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Guillermo del Toro has always been enamored by the story of Frankenstein, describing James Whale's 1931 masterpiece as a formative experience. You can see its fingerprints all over his career. Misunderstood, sympathetic monsters (in Hellboy, the tragic ghosts of Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water).
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With a career beginning in the 1960s, Meiko Kaji became a Japanese screen legend. From playing a Yakuza leader in Blind Woman's Curse to playing the tough, betrayed heroine of Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, or embodying vengeance as Yuki in Lady Snowblood and its sequel, Lady Snowblood: Love Song
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We watched The Furious as part of Beyond Fest at American Cinematheque. You can check out the full schedule here. Every now and then, a martial arts movie comes along and wows audiences with its innovations or the audacity of its choreography and set pieces. Enter the Dragon (1973) influenced a
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To capture the subtle violences of late-stage capitalism, it turns out it takes a director skilled with the portrayal of violence, Park Chan-wook, in his exceptional new outing No Other Choice. We live in one of the worst, and most transparently idiotic, eras in the history of capitalism. Layoff
Paul Thomas Anderson has a knack for films about power, vice, and isolated protagonists. Boogie Nights centers the Wild West of the 1970's pornography scene, with well-endowed stars fighting to maintain relevance against the perils of an often shady fledgling industry. There Will Be Blood was a
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In his book-length defense of authoritarianism, Leviathan, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote that, in the absence of an overarching political authority, life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Of course, no one in Eden is in the state of nature (a real 'state of nature' had
It's been a great year to be a Stephen King fan. Well, almost every year is great for King fans, given that the maestro of nightmares is still churning out 1-2 great books a year with no visible plans to slow down, but halfway into the year and we've already seen quite a few exceptional adaptations
The Declaration of Independence straightforwardly notes rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Nothing is guaranteed; everything's a hustle. It's an impetus for American creativity and success, but it also fuels predatory behavior, criminal undertakings, and a need to always hustle
Reacher Season 4 is upon us, which means once again we’re able to see our favorite bear-sized man yeet his way through a conspiracy in pursuit of the greater good. This iteration adapts the 2009 novel Gone Tomorrow, bringing Reacher into a deadly web of twists, dangerous organizations with
Daemons of the Shadow Realm gives Yuru and his Daemons and allies a very much not-so-peaceful night in Ep. 16 "Kagemori and Shingo". Indeed, it's a rather bloody and violent night, full of twists and turns that will leave viewers gaping in shock. All in all, it's a very entertaining episode for us.
Bailey Bass as Claudia, Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac, and Sam Reid as Lestat De Lioncourt - Interview with the Vampire _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: AMC AMC+ Interview with the Vampire series comes in hard with its full revamp of title, style, and promotion with season 3: The
