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11 May

The Green Knight Trailer Promises Return to Wonderful Weirdness of Arthurian Legend

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There will always be King Arthur movies, just like there will always be big screen riffs on Robin Hood. Characters with such mythic pedigree—and so readily available in the public domain—make this almost a given. Nevertheless, the King Arthur movies of the last few decades have left something to be desired, no? Whether it’s Antoine Fuqua and Disney’s questionable choice to produce a King Arthur movie without any of the actual magic or fantasy that made those legends enduring, or Guy Ritchie’s bizarre attempt to turn Arthurian archetypes into another boys-will-be-boys gangster movie—but now with medieval chainmail!—Hollywood has lately tried…
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22 Nov

Japanese Spider-Man Documentary Spotlights Fun, Weirdness, and Spectacular Stunts

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You’ve certainly heard about the Japanese Spider-Man TV series from the 1970s. Maybe you’ve seen clips here and there on YouTube, or reaction gifs have made their way into your social media timeline. Perhaps you’ve even seen an episode or two, via a convention-purchased bootleg set during a hazy evening at a friend’s place or during the brief period a few years ago when they were officially available to stream on Marvel.com. Whatever the case, the Japanese Spider-Man TV show is designed to elicit strong reactions from western viewers, particularly comic book purists, who might balk at how it completely…
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14 Sep

The Third Day Review (Spoiler-Free): Weirdness Reigns in Creepy Island Miniseries

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This spoiler-free review is based on the first two episodes. There’s a Woody the Woodpecker cartoon where Woody starts to fall from a height, then double takes, flaps his wings and soars into the sky saying, ‘Hey! I forgot I was a bird!’ Every so often, TV pulls the same trick. It goes along, airing detective shows and cooking shows and superhero shows and property programmes, falling, falling, falling… and then it suddenly remembers, ‘Hey! I forgot I was Television! I’m a box of mad, uncontainable dream magic conjured by imagination wizards who send stories through the air! Hop it, Gregg Wallace. I’ve…
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