📺 ON THE TUBE TONIGHT-
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Dive into the exciting world of spies and secret agents in The Union. Household names Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg take over our small screens for this Netflix original spy comedy.

The plot kicks off in Trieste, Italy, where a mission to recover a stolen hard drive goes awry, leaving most of the team dead. Enter Roxanne (Berry), who seeks help from her former high school sweetheart, Mike (Wahlberg), now a blue-collar worker in New Jersey. From there we see the pair of old flames reconnect and the story unfolds.

The premise makes for a fun, light watch where it’s “easy to follow who is where [but] much more difficult to care,” the New York Times writes in its review of the film. With its tired mix of spy tropes and predictable comedy, the movie fails to capture your full attention, and its basic action scenes don’t help.

Don’t dismiss the film just yet. The movie is great if you’re in the mood for a comfort watch that checks all the boxes of a typical action-comedy without offering anything new.

WHERE TO WATCH- You can watch the movie on Netflix or watch the trailer (runtime: 2:53).

⚽ A very quiet day for football, as we have only two matches tonight in Serie A to conclude matchday 2, with Cagliari playing Como at 7:30 pm and Hellas Verona going head to head against Juventus at 9:45 pm.

🍝 EAT THIS TONIGHT-

Italian pasta at your front door: Put Pasta Baby on your radar if you often find yourself craving an Italian meal without wanting to leave the comfort of your home. The cloud kitchen offers a limited range of appetizers and a wide range of pasta dishes, ranging from the classics to the more experimental.

The appetizer set the bar high: The cheesy garlic flatbread had the perfect texture — crisp yet soft. It was topped with a generous portion of a rich cheese blend and garlic, creating a mouthwatering combination.

Let’s talk pasta: We opted for the beef and shroom pasta — one of four signature dishes offered. The dish included fettuccine in a creamy white sauce with shredded beef and fresh mushrooms. This pasta was an absolute 10/10. The fettuccine was perfectly cooked and the white sauce paired with the tender shredded beef was delicious, tasting unmistakably homemade.

Avoid: We also tried the Bocconcini Baby — a penne pasta dish with creamy pesto sauce, baby buffalo mozzarella, crushed almonds, and roasted cherry tomatoes. The dish didn’t quite hit the mark for us. The pesto sauce was a bit bland, lacking the vibrant, herby punch one would expect.

WHERE TO ORDER: You can get your dose of Pasta Baby on Elmenus, Talabat, or their website.

🎤 OUT AND ABOUT-
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HAPPENING THIS WEEK-

Don’t miss the chance to explore the diverse visual and cultural evolution of Egyptian film with the Afichat w Aflam exhibition at Bibliothek. This exhibition showcases a vast selection of late artist Pierre Sioufi’s collection of more than 10k pieces of Egyptian cinema memorabilia. The third edition is now on display, showcasing film posters and collectables from the 1990s to 2017, and will continue through to Monday, 2 September.

This is the last week you’ll be able to fly through the sky on a paramotor. Sky Sports Egypt are offering a 15-minute bird’s eye view of Alamein in North Square until Friday, 30 August. Buy your tickets here.

Immerse yourself in Omar Khairat’s musical mastery. The musician will be taking the stage alongside the Cairo Opera Orchestra as part of the 32nd International Citadel Festival for Music and Singing. The event will take place on Wednesday, 28 August at 8:00 pm, at the Mahka Theatre of Salah El Din Citadel. Grab your tickets here.

None other than Wegz to close out the iconic new Alamein Festival. The concert will take place Friday, 30 August at 10pm at the U-Arena. You can grab your tickets here.

End Sahel season on a high note with Adriatique at AHM Club in Silversands, where you can dance the summer away — or what’s left of it. The event will take place on Saturday, 31 August, and you can get your tickets here.

💡 UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT-

The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon is an ode to justice and activism. In this revelatory biography, author Adam Shatz highlights the influence of French psychiatrist and philosopher Frantz Fanon on modern radical movements not only through his works but also through his actions.

Fanon lived many lives. He left his Martinique home to serve in the French army during WWII, and then went to study in Lyon where he began to approach his life as a Black man in a predominantly white environment through an academic lens. Later, he joined Algeria’s fight for independence from France and rose as a prominent figure in the ranks of the revolutionaries.

His influence matches that of James Baldwin. His work contributed to global racial movements, but has not undergone much analysis in as much detail as Shatz undertakes. His book strives to provide a sort of guidebook on the nuances of white supremacy and racism ties into the current world order, especially economically.

You can find The Rebel’s Clinic on Amazon.