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Day Twenty-Eight: Adaptation. (MotM 2021)

Another short post today. Running out of time and work was heavy today.

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Day Twenty-Seven: Penguin Highway (MotM 2021)

As I inch closer to the end of March, my desire to write super in-depth reviews for films decreases dramatically. On top of what I also do for…

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Day Twenty-Six: Darkman (MotM 2021)

Superhero films aren’t really my thing. Ever since the giant Marvel superhero craze of the late 2000’s, it’s just been non-stop blockbuster after blockbuster—commercials, sponsors…

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Day Twenty-Four: Josie and the Pussycats (MotM 2021)

Yeah, I watched this. Apparently this has something of a cult following? And is actually good? I was intrigued—cautiously, but intrigued all the same.

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Day Twenty-Three: Seven Chances (MotM 2021)

Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin are the kings of silent comedy. They’re the only relics of the silent age I’ll willingly go back to, and since I’ve already…

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Day Twenty-Two: Godzilla vs. Mothra (MotM 2021)

Not to be confused with Mothra vs. Godzilla from 1964. This is the version from the Heisei era, because I am a ’90s kid.

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Day Twenty-One: Barking Dogs Never Bite (MotM 2021)

Will try not to spend too long on this one. I have some other things to attend to.

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Day Twenty: Three Colors: Red (MotM 2021)

Fun fact: Red is my favorite color. Does that mean anything to the quality of this film? Not really. Nevertheless, it’s a good omen. Probably.

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Day Nineteen: Three Colors: White (MotM 2021)

This is a pretty ugly cover; maybe it was intentional. You could always look at this cover, but it’s ultimately misleading. While a prominent figure in the story,…

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Day Eighteen: Three Colors: Blue (MotM 2021)

Before the numerous superhero trilogies that spawned from the early 2000’s and onwards, there was this trilogy. The theme? Colors. Why? Uh, because.

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Day Seventeen: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (MotM 2021)

Haha, what an epic gamer movie™, am I right, guys? I love video games and leveling up and 1-UP’s. High score!

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Day Sixteen: Rocky Balboa (MotM 2021)

All right, it’s back to going with the promotional material. What can I say? This one kind of revitalized me.

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Day Fifteen: Rocky V (MotM 2021)

This is my cover for this film. I’m not even gonna bother with the promotional art. I’m tired.

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Day Fourteen: Rocky IV (MotM 2021)

I might just become a Rocky trivia master after watching these almost daily. That, and these films are all almost the same.

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Day Thirteen: Rocky III (MotM 2021)

Oh no. Ohhhhh nooooo. Ohhhhhhhh… nooooooooooooooo…

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Day Twelve: Tonari no Totoro (MotM 2021)

Brother was not available today, so I went to a back-up plan in the event of a Rocky-less night. For the OG readers of my blog, this may…

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Day Eleven: Rocky II (MotM 2021)

How do you make a good movie again? Do it over again. But as the meme says, “Yeah, but don’t make it too obvious.” It was a little…

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Day Ten: Rocky (MotM 2021)

If you follow my blog, you’re gonna see a lot of Stallone in the coming week(s). Might be all in a row, might be scattered throughout. But my…

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Day Nine: I Am Not Madame Bovary (MotM 2021)

Today’s film was suggested by a friend of mine. Said friend has already seen this, and gave it a 5/10 and called it a “chore to watch.” So…

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Day Eight: Lady Snowblood (MotM 2021)

Two things tonight: This review will be short and will include a fairly big spoiler. In hindsight, the spoiler isn’t that surprising if one researches this film on…

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Day Seven: Songs My Brothers Taught Me (MotM 2021)

As obnoxious as this is, I will be heavily comparing this film to another of director Chloé Zhao’s I’ve seen—The Rider—for reasons I will get into.

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Day Six: Where Is the Friend’s House? (MotM 2021)

Before saying anything about this film or how I felt about it, we need to ask the real questions, such as “What is this film actually called?” I’ve…

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Day Five: The Gold Rush (1925) (MotM 2021)

Going to be a quick piece today. The proceedings of the day did not develop a write-happy boy.

