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I’m so happy that Chainsaw Man exists in my lifetime. Devils are our fears personified. The more we fear something the stronger the devil produced. I love that idea of all the evil and dark thoughts of humanity crippling us and causing us to perpetuate that cycle. With such a dark and unsurmountable set of…
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Jujutsu Kaisen MAPPA 2023 Jujutsu Kaisen. By now I’m sure you all have realized my tastes lean toward anime, comics and all things nerdy. It would be impossible to gloss over one of my favorite ongoing manga/ anime, Jujutsu Kaisen. With the anime’s second season just about over, allow me to gush over Jujutsu Kaisen.…
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Logan James Mangold 2017 We are taking it to the wild, wild west with…. Logan? Ah yes. Logan. No I will not stop gushing about comic book movies. Especially not one in my top 3 movies of all time. See when I was growing up Spider-man was cool. The Avengers who? No, I was all…
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Year: 1988 Director: Ken Russell Producers: Ken Russell Starring: Hugh Grant, Peter Capaldi, Amanda Donohoe, Catherine Oxenberg, Sammi Davis, and Stratford Johns. “The Lair of the White Worm” is a 1988 horror comedy directed by Ken Russell. Loosely based on the novel of the same name written by Bram Stroker, the film stars Peter Capaldi,…
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Initially from Jiangnan, China, soup dumplings, or xiaolongbao, have gained international popularity. A thin, delicate skin composed of wheat and water is used to create these dumplings, which are then filled with a tasty filling that is usually pork or a combination of pork and crab. The soup is rich and aromatic. The secret to…
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Nia DaCosta 2019 If you have been reading entertainment news lately then you have probably heard that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is DEAD!…. Eh? From my personal opinion this narrative is fleeting. I will be the first to admit that some of the recent MCU projects like Antman and The Wasp: Quatumania and especially Secret…
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Movies naturally cross the border between reality and representation. The persuasiveness is doubled by directly importing transcripts of sexual crimes, using actual victims, and using actors most like those involved in the case. In a place where representation and reality overlap, the voices of women who were taken away by perpetrators become a huge resonance,…
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Fede Alvarez’s “Evil Dead” (2013) successfully resurrects the iconic horror franchise with a visceral and intense reimagining of Sam Raimi’s cult classic. While paying homage to the original, Alvarez injects his own style, creating a blood-soaked rollercoaster that balances homage with fresh, terrifying elements. The plot follows Mia (Jane Levy), her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez),…
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Clint Eastwood 2014 Chris Kyle is an American hero in the plainest sense of the word. A U.S. Navy SEAL with an incredible shot galvanized his talents to protect those who could not protect themselves. Eastwood pulls in Bradley Cooper to play the titular American Sniper. Cooper brings his A-game, eloquently portraying the tragic sense…
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Frank Miller’s Sin City Sin City is a cult classic film that was released in 2005 based on the critically-acclaimed cult classic comic series of the same name by Frank Miller. Frank Miller is a legend in the world of Comics with successes under his belt such as 300, Batman: The Dark Knight, and Daredevil:…