of ostracism and abuse. In brutal basic training, it s as if bullets are already flying perilously close to Nicholas.
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Before it was shut down, Jetflicks was reportedly one of the largest pirate streaming services in the US. To date, three defendants have indicated that they relied on professional advice suggesting the platform was legal but the Government is far from convinced. According to a new filing, the defendants knew exactly what they were doing and one even threatened to report another to the MPAA.
In August 2019, eight men were indicted by a grand jury for conspiring to violate criminal copyright law by running two of the largest unauthorized streaming services in the United States.
Kristopher Lee Dallmann, Darryl Julius Polo, Douglas M. Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Edward Jaurequi, Peter H. Huber, Yoany Vaillant, and Luis Angel Villarino were the operators of Jetflicks, a subscription TV show streaming service that was reportedly disguised as an aviation service.
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The most surprising thing about “ Voyagers,” a sci-fithriller about a group of young adults who have been tasked with travelling to and repopulating a new planet, is that it isn’t based on a Young Adult book series. Writer and director Neil Burger, who was also behind the “Divergent” films apparently decided to cut out the Intellectual Property middleman and make his own YA statement. That said, it does borrow heavily from quite a few other sources, with shades of “Lord of the Flies,” “The Giver,” “Ender’s Game,” “Euphoria” and any number of space madness films.
This image released by Lionsgate shows Lily-Rose Depp in a scene from ‘Voyagers.’ (AP)
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