Category: Movies
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Last Samurai Standing – Review
This feels sort of like if an AI engine (or perhaps just a good old fashioned data analyst) scanned the list of most popular shows and decided that a cross of a Shogun inspired setting and a Squid Games inspired storyline would be a surefire winner. And Ikusagami, the novel…
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The Thursday Murder Club
Welcome to Cooper’s Chase, the most amazing retirement community ever. There are archery lessons, painting classes with live models, and even support llamas (or is it alpacas?). Even with just the glimpses of daily life that we see I can totally relate when one character says that it makes her…
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KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters is a lot of things – a sleeper hit, a fantasy about hunting demons (duh!), a musical, a redemption story, a hero’s journey to save the world, a story about self-acceptance…but most of all, it is immensely fun and what’s more, original (a rarity in today’s age…
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Marry My Husband: Japan
Recently shorts from this show have been popping up for me online – having already read the webcomic and seen the K-drama adaptation, I wasn’t initially planning to watch this, but as so often happens I clicked on one short out of idle curiosity, which soon led to another and…
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F1 – The Movie
There are certain movies that leave an indelible impression on you. I still remember the feeling of awe when the T-rex strode onto the big screen in Jurassic Park and dispatched the velociraptors with ease…the uplifting feeling as the music washed over me during Mulan’s transformation to soldier Ping…the feeling…
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Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Ethan Hunt is back, and the stakes are bigger than ever… nothing less than saving the whole of humanity from extinction. This is meant to be the last film in the franchise (even if the ending leaves the door open a tiny crack for future adventures), and the entire movie…
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