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Rings Of Power - Polarized By The Audience

Rings Of Power - Polarized By The Audience #ringsofpower #rop #lotr #lordoftherings #review

It seems Rings of Power has set a great divide across the reviews of the people who watched it, perhaps both fans and not, alike. But alas, without reading the books of someone who lived in an entirely different era, can I really be bothered to see actors of other ethnicities playing the roles that I understand were described in the books as to be white in terms of skin color? The short answer…

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - Flashing Through Sci-fi

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - Flashing Through Sci-fi #cyberpunk #edgerunners #review

It’s been a while since I watched some sci-fi animation. Actually, I’m only recording Ghost in the Shell at the moment but still… Cyberpunk: Edgerunners arrived to blast through our brains with a red, gory flash through Night City, while reviving the activity of the videogame Cyberpunk online. Synopsis David, a teenager just making it through the chaos that Night City is, sees his life changing…

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The Northman - Blood, Howling and Visions

The Northman - Blood, Howling and Visions #thenorthman #review

The buzz was definitely around for this movie, though not for the subjects that attract me to watch a piece of the seventh art. Northman delivers what the title simply states, with the supposed actual context for a film depicting the people and culture of the region that is now Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and so on. Synopsis A young Viking flees from his kingdom after it is set ablaze by…

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Belts and Stripes - Halfway through Purple Belt, how's it going?

Belts and Stripes - Halfway through Purple Belt, how's it going? #bjj #jiujitsu #purplebelt

So I must tell you, my BJJ journey seems to be somewhat at an impasse. At least, from my point of view. My purple belt colleagues give me a hard time most of the time, and I feel like I’m surviving, though only barely. Of course, that might be different from someone watching outside, but still, that’s what I currently feel. Sadly I got my agenda filled for the next 4 or 5 months, otherwise, I’d…

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Brazen - Where Desire Hides... It Misleads.

Brazen - Where Desire Hides... It Misleads. #brazen #review #netflix

Brazen gets your attention with its trailer and then tosses it around, swinging it over your face, harder every time as the movie goes by, with its empty promises which it fails to deliver. Synopsis A mystery writer and a teacher, two sisters reunite after some years apart. As they settle their differences to help tackle the case for the teacher to get back her son’s custody, the other one will…

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Dune - It's Like Going To The Past But In 4K

Dune - It's Like Going To The Past But In 4K #dune #review

I guess it was around 1998, when I came across Dune2000, the Real-Time Strategy game for PC. At the time, it was a blast! It was the very first game of the genre that really reeled me in. And the thing that I was surprised about, was that the game has cinematics before each mission! Cinematics that would elaborate on the story of the campaigns that completely passed by unnoticed for me, since the…

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Lupin - A Thief And A Gentleman, All In One

Lupin - A Thief And A Gentleman, All In One #lupin #netflix #review

There’s something oddly charming about getting justice through dubious ways, but if you’re a gentleman about doing so, I just can’t help but smile while watching people having their way. Lupin conquered me through and through. Synopsis Assane Diop saw his father going to jail for a crime he did not commit when he was young, the theft of a necklace worth enough for generations to survive.…

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Shang-Chi - One Of The Missing Styles In The MCU

Shang-Chi - One Of The Missing Styles In The MCU #shang-chi #review

You know, I’m somewhat skeptical for new heroes to be introduced this late in the MCU. It feels like they’re late to the party already, and I didn’t even watch the Eternals. But still, with a little depth for Asian culture and a somewhat similar formula used in the MCU movies, Shang-Chi does shine on its own. Synopsis A young boy is raised by his immortal father, wielder of the Ten Rings, to…

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Star Wars: Visions - I Wish There Was More Of It!

