2 months ago
በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ትኩረት ለማግኘት
ባለጭምብሎቹ : የአምስት ታዳጊዎች መጨረሻ
#ethiopia | በአየርላንድ አውራ ጎዳና ላይ አምስት ታዳጊዎች ሕይወታቸውን ያጡበትና አንድን ቤተሰብ ለከባድ አደጋ የዳረገ አስከፊ የመኪና ግጭት ከመከሰቱ አስቀድሞ ታዳጊዎቹ አደገኛ አሽከርካሪነታቸውን የሚያሳዩ ቪዲዮዎችን በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ላይ ሲያሰራጩ እንደነበር ተገለጸ።
በአየርላንድ ኪልዳሬ ግዛት ኤም9 በተባለው አውራ ጎዳና ላይ አምስት ታዳጊዎች የተሳፈሩበት የተሰረቀ ቢኤምደብሊው መኪና ከሌላ የተሽከርካሪ ጋር በደረሰው የፊት ለፊት ግጭት የሁሉም ታዳጊዎች ሕይወት አልፏል።
አደጋው ከመከሰቱ አስቀድሞ ታዳጊዎቹ ላለፉት ሁለት ሳምንታት በየአካባቢው ቤት በመስበር፣ መኪና በመስረቅ እና ከፖሊስ አሳዳጅነት ለማምለጥ የሻተሩባቸውን አደገኛ እንቅስቃሴዎች በቪዲዮ ቀርጸው በቲክቶክ እና በሌሎች የማህበራዊ ሚዲያ መድረኮች ላይ ሲያሰራጩ እንደነበር ተረጋግጧል።
የሞቱት ታዳጊዎች ዕድሜያቸው ከ15 እስከ 18 ዓመት የሆኑ ሲሆን፣ አደጋው በደረሰበት ወቅት ሁሉም ፊታቸውን በደብቅ ጭንብል ሸፍነው እንደነበር ፖሊስ አስታውቋል።
ታዳጊዎቹ ከተቃራኒ አቅጣጫ በሚመጡ ተሽከርካሪዎች መስመር ላይ በፍጥነት በመንዳት እና ከፖሊስ አሳዳጅነት ሲያመልጡ የሚያሳዩ ምስሎችን በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ላይ በማሰራጨት እርስ በርስ ለመፎካከር ይሞክሩ እንደነበርም ተጠቅሷል።
በሌላኛው መኪና ውስጥ የነበሩ አራት የአንድ ቤተሰብ አባላት ለሰርግ ወደ እንግሊዝ ለመጓዝ ወደ ደብሊን አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ በመሄድ ላይ ሳሉ ለዚህ አደጋ ተዳርገዋል።
ተጎጂዎቹ ሦስት እህትማማቾች እና አንድ የሰባት ዓመት ህፃን ሲሆኑ፣ በአሁኑ ወቅት በሆስፒታል በከባድ ህክምና ላይ ይገኛሉ።
ድርጊቱ በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ትኩረት ለማግኘት ሲባል የሚደረግ እጅግ አደገኛና ኃላፊነት የጎደለው ተግባር መሆኑን የሀገሪቱ ባለስልጣናት እና የፖሊስ አዛዦች ገልጸዋል።
የአየርላንድ ፍትህ ሚኒስትር በተቃራኒ አቅጣጫ የሚያሽከረክሩ መጨረሻቸው እስር ቤት ወይም መቃብር እንደሚሆንet በማስጠንቀቅ፣ መሰል ድርጊቶችን የሚያስቀጡ አዳዲስ ህጎችን ለማውጣት እየሰራን ነው ብለዋል።
Getu Temesgen - (ጌጡ ተመስገን)
#ireland #kildare#trafficaccident#m9crash #roadsafety #crimenews #socialmedia #getutemesgen #getu#ጌጡ#ጌጡተመስገን #addisababa
ባለጭምብሎቹ : የአምስት ታዳጊዎች መጨረሻ
#ethiopia | በአየርላንድ አውራ ጎዳና ላይ አምስት ታዳጊዎች ሕይወታቸውን ያጡበትና አንድን ቤተሰብ ለከባድ አደጋ የዳረገ አስከፊ የመኪና ግጭት ከመከሰቱ አስቀድሞ ታዳጊዎቹ አደገኛ አሽከርካሪነታቸውን የሚያሳዩ ቪዲዮዎችን በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ላይ ሲያሰራጩ እንደነበር ተገለጸ።
በአየርላንድ ኪልዳሬ ግዛት ኤም9 በተባለው አውራ ጎዳና ላይ አምስት ታዳጊዎች የተሳፈሩበት የተሰረቀ ቢኤምደብሊው መኪና ከሌላ የተሽከርካሪ ጋር በደረሰው የፊት ለፊት ግጭት የሁሉም ታዳጊዎች ሕይወት አልፏል።
አደጋው ከመከሰቱ አስቀድሞ ታዳጊዎቹ ላለፉት ሁለት ሳምንታት በየአካባቢው ቤት በመስበር፣ መኪና በመስረቅ እና ከፖሊስ አሳዳጅነት ለማምለጥ የሻተሩባቸውን አደገኛ እንቅስቃሴዎች በቪዲዮ ቀርጸው በቲክቶክ እና በሌሎች የማህበራዊ ሚዲያ መድረኮች ላይ ሲያሰራጩ እንደነበር ተረጋግጧል።
