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“Hesitation Wound” is less a legal thriller and more a quiet, simmering study of a moral crossroads. Directed by Turkish filmmaker Selman Nacar, “Hesitation Wound” follows Canan, a criminal lawyer (played by Tülin Özen), who is defending Musa (played by Oğulcan Arman Uslu)—a man accused of murdering his former boss. While Canan is in the process of defending her client, she’s also dealing with a deeply personal crisis: her mother is in a coma, nearing death. As these two worlds—professional duty of saving a man’s life and emotional vulnerability of seeing her mother’s slow death up close—begin to overlap, she makes a choice that impacts not only the case but her identity as a lawyer, and as a person.

The first act of the film focuses on the beginning of an important day in Canan’s life. We observe what she does, who she is,...

Previously, in Time Bandits, the titular group landed in Medieval England and liberated a village from the clutches of its fascist sheriff. That said, since Bittelig left the portal to the Jurassic Age open, a dinosaur time traveled to Medieval England, thereby fueling the dragon rumors that we keep hearing about till this day. Then, Kevin and the bandits went to Prohibition Era New York, where they became gangsters by smuggling in mead from 700 Ce England. That lasted longer than it should’ve. But eventually they were caught red-handed and cordially asked to exit the time period. Elsewhere, Saffron found herself face-to-face with Fianna, but since the latter was after Kevin, she allowed Saffron to live. I don’t know for how long, though, because the Supreme Being revealed that he was planning to take back the map (the one that allowed one to travel through space and time), erase humanity permanently,...

The 2023 MTV VMAs celebrated some of the biggest and brightest music stars of the year. The ceremony, held Sept. 12 in Newark, NJ, awarded trophies to artists including Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj, Anitta, Tomorrow X Together, Sza, and many more. Taylor Swift was the night's biggest winner, taking home multiple awards including video and artist of the year. The ceremony also honored two legends: Shakira recieved the Video Vanguard Awards and Diddy was awarded the Global Icon Award.

This year's nominees were announced back on Aug. 8, and Swift led the bunch with a total of eight nominations, including seven nods for her song "Anti-Hero" from "Midnights," as well as a nomination for artist of the year. Sza had the second most nominations with a total of six, followed by Olivia Rodrigo, Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Sam Smith, and Miley Cyrus, who all trailed behind with five each. Many pointed...

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 of Fate: The Winx Saga.]In Season 2 of the Netflix original series Fate: The Winx Saga, the fairies at Alfea are trying to find their footing while they’re being pushed to their limits under the harsh authority of Headmistress Rosalind (Miranda Richardson). As Bloom (Abigail Cowen) and her Suitemates – Princess Stella (Hannah Van Der Westhuysen), Aisha (Precious Mustapha), Musa (Elisha Applebaum), Terra (Eliot Salt), and Flora (Paulina Chávez) – become suspicious about who’s behind a very dangerous threat, they realize that they must learn to strengthen and unite their magic, in order to save the Otherworld.