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Threads (1984)

9.0 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Young lovers Ruth (Karen Meagher) and Jimmy (Reece Dinsdale) decide to get married after Ruth...

Far Cry: New Dawn

6.7 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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Similar to its predecessors, Far Cry New Dawn is an action-adventure first-person shooter set in an...

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

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How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions?...

V Force Boys: All New Reminiscences by Air and Ground Crews Associated with the V Force Aircraft Defending the UK in the Cold War

Tony Blackman and Anthony Wright

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The V Force consisted of three four-jet bombers, the Valiant, the Vulcan and the Victor, all...

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Jun 12, 2018

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

1964 | Comedy

8.2

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Inspired, justly-celebrated black comedy satirising the absurdity of the nuclear arms race. American general is unhinged by a sudden attack of impotence, 'does a silly thing' and launches an atomic attack on the USSR. The President tries his best to restore order and sanity but finds the deck is stacked against him - suddenly it feels like too much trouble not to have a war...

The brilliant triple-performance by Peter Sellers is what you remember of this film, but it is powered along by the tension between the black absurdity of its characters and situations and the naturalistic realism with which they are depicted. Some terrific dialogue and brilliant visual gags, and a lacerating subtext about masculinity running out of control. Current concerns about crazed egomaniacs with their fingers on nuclear buttons mean that Dr Strangelove shows every sign of becoming worryingly topical again, but you can hardly blame Stanley Kubrick for that.