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Junji Ito Maniac – Episode Three: The Hanging Balloons

The Hanging Balloons is the third episode of Junju Ito Maniac, and definitely the strongest episode from the first three. It should have been the opening episode, to give a really strong start to the anthology series, instead of the … Continue reading

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Bank of Dave – Film Review

Director: Chris Foggin Writer: Piers Ashworth Starring: Joel Fry, Phoebe Dynevor, Rory Kinnear Rating: ★★★½ Bank of Dave is one of those quintessentially British films that takes the mostly true and mundane story of an everyday person and turns it … Continue reading

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Junji Ito Maniac – Episode Two: The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel/Ice Cream Bus

The second episode of Junji Ito Maniac adapts two of Ito’s stories, The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel and Ice Cream Bus. The first story follows Goro, a teenager who revisits a tunnel with a group of friends where years … Continue reading

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Junji Ito Maniac – Episode One: The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance – Review

The first episode of Netflix’s new anthology series Junji Ito Maniac, adapts Ito’s short manga story The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance into a twenty minute anime. It follows the Hikizuri family who are mourning the loss of the their … Continue reading

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Plane – Film Review

Director: Jean-François Richet Writer: Charles Cumming and J. P. Davis Starring: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, and Tony Goldwyn Rating: ★★★½  Gerard Butler’s latest action thriller is Plane. A film that had a working title and at no point … Continue reading

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