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Age of Empathy

I Feel Like The Years Are Building a Cage Around Me

The rootlessness and elusiveness of time through the eyes of an immigrant

Apr 25

I Feel Like The Years Are Building a Cage Around Me

Apr 25

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Fanfare

‘Final Destination’ and The Bloody Good Time of Cheating Death

Revisiting the classic franchise starter in which accidents happened for a very gory reason

Aug 28

‘Final Destination’ and The Bloody Good Time of Cheating Death

Aug 28

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Fanfare

‘Mr. Throwback’ — Lovable Fools Make This Mockumentary a Total Blast

Peacock’s new goofy comedy deserves more praise and eyeballs

Aug 23

‘Mr. Throwback’ — Lovable Fools Make This Mockumentary a Total Blast

Aug 23

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Fanfare

20 Years Later: ‘The Grudge’ and Its Mid-Aughts Nostalgia for Millennial Horror Buffs

Was Takashi Shimizu’s 2004 remake an anomaly, or were the aughts a perfect time for weird hits?

Aug 16

20 Years Later: ‘The Grudge’ and Its Mid-Aughts Nostalgia for Millennial Horror Buffs

Aug 16

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Fanfare

In ‘Signs,’ the Aliens Were Never the Point

Revisiting Shyamalan’s 2002 classic about a broken and wavering family threatened by little green men

Aug 7

In ‘Signs,’ the Aliens Were Never the Point

Aug 7

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Fanfare

Apple TV’s ‘Sunny’ Continues to Integrate Japanese Culture Into American TV

Humans, robots, and everything in between

Jul 21

Sunny holding a pair of shoes

Jul 21

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Fanfare

‘The Watchers’ Offers a Flawed But Intriguing Early-Aughts-Style Chiller

In defense of Ishana Shyamalan’s feature debut and other underachieving yet good scary movies

Jul 11

‘The Watchers’ Offers a Flawed But Intriguing Early-Aughts-Style Chiller

Jul 11

Akos Peterbencze
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Age of Empathy

Approaching 35 with Fewer Dreams But a Clearer Mind

When dreams stop, childhood friends become responsible parents, and love doesn’t hurt as much as it used to

Jul 1

Approaching 35 with Fewer Dreams But a Clearer Mind

Jul 1

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Fanfare

‘Blue Eye Samurai’ and The Power of Culture, Identity, and Personal Storytelling

Another showcase of what adult animation can do in the right hands

Jun 26

Mizu

Jun 26

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Fanfare

‘The Jinx’ Chapter 11 Exposes The Truth and Nothing but “Mostly the Truth”

The taped downfall of real estate heir Robert Durst provides a much-needed, relieving closure

May 24

Robert Durst on trial at 78

May 24

Akos Peterbencze

Akos Peterbencze

Freelance Grinder. TV Freak. Film lover. Regular contributor at Paste Magazine. SUBSTACK: https://thescreen.substack.com/

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