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Film Adaptations of John le Carré’s Novels: Part 1

It’s been over two weeks since I provided the paralyzed philanthropic German widow in Burkina Faso, Mrs. Renate Magdalena Settnik, with my personal and banking information. (Click here for more detail on my windfall.) However, rather than seeing monies come in to my account, I’m noticing strange withdrawals from places like Nome, Alaska, and Tierra del Fuego.

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Atomic Blonde’s 7-Minute Staircase Fight as Narrated by Audio Description for the Blind

Revisiting this virtuosic scene recently, it occurred to me that someone working for the American Council of the Blind (ACB) had to describe the action, presumably with a straight face, for its Audio Description Project, which, as I’m sure you know, provides the visually impaired with “high-quality audio description in television, movies, performing arts…and other venues where the presentation of visual media is critical to the understanding and appreciation of the content.”

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