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Day Four: Fish Story (2009) (MotM 2021)

Guess what, everyone? I don’t have any history with this film or anyone involved with it. That can only mean one thing: I will talk about the film…

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Day Three: Bad Education (2019) (MotM 2021)

As it turns out, my Wednesdays off encourage me to be lazy, so I think I’ll continue that with this review. Will detail some things about what I…

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Day Two: Reality (2014) (MotM 2021)

Y’know that meme that made the rounds a few years ago involving Cole Sprouse’s character from Riverdale going on about how much of a weirdo he is? I…

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Day One: Bicycle Thieves (MotM 2021)

Fun fact: finding usable covers for older films in a 16×9 aspect ratio is a real pain. With that said, I unfortunately do not have much time to…

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Commencing the 2021 March of the Movies

For those unaware, four years ago I started an annual tradition called March of the Movies, where I watch a film every day for the month of March and write reviews…

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I’ve Made a Home on Twitch

This will be a somewhat unusual post for the purposes of this blog. Typically, the formula to success here has been taking a topic and either analyzing it…

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Replaying 16 Hours of Pokémon SoulSilver Just Made Me Want to Replay Pokémon Silver

“Modern” (relative term) Pokémon games and I have a bit of a rocky history. Raised and conscious in the era of Pokémania, I’ve been raised into an expectation…

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NFL Pick ‘Em: Super Bowl LV

Current Super Bowl Pick ‘Em Record: 4-5 This overweight, overzealous-about-football fool was so preoccupied with other things that he forgot to make a Pick ‘Em post last year.…

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Thoughts on Given (Film)

Given (ha) I viewed Given fairly recently, I figured I’d give the recently-released film a quick watch. It’s less than an hour, the story is still fresh in…

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Entries from the Dead: Gibiate

This is a very fresh addition to my anime graveyard, having dropped this just last night. Normally, I would try out an anime, drop it, and then not…

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Top 10 Films I Viewed in 2020

Video games boiled down to what I reviewed for my main job. Anime was, outside of December, practically nonexistent. Football remained steady, but the output of football-related content…

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Merry Days of Anime 2020: Megalo Box

Many words were written about anime this season. A lot more than written over the course of the year, as my interest in the anime medium has slowly…

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Merry Days of Anime 2020: Log Horizon (Season One)

Sorry, everyone. I would’ve had all this typed up yesterday, but I got caught up in some holiday decorating. I definitely wasn’t putting this off because I have…

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Merry Days of Anime 2020: Given

The last couple posts on my 2020 Merry path have been quite long, so I’m hoping to write this one with more brevity. As nice as it is…

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Merry Days of Anime 2020: Guilty Crown [Dropped]

This anime choice was suggested for testing by a dear friend. While I could not finish it, there is a sizeable amount of information to provide that I…

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Merry Days of Anime 2020: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (2012)

I’m proud of myself, readers. Not only did I finish a shounen series, I finished one of the most memed anime series of the current generation. While it…

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I’m Gonna Do That Merry Days of Anime Thing Again

Good time of day to you all. This post serves as a reminder (perhaps to myself) that the Merry Days of Anime™ block shall continue for a second…

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I’m Participating in an Indie Game Speedrunning Contest

I do not enjoy speedrunning. It’s a hyper-stressful, no-holds-barred precision fest of mega-alertness that I typically don’t care to partake in. This is doubly so when the subject…

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Thoughts on Houkago Teibou Nisshi

I have already talked at some length about Houkago Teibou Nisshi before, back when I was watching it as it aired. Man, it took me a long while…

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A Final Update (Probably)

Some of you may have noticed that I have written one post since August 31st. For those who have not, let the records show that I have written…

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Top 10 Favorite Games After Three Years With KeenGamer

Hey! That was a nice, impromptu vacation. I have returned.

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Updated Thoughts on Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!

Y’know, this series actually looks pretty cute. A dude raising three young girls to the best of his ability—that’s different! It would’ve been great if it wasn’t bogged…

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Updated Thoughts on Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi (Ft. Sexism)

Lately, I’ve been re-watching a lot of anime from back in my “heyday.” The times where anime was all the rage in my impressionable mind and no amount…

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Updated Thoughts on Mayoi Neko Overrun!

The OGs of my blog will remember my mentioning this series a few times in the past. Most notably, it made the top 5 in my Top 10…

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Today, I Am the Sunshine Blogger

I never really associated myself with sunshine, but someone sees me as a suitable ray of vitamin D replenishment. I have never been so honored. Thank you very…

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