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Inescapable is a 2012 Canadian political thriller film written and directed by Ruba Nadda.The film stars Alexander Siddig, Marisa Tomei, and Joshua Jackson.Siddig plays Adib, a former Syrian intelligence officer who becomes embroiled in a cat and mouse chase while trying to locate his photographer daughter, Muna, in Damascus.
The expression "the elephant in the room" (or "the elephant in the living room") [2] [3] is a metaphorical idiom in English for an important or enormous topic, question, or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable and is ...
The following is a list of common metonyms. [n 1] A metonym is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.
The Room Next Door is an adaptation, written by Almodóvar himself, of Sigrid Nunez’s 2020 novel What Are You Going Through, and at first the movie’s tone feels a little strange, untethered to ...
The phrase is not commonly used in the 21st century. According to Geoffrey Nunberg, the image entered the English language in the middle of the 19th century. [1] An early example is a fable printed in 1858 in which an Arab miller allows a camel to stick its nose into his bedroom, then other parts of its body, until the camel is entirely inside and refuses to leave. [2]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "With a far-fetched and tasteless story, strenuously but inexpertly played out, this emotional melodrama has little to recommend it." [5]In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Popular TV favourites star, but melodrama is just another 'B'."
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Inside, you’ll have a spa, chef's kitchen, and lighthouse views, plus access to a secret game room with a 100-inch screen and projector, wet bar, game table, darts, poker, and vintage radio.