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19 Jan

Film review: Waar – Terrorism, terrorists and more terror

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I was counting down the days in anticipation of the biggest blockbuster movie in Lollywood’s history, writes Dilly Hussain. For those of you who are wondering what “Lollywood” is, it’s the Pakistani film industry, like Hollywood (USA) and Bollywood (India). $1.6m (170 million PKR) was spent on the movie Waar (Urdu for “to strike”) and […]

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11 Aug

Film review: The Conjuring – Satan makes Hollywood money again

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After watching The Conjuring, Dilly Hussain writes how Hollywood has profited billions of dollars by glamourising religious exorcism over the years. Since The Exorcist (1973) which is arguably the best horror movie to date, Hollywood had a tendency to remake and regurgitate horror movies based on supernatural entities, demonic spirits and the Christian practice of […]

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