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Bi-gong-sik-jak-jeon / Ransomed (2023) - An Intense Roller Coaster Ride through Action, Comedy, Drama and Thriller Genres - 10/10 (02/01/24)

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Ransomed, originally known as Bi-gong-sik-jak-jeon, is one of the greatest movies of the past year. It could be described as an action-thriller that finds the perfect balance between uplifting humour and gruesome realism. The film manages to entertain...

Nostalgic Teenage Horror Novel Between Challenges and Depth - A Review of Dan Simmons' 1991 Novel Summer of Night

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Summer of Night is a 1991 horror novel by renowned American author Dan Simmons. It's the first novel in the four-part Seasons of Horror series. The great thing is that one can read Summer of Night without feeling the urge to explore the rest of the series....

An Intellectual Approach That Involves Readers to Participate - A Review of Suzuki Koji's 1991 Novel Ring

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Ring, originally titled Ringu, is a Japanese mystery horror novel from 1991 that propulsed young author Suzuki Koji to national and later on even international stardom. It took the novel twelve years to be published in English. Ring was followed by two...

Meandering Quality That Doesn't Do the Band's Amazing Concerts Justice - A Review of Within Temptation's Live in Hell

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Within Temptation was a commercially successful symphonic gothic metal band that made me discover and appreciate its music two decades ago. Throughout the last decade, the band had been on a steep creative downward spiral but the Dutch septet has been...

Silent So Long - A Review of X Japan's Angel

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Eight years after its last single, Japanese heavy metal legends X Japan have finally come around with another unreleased song in form of ballad "Angel". News of the new record have however not emerged since then and the tragical death of guitarist Heath...

Another Hard-Fought Victory by the Arizona Coyotes Against the Anaheim Ducks!

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Yowamushi Pedal (2020) - Promoting Values Such as Courage, Responsibility and Team Work - 7/10 (29/12/23)

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Yowamushi Pedal is a sports film that fluidly combines genre elements of comedy and drama. This live-action adaptation is based upon the manga series that has been existing for fifteen years and counting, featuring eighty-six volumes as I'm writing this...

Ribaundeu / Rebound (2023) - An Authentic Message of Resilience in Difficult Times - 9/10 (29/12/23)

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Rebound is a wonderful South Korean sports drama inspired by true events. The once-renowned basketball team of Jungang High School in Busan is on the verge of being shut down. A social worker decides to step in as an unexperienced head coach with a severely...

Inside (2023) - Mental and Physical Decay in an Isolated and Lifeless Prison - 7/10 (29/12/23)

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Inside is a claustrophobic drama and thriller with an excellent running time of one hundred five minutes. The story revolves around an art thief who is tasked to steal a series of expensive paintings from a rich entrepreneur. When he fails to locate all...

Born to Be Released - A Review of X Japan's Born to Be Free

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Four and a half years after its previous single, Japanese visual kei legends X Japan have published another unreleased song from the vault. "Born to Be Free" is in the key of the band's more classical, melodious and progressive tunes from the mid-nineties....