Month: February 2025
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80’s Action Hall of Fame: The Wine Bottle, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
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Read more: 80’s Action Hall of Fame: The Wine Bottle, Death Wish 4: The CrackdownBy 1987, Paul Kersey was a shell of his former self. Sure, he hadn’t lost a step in terms of his desire to kill, nor his near-legendary taste for much younger women, but he was getting lazy. Incredibly lazy. Would the Paul of yore have resorted to MacGyver methods when a gun barrel to the…
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Murder, Torture & Religion
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Read more: Murder, Torture & ReligionMurder and torture are as old as humanity. Ever since man first invented the club, he probably used it to kill another caveman. Murder in the name of religion probably wasn’t very far behind. Overzealous faith has been used as an excuse to torture and kill since the beginning of recorded history. What follows are…
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Underdog Stories: Cricket’s Most Surprising Wins
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Read more: Underdog Stories: Cricket’s Most Surprising WinsCricket’s full of surprises. Throughout the sport, there have been performances where a team who had been written off has turned the match around to pull off incredible results.
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The Unsung: Civilian, Apocalypse Now (1979)
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Read more: The Unsung: Civilian, Apocalypse Now (1979)He is everyone and no one. A man of mystery, never to be pigeonholed or defined, yet so real, so tangible, he all but stands in for every G-man who ever lived. Soldier, bureaucrat, and yes, “civilian” (as he’s so named in the credits)
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Annoying Fuckers
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Read more: Annoying FuckersMost people are annoying. It doesn’t matter whether they’re a droning colleague, that snarky online twat who just won’t see sense, some random queue jumper, a younger sibling, the halitosis-afflicted taxi driver taking the long way round, a right wing foreign president, a neighbor loudly playing music or that hotty in the supermarket who looks…
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The ABC’s of Midgets
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Read more: The ABC’s of MidgetsInside the Lollipop Guild.
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Forrest Gump: The Movie We Love (To Loathe)
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Read more: Forrest Gump: The Movie We Love (To Loathe)There is one movie that has upset me so deeply that I cannot help but write a rant about it. For years this film has been praised and lauded ad nauseum, and I’m sick of it.
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
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Read more: The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)In 1974, Samuel Bicke (Sean Penn) took a gun to the Baltimore-Washington Airport with the intent of hijacking a plane, crashing it into the White House, and killing President Nixon.
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Setting Budgets and Recognizing Gambling Addiction Signs
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Read more: Setting Budgets and Recognizing Gambling Addiction SignsSetting a budget and recognizing the signs of gambling addiction are crucial for maintaining control and ensuring a healthy relationship with gambling.
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Reel Life vs. Real Life: How Movies Shape Our Perception of Casinos
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Read more: Reel Life vs. Real Life: How Movies Shape Our Perception of CasinosHollywood has long glamorized casinos, presenting them as glittering utopias where fortunes can materialize in an instant. From the sleek sophistication of James Bond’s poker table to the high-octane heists of Ocean’s Eleven, films have created a dazzling, larger-than-life narrative around gambling.