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1 posted on 06/29/2025 10:04:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I would kick her ass.


2 posted on 06/29/2025 10:06:28 AM PDT by JusPasenThru (Make America Florida! )
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He, Ms Mutesi and the chess champion's mother had been promised a sizable share of any Disney profits - 67%, he says.

But he was told by the corporation that after investing about $15m (£11m) into the drama, directed by Mira Nair, it had only made back $10m.

Chess teacher vs. Hollywood accountants. It doesn't take an international grandmaster to tell who will win that game.

The only movies that make a profit are those that completely surprise the accountants so they weren't able to load the production down with a thousand and one different charges from the studio. Never, ever accept a profit share of a movie. Cash up front or share of the gross only.

3 posted on 06/29/2025 10:25:42 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (I refuse to call the left "progressive" because I do not see slavery to the government as progress.)
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To: BenLurkin

“..taught me how to strategise and plan ahead, and it instils discipline and patience”

Excellent life skills!


4 posted on 06/29/2025 10:29:19 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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I was really excited to see there is an actual movie about this...So I went out and looked it it.

It is from DISNEY of all places.

So to me that signifies that it is chuck full of woke BS so that looks like a chess movie that I won’t be seeing..


5 posted on 06/29/2025 10:47:08 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (You can vote totalitarians in but you can never vote them out...)
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To: BenLurkin

How come they have women’s chess versus men’s chess?


6 posted on 06/29/2025 11:06:37 AM PDT by alternatives?
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Reading the reviews, it sounds like a good movie that was difficult to market and was handled badly but that was well made, I think I’ll watch it.

Some African movies are interesting, both movies made about Africa and those made by Africans, “Beasts of no Nation” is fantastic and a lot of the low budget African made movies are similar to the Australian movies of the 60s and 70s, low budget but always interesting and worth watching and seeming to give you a glimpse of life there and of the people.


7 posted on 06/29/2025 11:12:40 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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