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Gate of Hell Foresaw The Incel

Today we’re talking about Gate of Hell, a 1953 jidaegeki (period drama) film. Set in 12th Century Japan, the movie focuses on a samurai Endō Morito, and his obsession with a lady-in-waiting Kesa. It’s not a classic love story. It’s actually a painful and scary love story, mainly because it’s so realistic.

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The New York Times “Book of Movies” Is A Cinephile’s Dream

What makes this book great, is I would recommend this book to almost everyone. If you don’t like movies, this will keep you on a path of good ones. If you love movies, there will be absolutely be some cool ones you haven’t seen in here. If you’re just a normal person who enjoys a flick every once in a while, this is a great reference book.

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Cruising: A Review Pt. 1

A cruise ship is a very strange place. There’s unlimited food, unlimited drinks and pretty much everything to do. The ship I was on had a waterslide, hot tubs, swimming pools, a basketball court, like 15 bars…I mean it was basically a floating city block.

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New York 9s: Subnautica

The darkness beneath me seems to go on forever. The sonar pings and outlines the world in red. Technically, I can’t see anything. But I know where everything is. And I know at the top of the mountain is a Reaper Leviathan. The rules are simple: stay away.

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Christmas Classics: Exmas

With Hallmark movies you know what you’re gonna get. Some bad acting, puzzling writing at times and some very predictable arcs. Exmas, for the most part has none of those things.

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Subnautica Below Zero Review: A Fragile Peace

The East Artic is sparse and empty. Glow whales sing and dive gently about 50 meters below the surface. All types of alien fish swim around my sub as it plows through the frigid waters of Sector Zero.

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Hawkeye: Really Fun, Really Weird

I love dark, ugly superhero movies but it’s hard not to appreciate some good pastiche. What makes Hawkeye a joy to watch is that it is fully aware that its tone is all over the place, it’s plots are sporadic and occasionally unserious and its characters are extremely zany. It just doesn’t care.

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I Don’t Like Mech Games but I Loved Armored Core 6

As someone who never liked mech games, I was very tentative heading into Armored Core. I loved the other From Soft games but what I loved about those games (the detailed open-ish worlds and the dark fantasy setting) was definitely not going to be present in this one. The game dropped and I downloaded it and sortied into my first mission, not knowing what to expect.

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