Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo, tragically lost in a boat accident in Anam River, Anambra State, has been gracing television screens for years with his amazing presence and talents.
A young boyâs jealousy of his newborn sister fuels an intimate and time-hopping emotional journey in Mamoru Hosodaâs animated drama âMirai.â When 4-year-old Kun meets the baby, Mirai, heâs initially affectionate. But as his parents have less and less time for him, he starts to feel left out, even resentful toward the familyâs new bundle of joy.
New Yorkâs cat lovers are probably familiar with the feeling of wanting to help out the cityâs many stray felines, but Rob Fruchtman and Steven Lawrenceâs modest, effective documentary âThe Cat Rescuersâ captures the peculiar anxiety of not being able to help all of them.
(Critic's Notebook): In the modern dystopian imagination, the menacing shadow of the drone looms large. Unmanned aerial vehicles have already transformed warfare and surveillance in alarming ways, and many worry that the bleak, not-so-distant future will be one in which drones rule our ordinary lives â policing our streets, peering through our windows, delivering our mail and God knows what else, as their mechanical buzzing replaces the chirping of birds and the laughter of children.
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