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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

  More than 25 years have passed since legendary Ang Lee honored the world with his mystical dramatic wuxia treat “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” The West fell silent before the appearance of this spectacle and saw that Asian cinematography is ready for the 21st century with its films where martial arts can quite successfully be…

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After Dark

After Dark What’s the probability that to the question “Which author first comes to mind, if the writing style is such that you’re not sure at what moment reality and fantasy begin to overlap, and you’re no longer sure what’s what” you’d answer with Haruki Murakami? 😀 Maybe it wouldn’t even be a surprise that…

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The Catch

The Catch “Peace is the time when sons bury fathers, war is the time when fathers bury sons” – Herodotus   Kenzaburo Oe is a very interesting figure. He was 23 years old when he received the most prestigious and largest Japanese literary prize – “Akutagawa” (in 1958) for the novella “The Catch,” and in…

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A Whole Life

  “Wow“… that was all I could utter after finishing this short book. “A Whole Life” by Robert Seethaler caught my attention for two somewhat trivial reasons. First, because it received praises from the moment it appeared in our bookstores (though, honestly, I never paid much attention to media reviews/critiques). Second, because the book is…

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Minority Report

  Steven Spielberg has undoubtedly left an undeniable mark on the film industry. And how could he not? With masterpieces like “Jaws”, “Empire of the Sun”, “Jurassic Park”, “Schindler’s List”, and the “Indiana Jones” series under his belt… well, it’s enough to say that a man of such caliber doesn’t need to wait for a…

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

  Spider-Man, your friendly neighborhood hero… one of the (many) favorite superheroes, including for me. Discussing his superpowers, origin, psychological profile, the fierce battles with his enemies, relationships with other superheroes, joining the “Avengers”, romantic adventures with Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane… pages and pages could be written about this good-natured, jokester superhero. My first…

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Will

Will “Just don’t forget, Charmer,” she said, “be good to everyone you meet on the way up, because you might have to meet them again on the way down” – Grandma Gigi (“Will”)   Will Smith… who hasn’t heard of this world megastar? He’s one of the rare ones who managed to put both a…

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