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Category Archives: TV & movies
Why You Should Watch Oldboy
Oldboy is not for the faint of heart. Watch it when you don’t mind being emotionally jarred.
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5 Reasons You Should Watch HBO’s John Adams
Learning history is relearning history.
I didn’t know…
storytelling could be so captivating. (“Captivating” here means four college guys inundated with work up to their eyeballs chose to stay up until 3AM watching the show.)
Sam Adams, John’s firebrand cousin, is such a wanker in the beginning.
Abigail Adams deserves a lot more credit than history’s giving her. [...]
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Killing the Weeds
Although it’s interesting to watch a single, white mother struggle to raise her two sons with income derived solely from dealing marijuana to an entire suburban California community, I think I’ll stop.
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Jedi Druglords
Everyone knows China is the treasure trove of bootlegged movies, but few people realize the hidden gems within these bootlegged DVDs.
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Farewell to the Fishers
Unfortunately, if you are looking for happy endings, more answers than questions, or a set of characters whose lives steadily improve, look elsewhere.
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“Life Will Get Better and Better”
Zhang Yimou's To Live (1994) makes no attempt to romanticize the past.
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