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By - Razzouk Razzouk

Armenian Taste in a cosmopolitan street

It seems appropriate that my debutant review for a restaurant on my official blog is an Armenian restaurant in Hamra street where I’m proud to call my birthplace. When I first entered to Onno Bistro first sight you see is the waiters’ smiles welcoming you to a place you feel it will be your second

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Le Sushi Bar: Japanese with French Elegance

For a start, the design of the place gives you the sense you are entering to a restaurant brimming with confidence. Such a feeling is assured when you meet the staff and later when you try the dishes. Before I go into certain details regarding the service and the food, I would like to say

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Masterminds … wacky moments are indeed needed sometimes in cinema!

When my friends recently suggested watching Masterminds, the first thing I did—like always—was check the ratings on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. Unsurprisingly, the reviews were less than favorable, with Rotten Tomatoes being particularly harsh. To be honest, my expectations were quite low. I wasn’t expecting anything on the level of Leslie Nielsen in The Naked

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Why Old movies matter?

A question that my friends always asked, why do old movies matter? Well for a start the well of originality is almost empty if not. In recent years especially in Hollywood, they repeated themselves which caused me to take a stand against such repetitive art. Some people in this industry might sometimes argue that some

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Cinema at Its Lowest: The Decline of Originality

Since the inception of cinema, its greatest strength has been innovation—both in storytelling and technological advancements, particularly in special effects. While technology has continued to evolve and remains robust, the same cannot be said for originality in storytelling. Over the years, fresh and groundbreaking ideas have gradually been replaced by recycled concepts, with remakes and

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Nation of Fabrication

Once upon a time, there was an empire so huge that almost historians said that the known world then spoke one language Latin language that of the Romans. As an empire, Rome was a newly born republic that faced through its existence so many obstacles from the attack of the savages on their camps when

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Driven away by a place I once loved

Funny how years go by and one of the most things people have in memory are moments of sorrow and blood. I might not have reached an age where I can talk about decades of experience. Although I’m in my late 20s I have witnessed more than half a dozen wars in my country. My

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Ocean’s 13

I have always believed—and still do—that U.S. cinema, particularly Hollywood, has been experiencing a creative decline in recent years. While Hollywood films may still perform well at the box office, they have struggled to secure a place among cinema classics. Despite this trend, some exceptional films have stood out and left a lasting impact. Movies

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What makes most movies of our time crappy?

First of all, they are drained of creative ideas. Nowadays filmmakers got nothing to offer, they either remake a movie that had been made in the 60s or make a prequel to a blockbuster in the 70s or worse they buy the rights to a movie that has been done already. As for the drained