Ben Hatt
Icarus: America's wings are melting
How America's response to the COVID-19 pandemic reveals cracks in the American Dream Icarus. It’s a story you may be familiar with. It...
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Ben Hatt
- Sep 26, 2018
- 10 min
The British Countryside Is Not Dead
Ben is a British writer now based in Brooklyn, New York. He has travelled extensively in Asia and South America. ---- Us British can be a...
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Ben Hatt
- Aug 21, 2018
- 19 min
The Trans-Siberian Railway: Pot-bellied leather singers and the deepest lake in the world
Ben is a British writer now based in Brooklyn, New York. He has travelled extensively in Asia and South America. ---- There’s a kick, a...
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Ben Hatt
- Aug 17, 2018
- 7 min
Dandong: A view into North Korea
Ben is a British writer now based in Brooklyn, New York. He has travelled extensively in Asia and South America. ---- It is 6:39am in...
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Ben Hatt
- Jul 31, 2018
- 3 min
A Hollywood Candy Fare
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again is a fanfare of chocolate and cake and a whole lot of cheese. There’s no doubting the appeal. At first bite...
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Ben Hatt
- Jun 21, 2018
- 3 min
True Crime and True Retribution
There’s a fleeting shot in American Animals where Spencer and Warren, the two protagonists, are watching movies as inspiration for their...
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Ben Hatt
- Jun 14, 2018
- 4 min
Simple is better: Morgan Neville takes a leaf out of his Subject's book with glorious effect.
“Simple is best” has been an age-old adage for us all, but rarely does a film take that message so sincerely to heart and the outcome...
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Ben Hatt
- Jun 14, 2018
- 3 min
That Donald Trump - Kim Jong-Un "Move Trailer" Video
We all have those devilish “what ifs,” fantasies and delusions that flutter in and out of the mind like butterflies in the stomach. For...
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Ben Hatt
- Jun 8, 2018
- 3 min
All Style And Little Substance
Elvis once put together a little ditty people like to call, “a little less conversation and a little more action.” The man knew how to...
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Ben Hatt
- Jun 7, 2018
- 5 min
The Mercurial Power of the Presidential Pardon
Presidential Pardons have a long and capricious history. Scooter Libby, the former Chief of Staff to Dick Cheney, had his sentence...
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Ben Hatt
- May 23, 2018
- 3 min
It’s “Ryan Reynolds” Starring Deadpool, but what else are we expecting?
Deadpool 2 is filthy, smutty and vulgar; bawdy, barnyard and lewd; nigh on pornographic in its humour and explicit in its inglorious...
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Ben Hatt
- May 22, 2018
- 4 min
A Suffocating Slow-Burn Drama that Plods before it Shines
The phrase “may you live a long life” is repeated throughout the film, offering consolation at a time of pain and suffering. It is a...
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Ben Hatt
- May 9, 2018
- 3 min
Motherhood: The Struggle is Real
Plot-twists are sexy. They’re the damsel that comes late to the ball, the janitor-cum-genius that breaks the code, the unsuspecting...
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Ben Hatt
- Apr 29, 2018
- 4 min
Finding the Middle Ground
Voltaire was a badass. He was an unfettered forward-thinker, an enlightened activist, a satirical polemicist. In many ways he was a 21st...
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Ben Hatt
- Apr 27, 2018
- 3 min
With No Sound There Is Still Plenty Of Fury
HP Lovecraft, one of the oft-forgotten godfathers of horror fiction, argued “it is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated...
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Ben Hatt
- Apr 18, 2018
- 3 min
A Change In Tune For The High-School Rom-Com, But A Strong Lead Lacks Support.
There’s a moment when Chris Evans’ Jack Tyler is challenged to take Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh) to prom in the satirical teen comedy Not...
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Ben Hatt
- Apr 15, 2018
- 3 min
The Ticking Clock of War
Saul Dibb’s Journey’s End is a cinematic reinvention of the 1928 play by R.C. Sheriff. Set in the trenches in 1918 during the height of...
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Ben Hatt
- Apr 10, 2018
- 3 min
The White House of Scripture
In the chambers of Congress and the backrooms of the White House, the Church can be a fickle mistress. The relationship between Church...
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