Star Wars: Visions - I Wish There Was More Of It! #starwars #visions #review

I know, I know, this is kind of a Star Wars obsession, buuuut this one is totally worth it! I knooooow! You seem kinda biased right now Mr “Skyfan”… And you may be right! But still, that doesn’t mean that Visions isn’t a piece to be appreciated, one episode at a time. Synopsis Star Wars: Visions depicts several stories across the galaxy as various force wielders carve their destiny, each with a…

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Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - One Step Away From Greatness

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - One Step Away From Greatness #starwars #jedifallenorder

I was staggered to discover a Star Wars game that was similar in ways to the Souls genre, and although I took my time to get my hands on it, I was not disappointed, though I must say, despite the close release dates it has with Sekiro, it could learn a couple of things from it. But that’s not to say that this is a bad game! Nothing even remotely close. Synopsis Kal Cestis, a young padawan that…

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Arcane - The Link Between Animation And Videogames

Arcane - The Link Between Animation And Videogames #arcane #netflix #review #lol #leagueoflegends

League of Legends is not a game where you play for the story, though the background story accompanies the game since the beginning, you can play the game for thousands of hours while only barely scratching the threads of the story behind its various characters. Though there are bits scattered across the characters’ descriptions in the game and website, most people don’t even bother to learn…

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Alice in Borderland - Alice Yet To Be Found

Alice in Borderland - Alice Yet To Be Found - #aliceinborderland #netflix #review

Everybody has heard of Alice in Wonderland, though here we’re left with borderland, which we soon become aware of what it is… But where the hell is Alice? What does the title have to do with the show anyway? Practically nothing… Synopsis A group of three friends in Tokyo, who are not so well in their lives, get transported to a parallel dimension where all the buildings, items, and animal life…

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Glória / Glory / - What A Marvelous Portuguese Surprise!

Glória / Glory / – What A Marvelous Portuguese Surprise!

As a Portuguese, it is quite rare to find some content from my own country to reach the mainstream media of today. I was in awe, as I watched the trailer for Glória, and though guilty as charged, I may have placed the show under my expectations, it, in fact, proved to be magnificent in what it promised to be, as well as a perfect representation of what I think Portugal was like during its…

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Squid Game - The Inexplicable Viral Phenomenon...

Squid Game - The Inexplicable Viral Phenomenon... #squidgame #netflix

Which I can’t really understand. Sure the doll of the first game sticks to the mind, and also the soldiers’ masks displayed circles, triangles, and squares but still… The show had a lot of ups, some downs, but to me, nothing that justifies the amount of buzz that it generated, not after so many of these Battle Royale look-a-likes emerged. And yet, it grew out of proportion right towards the…

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Belts and Stripes - So... Purple Belt, What Now?

Belts and Stripes – So… Purple Belt, What Now?

Almost 3 years of Blue Belt, and now, I was awarded with the Purple Belt. People often say that once you get past the Blue Belt, it is practically certain that you’ll reach Black Belt. To me, however, I’m not looking forward to earn new belts. It feels great to be promoted of course! The acknowledgement is very rewarding, but, what I want to be able to do, is smash my colleagues, and in doing so,…

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Brightburn - What If Superman Grew Up To Be... Evil?

Brightburn – What If Superman Grew Up To Be… Evil?

We’ve seen Superman going bad in Injustice, where he breaks his law of not killing anyone when he takes the Joker’s life after losing Louis Lane. But what if, what if Superman or Kal-El, had arrived on Earth with the purpose to exterminate it from all sentient life instead? Sure this movie has nothing to do with Superman, but it is implied all over it. Synopsis The prays of a young couple to…

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Things Heard & Seen - Not Quite What I Was Expecting To See & Hear

Things Heard & Seen – Not Quite What I Was Expecting To See & Hear

Horror movies were never my first choice to sink two hours of my life time, there’s a couple of reviews of that genre in the blog, and yet, here it is another one that seemed to promise so much, and delivered so little, even though it had everything in place to be memorable. Synopsis An artist relocates to the Hudson Valley and begins to suspect that her marriage has a sinister darkness, one…

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