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    Icarus: America's wings are melting
    Ben Hatt
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 7 min

    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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    The British Countryside Is Not Dead
    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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    The Trans-Siberian Railway: Pot-bellied leather singers and the deepest lake in the world
    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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    Dandong: A view into North Korea
    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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    A Hollywood Candy Fare
    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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    True Crime and True Retribution
    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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    Simple is better: Morgan Neville takes a leaf out of his Subject's book with glorious effect.
    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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    That Donald Trump - Kim Jong-Un "Move Trailer" Video
    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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    All Style And Little Substance
    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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    The Mercurial Power of the Presidential Pardon
    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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    It’s “Ryan Reynolds” Starring Deadpool, but what else are we expecting?
    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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    A Suffocating Slow-Burn Drama that Plods before it Shines
    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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    Motherhood: The Struggle is Real
    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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    Finding the Middle Ground
    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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    With No Sound There Is Still Plenty Of Fury
    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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    A Change In Tune For The High-School Rom-Com, But A Strong Lead Lacks Support.
    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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    The Ticking Clock of War
    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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    The White House of Scripture
    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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