የሞቱት ታዳጊዎች ዕድሜያቸው ከ15 እስከ 18 ዓመት የሆኑ ሲሆን፣ አደጋው በደረሰበት ወቅት ሁሉም ፊታቸውን በደብቅ ጭንብል ሸፍነው እንደነበር ፖሊስ አስታውቋል።
ታዳጊዎቹ ከተቃራኒ አቅጣጫ በሚመጡ ተሽከርካሪዎች መስመር ላይ በፍጥነት በመንዳት እና ከፖሊስ አሳዳጅነት ሲያመልጡ የሚያሳዩ ምስሎችን በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ላይ በማሰራጨት እርስ በርስ ለመፎካከር ይሞክሩ እንደነበርም ተጠቅሷል።
በሌላኛው መኪና ውስጥ የነበሩ አራት የአንድ ቤተሰብ አባላት ለሰርግ ወደ እንግሊዝ ለመጓዝ ወደ ደብሊን አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ በመሄድ ላይ ሳሉ ለዚህ አደጋ ተዳርገዋል።
ተጎጂዎቹ ሦስት እህትማማቾች እና አንድ የሰባት ዓመት ህፃን ሲሆኑ፣ በአሁኑ ወቅት በሆስፒታል በከባድ ህክምና ላይ ይገኛሉ።
ድርጊቱ በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ትኩረት ለማግኘት ሲባል የሚደረግ እጅግ አደገኛና ኃላፊነት የጎደለው ተግባር መሆኑን የሀገሪቱ ባለስልጣናት እና የፖሊስ አዛዦች ገልጸዋል።
የአየርላንድ ፍትህ ሚኒስትር በተቃራኒ አቅጣጫ የሚያሽከረክሩ መጨረሻቸው እስር ቤት ወይም መቃብር እንደሚሆንet በማስጠንቀቅ፣ መሰል ድርጊቶችን የሚያስቀጡ አዳዲስ ህጎችን ለማውጣት እየሰራን ነው ብለዋል።
Getu Temesgen - (ጌጡ ተመስገን)
#ireland #kildare#trafficaccident#m9crash #roadsafety #crimenews #socialmedia #getutemesgen #getu#ጌጡ#ጌጡተመስገን #addisababa
7 months ago
"እናትህን ለመረዳት 20 ዓመት ይፈጅብሃል" -ጥናት
በእንግሊዝ የተሰራ አዲስ ጥናት እንደሚያመለክተው፣ አብዛኛው ሰው እናቱ ትመክረው የነበረውን ምክር እውነተኝነት ለመረዳትና በራሱ ሕይወት ላይ ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ ቢያንስ ሁለት አስርት ዓመታት ይፈጅበታል።
ጥናቱ የሚከተሉትን አስገራሚ ነጥቦች ይዟል፦
37 ዓመት፦ ልጆች የእናቶቻቸው "ምክር " እነሱም ለሰው የሚመክሩበት የዕድሜ ጣሪያ።
70%፦ "ገንዘብ መንገድ ላይ አይገኝም" የሚለውን የእናቶች ዝነኛ ንግግር ደጋግመው የሚናገሩ አዋቂዎች ብዛት።
ፀፀት፦ 48% የሚሆኑት አዋቂዎች በልጅነታቸው የእናቶቻቸውን ምክር ባለመስማታቸው አሁን ላይ ይቆጫሉ።
ምንጭ: Ireland's Classic Hits Radio
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በእንግሊዝ የተሰራ አዲስ ጥናት እንደሚያመለክተው፣ አብዛኛው ሰው እናቱ ትመክረው የነበረውን ምክር እውነተኝነት ለመረዳትና በራሱ ሕይወት ላይ ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ ቢያንስ ሁለት አስርት ዓመታት ይፈጅበታል።
ጥናቱ የሚከተሉትን አስገራሚ ነጥቦች ይዟል፦
37 ዓመት፦ ልጆች የእናቶቻቸው "ምክር " እነሱም ለሰው የሚመክሩበት የዕድሜ ጣሪያ።
70%፦ "ገንዘብ መንገድ ላይ አይገኝም" የሚለውን የእናቶች ዝነኛ ንግግር ደጋግመው የሚናገሩ አዋቂዎች ብዛት።
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11 of the best films to watch this April
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
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