There are certain elements we’ve all come to expect from low-budget, DIY action films: amateur karate, workout montages, bad haircuts, amped up dialogue delivered in a strong regional accent, a foot…
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Annie Choi
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My beloved friends, come gather around me and a few well-heeled Miss Asia contestants so I can tell you a little story about a curse. It’s a special curse—a blood curse.…
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Geek Maggot Bingo begins with a quote: “If you cut a face lengthwise, urinate on it and trample on it with straw sandals, it is said the skin will come off.…
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The Godfather is considered to be one of the most influential and greatest films blah blah blah it’s 175 minutes long. And sure, it doesn’t actually feel 175 minutes long. Maybe…
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Hey! We made it! You made it! We’ve reached the end of 2022, which for us—and hopefully you—was a year full of cinematic discoveries beamed directly from other worlds. Bleeding Skull…
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Citizen Kane. Psycho. Jaws. Star Wars. No doubt, America has made major contributions to film. But perhaps the most iconic hallmark of American cinema is the archetype of a death-hungry maniac…
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The Japanese toy powerhouse known as Bandai has made billions off of the Power Rangers alone, but there are far more to its holdings. The company also carries toy licenses for…
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“What you’re about to see is a reality check . . . a warning of the coming danger of what our culture is facing.” So what are we facing, exactly? Drug…
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What happens when you struggle with your sexuality? What happens when you are torn between two relationships, the one society wants you to have and the one you actually desire? What…
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Psychedelics are having a moment. Denver, Oakland, Ann Arbor, Seattle, and Detroit all decriminalized psilocybin. So if you go there, the cops won’t bother you while you smell sounds and hear…
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The origin stories of many kaiju involve nuclear pollution that awakens and/or mutates a beast, usually on an ancient island or deep in the bowels of Earth. The monsters emerge and…
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Imagine alien parasites, which look like very oily, slightly hairy scrotums, taking over humans and turning them into goopy, armored, tentacled, supercharged death machines with robotic arms that are giant power…
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The Nineties were bizarre. Everyone remembers Nirvana, extra-large flannels, and greasy hair, sure. But we often forget about the other part of the era that included the unfortunately named Cherry Poppin’…
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Austrian artist Erwin Wurm has spent much of his career creating “one-minute sculptures,” in which people hold awkward positions with random objects. Many involve people sticking their head through pieces of…
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In Japanese folklore, hitodama are the souls of dead people. They look like bright balls of fire that float around at night. Sometimes they make a thunderous sound. Other times they…
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There’s a career trajectory for teen stars that feels familiar at this point: A popular family sitcom finally ends long past its expiration date, and its young stars clamor for the…
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It’s a story we’ve seen over and over and over again: A Hell Witch appears at a “devil hole” along with the Hell Virgin, who is the innocent daughter of the…
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One day we’ll all look back at 2021 with fondness. Instead of remembering the pandemic’s unnecessary sequel, we’ll remember how we spent most of the year still “stuck” inside researching and…
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Let’s talk about monkeys. They have opposable thumbs! They use tools! They cuddle! They laugh! They stress eat! Monkeys are just like us! Like, literally. We share 97% of our DNA.…
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In fourth grade, a police officer came to our class to teach us about drugs. They’re illegal! They’re dangerous! They’re addictive! They will absolutely, without a doubt kill you! Just one…