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“The Uprising” Is a Grim But Scattershot History Lesson

The rebels have their own self-appointed religious authority, though, in the figure of John Ball (a fierce Jamie Bell), Tyler’s radicalized second-in-command. Ball is a priest who has been branded a heretic, and he clings to a…

The Blockbuster Audacity of “Hope”

Na’s solution to this problem is speed: the faster he can keep his aliens moving—Va’migere, alas, is not alone—the less likely we are to scrutinize the…