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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-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 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 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 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 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 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 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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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: 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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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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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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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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Entries from the Dead: Runway de Waratte

They say that everyone loves an underdog. The come-from-nowhere, chip-on-their-shoulder, hard-working specimens that find success through hell and back. Disadvantages are their crux; doubt only ent…

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How Beastars Reminded Me of What I Already Knew

Before getting into it, allow me to take the time to even recommend Beastars, as it is a lovely series that does a lot of neat things with its…

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Black Lives Mattering Should Be Unequivocal, Yet It Isn’t

The original intent of this post was to be a long, detailed foray about my life and my perspective on all that’s happening right now in the world.…

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Early Impressions: Yesterday wo Utatte

Apologies for the inactivity. Life’s been a tad busier for me lately. Let’s settle down and discuss some season anime.

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Thoughts on Dorohedoro

When you go into an anime adapted from a manga with an average score in the Top 100 on MyAnimeList’s database, high expectations are inevitable. Dorohedoro, to be…

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Top 10 Most Visually Appealing Animal Crossing: New Horizons Characters

Twitter is kind of an Animal Crossing hellhole right now. I mean that in the most respectful way, I swear. Going through the #AnimalCrossing hashtag will flood the…

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Quick Thoughts On Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!

Game job has kept me busy, so I won’t go into too much new territory regarding this series that wasn’t said in my Early Impressions post. So, fortunately,…

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Top 10 Anime So Good That I Forgot Everything About Them

Has this ever happened to you? Starting off that anime ride, you end up devouring at lightning speed, racking up your total anime-viewed count like it’s a drug…

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Early Impressions: Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!

I’m late with this, I realize, but the lockdown order has given me a great chance to play catch-up. While the hype has certainly died down, it was…

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Top 10 Highest Quality SiIvaGunner Rips (2020 Edition)

This year, I decided to stick to a certain position when drafting these posts: I will provide context, then let the videos do the talking. What will my…

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Day Twenty-Nine: Total Recall (MotM 2020)

I’m very close to the end. The vision is clear. Or perhaps… I’m not close at all, and I never really started. What can I truly believe? Schwarzenegger.…

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Day Twenty-Eight: The Wicker Man (MotM 2020)

Anyone well-versed in meme culture will know the significance of my choosing to watch this film. Well, re-watch, specifically; one can probably guess the reason I watched this…

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Day Twenty-Six: Ratatouille (MotM 2020)

This post will be fairly short, as explaining the formula employed by Pixar in basically all of their films is immensely tiring and overstated by this point. If…

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Day Twenty-Three: Charade (MotM 2020)

Animal Crossing has sufficiently taken over my soul. Gonna try and get this out before the day ends. I haven’t seen many of Hepburn’s films, despite her notable…

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Day Twenty-Two: Night at the Museum (Mot 2020)

This got two sequels. I find this fact pretty amusing. Many years ago, I held a grudge against Ben Stiller. I thought he was a dumb actor that…

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Day Eighteen: Unknown (MotM 2020)

Coincidentally, there’s a whole lot of unknown going on in the world at present. I wanted to take this short space to wish people a safe and comfortable…

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Day Seventeen: The Nice Guys (MotM 2020)

The Nice Guys features two actors that I’m very intimately familiar with. Russell Crowe was the lead in Cinderella Man, which I used to consider my favorite film of…

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Day Sixteen: (A Chunk of) A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (MotM 2020)

If you were to tell me that I would be able to stomach more of Dinner For Schmucks than this a month ago, I’d probably look at you funny.…

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Day Fifteen: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (MotM 2020)

Part of me wants to trash this film to kingdom come. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of time left in the day, so all I can manage…

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Visualist x100!!!! – My Hero Academia Season Four: Episodes Twenty-One and Twenty-Two

Apologies for the delay, everyone! Karandi has been feeling under the weather and has not been able to provide her thoughts for the last week. As such, we…

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