It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a film critic in possession of good taste, must be in want of a decent Jane Austen adaptation. One of English literature’s most renowned wordsmiths has once more decamped on the big screen, ...
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I can’t imagine anyone had any expectations that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies would be anything other than supremely stupid. These expectations were not unfounded. It is, indeed, of the highest order of stupidity. Unfortunately, it completely misses the mark ...
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I have been reading the Bendis run of Daredevil and noticed something that is apparent – though not so openly addressed in many forms of fiction: that the hero and the villain need each other. In the comic, Daredevil notes ...
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