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RoboCop

RoboCop “Dead or alive, you are coming with me!” – RoboCop   Director Paul Verhoeven didn’t have much success creating films at the beginning of his career (except the short series “Floris” with Rutger Hauer). And then 1987 happened, significant for many reasons. 😁 And among those significant events was also his film “RoboCop,” which…

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Fool Moon (Dresden Files Book 2)

Fool Moon (Dresden Files Book 2) Harry Dresden – Wizard. Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting Services. Advice. Reasonable Rates. Love Potions, Endless Purses or Other Forms of Entertainment STOP.   Harry Dresden rides again! After “Storm Front,” next up is “Fool Moon”! Sometimes I think Harry Dresden is, in fact, Harry Potter in some…

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Be a Stoic

Be a Stoic “I consider you unfortunate because you’ve never been unfortunate. You’ve gone through life without an opponent. No one will know what you were capable of, not even you yourself” – Seneca (“On Providence”)   There are some works you simply can’t read quickly (i.e., you can, but there’s no point). It doesn’t…

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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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The Black Lizard

The Black Lizard “Give a crooked man enough rope, and he’ll provide enough evidence to hang himself” – Akechi Kogoro   If you were to wonder which author influenced the development of literary genres like thriller, crime and mystery, an expected name would be Taro Hirai, known by his literary pseudonym Edogawa Ranpo. And the…

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Joker: Folie à Deux

Joker Folie à Deux

Joker Folie à Deux Harleen Quinzel: Who are you? Arthur Fleck: Me? I’m the Joker, baby!   I admit, I really didn’t like the direction “Joker Folie à Deux” went. As much as I was thrilled with the first part, the second one disappointed me that much. Don’t misunderstand me, the film isn’t so bad……

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