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Jonjo Kerr could be sent to Afghanistan

TV Gossip

8 Oct 2011

'X Factor' hopeful Jonjo Kerr will be sent to Afghanistan if he doesn't become a star. The soldier - who is being by mentored by Louis Walsh on the ITV1 talent show - is currently on a break from the Armed Forces in a bid to hit the big time but has…

Hell and Back Again

Hell and Back Again

Moving but occasionally muddled documentary about the war in Afghanistan

(3 stars)14 Sep 2011

(15) 86min Constant television coverage of the Vietnam War so shocked American households that it is said to have helped turn the tide of public opinion against the conflict. The war in Afghanistan has received saturation coverage across all media…

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

(3 stars)21 Aug 2008

DRAMA Teenage Hana Makhmalbaf, the youngest of the Iranian filmmaking family that comprises famous father Mohsen (Kandahar), mother Marzieh (Stray Dogs) and sister Samira (At Five in the Afternoon), follows in the footsteps of her relations to make a…

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

(2 stars)8 May 2008

DOCUMENTARY (12A) 89min Having successfully supersized his career by eating way too many Big Macs, Morgan Spurlock has let fame go to his head or maybe he’s just contracted a bout of mad cow disease. His new documentary sees the campaigner try to do…

Women in Afghanistan

Women in Afghanistan

8 May 2008

This is Malalai Joya, often called ‘the bravest woman in Afghanistan’. Not yet 30, Joya has not only stood and been elected to the new Afghani parliament, but has stood up against corruption within that establishment. She’s currently suspended from her…

Reel Afghanistan - Afghan film festival

8 Feb 2008

'Culture and lifestyle are the diplomacy of the 21st century,’ claims Simon Jenkins in a recent article in The Guardian, suggesting that where in the past cultural exchange relied on diplomats - on men in suits - today it comes in myriad forms: travel…

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

(12A) 127min

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

This adaptation of Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini’s popular novel arrives in cinemas trailed by the news that its two young stars have been evacuated out of Afghanistan by the film’s producers, for fear of reprisals from still active Sunni…

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