Category: Movies
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Does The Mummy (1999) Still Hold Up?
I’m always down for adventure flicks. But we’re also approaching the spooky season. Luckily for me, we’ve got a movie that strikes a nice little balance between them. I could just watch horror movies or slasher flicks. But then I’d be here for the next year reviewing ‘Halloween’ or ‘Friday the 13th’ movies. Maybe one…
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Breaking the Curse: The Rise of Anime and Video Game Adaptations
We used to live in simple times. If a movie was based on an anime or a video game, it was bad. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. They were bad. Like, to an insane degree. In terms of box office poison, they were the cream of the crop. Keywords in that paragraph being…
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The Cat Returns is Delightful
An old buddy of mine always said this was his favorite Ghibli movie. And you know what? I can see why. ‘The Cat Returns’ is Ghibli at its simplest and most enjoyable. It feels a lot like a shojo manga. A really good, magical shojo manga that anyone can watch and have a fun time…
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I Was Wrong About Live Action One Piece
Most people hate being wrong. Me? I love being wrong about things. Being a pessimist, only good things can come about of me being wrong. Netflix has a downright historic catalogue of failed live action anime adaptations. Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Cowboy Bebop just to name a few. People keep screaming at them to…
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I Miss Video Rental Stores
Don’t mind me. Just exposing my age. Streaming services have made consuming media easier than ever before. Pick your service, pay the fee, them wham! You can watch whatever you want for however long you want whenever you want. Back in the day, however, it wasn’t so easy. When I was a kid, you couldn’t…
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