Ziad Shihab

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Films and TV shows that cleverly teased their big twist early on

March 12th, 2023

Sometimes, there’s just no beating a good plot twist. David Fincher’s grisly 1995 noir Se7en, which marks its 25th anniversary today, is celebrated for many things, among them its shocking final twist.But even upon repeat viewings, many people don’t notice the subtle clues left earlier in the film, which tipped their hand towards Se7en’s climactic reveal.Foreshadowing can be a fine art, leveraged for great tragic or satirical effect – or it can simply be playful, a way of rewarding obsessed v...

The Seven Faces of Jane

January 13th, 2023

The Seven Faces of Jane https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-seven-faces-of-jane-movie-review-2023 Created January 13, 2023 at 05:32PM When a movie is powered mainly by an intriguing concept, any complaint that a viewer might level against it can be waved away with the phrase, "That's a feature, not a bug." Such is the case with "The Seven Faces of Jane," an improvised, collaborative work by eight directors. It's essentially eight short films revolving around a Los Angeles-area actress a...

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Tafsir Talk 1: The Nature Of The Quran and Its Levels of Tafsir | Perspectives Of A Fellow Traveler

October 16th, 2021

Tafsir Talk 1: The Nature Of The Quran and Its Levels of Tafsir 1 Reply It is said that if you want to talk to God, then you should pray, but if you want God to talk to you then you should read the Quran. As Muslims we believe that the Quran is the verbatim speech of God. With that being the case, it only makes sense that if we want a message from God, that one should turn to the Quran. If the Quran is God’s speech then how should we interpret what He is say...

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Buried Power Of The Seven Dolls At Maya Dzibilchaltún

September 4th, 2021

What makes Dzibilchaltún so perplexing, are the seven crudely made clay figurines found buried below the altar in what has become known as the Temple of the Seven Dolls. At its peak Dzibilchaltún, which means " where there is writing on flat stones ," was one of the oldest settlements of the north-western Maya lowlands of Yucátan in Mexico. It was a large and complex community, engaged in the exploitation of nearby seaside resources, especially salt, and long-distance coastal and inland trade...

CAPSULE: SEVEN WOMEN FOR SATAN (1976)

January 27th, 2021

DIRECTED BY: Michel LemoineFEATURING: Michel Lemoine, Joëlle Coeur, Howard VernonPLOT: French aristocrat Count Boris Zaroff is haunted by his decadent ancestors and resorts to murdering stray women for kicks.Normally I jump on any Eurosleaze movie with "Satan" in the title, reasoning that if it has tits and horns, I’m bound to like it. Sadly, Seven Women for Satan is yet one more occasion where the infernal moniker is merely applied metaphorically. The French title of this movie is Les week-e...

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?

August 27th, 2020

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?SourceURL: https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/what-is-the-literary-significance-of-a-missing-fin-0ab935 Philosopher AINew topicWhat is the literary significance of a missing finger?➹ Share ⟳ Try againFirstly, I have read the work of the philosopher Edmund Burke. He speaks about how people act and perceive one another in society. His theories on human nature derive from a basis of experience as well as observation.29 Aug...

Prime Curios - 19

March 15th, 2020

Prime Curios! 19 >>> Testing new web page format problems? suggestions? 19 Intercalation in the Chinese Calendar is after the eighth month every 19 years and is called ren ba yue (Double August). According to tradition, tragedy will follow when the month is added at that time. [Gevisier] Egyptian biochemist Rashad Khalifa (1935-1990) claimed that he discovered an intricate numerical pattern in the text of the Qur'an involving the number 19. Sura 74:30 reads: "Over it are nin...

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Chess in the Movies - Checkpoint

June 27th, 2019

It's time to take a checkpoint on a subject introduced in Chess Obsessed(May 2019). I wrote, Back to that 'Chess in the Movies' page, I created it sometime around 2005. It might be worthwhile to survey images I've collected since then and, if I have enough examples, add another sub-page on the same topic. The referenced page is Chess in the Movies, and so far, without any real effort, I found 152 photos to work through. The following composite shows the first eight (ordered a...