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8-Episode TV Shows Are Now the New Normal and It Sucks!

8-Episode TV Shows Are Now the New Normal and It Sucks!

Long gone are the days of 20+ episode seasons and enjoyable filler content
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Keith Price
Pokemon Should Have Stayed 2-D

Pokemon Should Have Stayed 2-D

A perfected art style sacrificed to update with the times
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Elvia
I Played Every Game in the Bundle For Ukraine

I Played Every Game in the Bundle For Ukraine

Another Postmortem
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Jacob ._.'
Dune Part Two — A Spellbinding Treat for the Senses

Dune Part Two — A Spellbinding Treat for the Senses

But it doesn’t reach the same heights as an adaptation
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Asadullah Khan
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Palestinian Relief Bundle — Overview: The ‘Repeats’

Palestinian Relief Bundle — Overview: The ‘Repeats’

‘FIST’ is so nice you saw it THRICE
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Jacob ._.'
‘Adulto’ and the Hostility of Adulthood

‘Adulto’ and the Hostility of Adulthood

Growing up is intrinsically traumatic
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Lady Horatia
‘Mean Girls’ (2024) Is a Paint-by-Numbers Musical

‘Mean Girls’ (2024) Is a Paint-by-Numbers Musical

This movie’s most memorable trait is inadvertently showing why the 2004 original is a comedy classic
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Cian McGrath
The Forgotten Women Who Invented the Werewolf

The Forgotten Women Who Invented the Werewolf

The legend of the werewolf has been shaped by women writers dating back to the 12th century
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Daley W.
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‘The Apprentice’ is an Entertaining and Surprisingly Nuanced Trump Exposé

‘The Apprentice’ is an Entertaining and Surprisingly Nuanced Trump ...

This very human portrayal of the business mogul and former President is quietly enthralling
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Cian McGrath
50 Year Retrospective: ‘The Conversation’ Is a Surprising Let-down

50 Year Retrospective: ‘The Conversation’ Is a Surprising Let-down

Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 mystery thriller fails to sustain its intrigue
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Cian McGrath
Giant Monster Reminds Us of The Virtue of Being Human

Giant Monster Reminds Us of The Virtue of Being Human

I think this film is the most obvious example of the triumph of Asian cinema
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Deniz Arslan
The Fall Guy: You’ll Believe a Man Can Fall

The Fall Guy: You’ll Believe a Man Can Fall

Jumping out of a plane without a parachute, jumping from one building to another with a car, one person beating up thirty people…
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Deniz Arslan
Why Jurassic Park worked, but Jurassic World didn’t

Why Jurassic Park worked, but Jurassic World didn’t

One film series is a beloved classic, the other a forgettable action series.
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Daley W.
The Political Poetry of Elizabeth I

The Political Poetry of Elizabeth I

The Clever Little Bastard, the Political Prisoner, the Political Captor, and the Conflicted Lover
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Cariad Jones
FATE: The Dungeon Crawler That Started It All

FATE: The Dungeon Crawler That Started It All

Can a game from 2005 still hold up?
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Elvia
So Long, You Poor ‘Spent’ Bastard

So Long, You Poor ‘Spent’ Bastard

A Review of Joe Matt’s Posthumous ‘Peepshow’ #15
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Chad Parenteau
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