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Heart of Stone - (2023 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13603966/
https://www.netflix.com/title/81416533

Following agents of a supercomputer.

It’s incredibly dark, and I don’t mean it’s all moody and shit; it’s so damned dim it’s hard to make most things out.



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Villainess Level 99 - (2024 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30495119/
https://akuyakulv99-anime.com/

Something about a woman having played a video game and being in that world and being overpowered.

Kinda stiff.

  • Properly titled Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I’m Not the Demon Lord

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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13483212/
https://shinnonakama.com/

A guy is reincarnated and chooses to become a hero in a war against demons.

Pretty interesting.

  • aka Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside
  • Original title: Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita



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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27417996/
https://www.iseleve.com/

An ugly, unaccomplished, student discovers a hidden world within which he becomes a hero and transforms himself in that and the real world.

It might be quite good, but because the main character is superpowered it’s a pretty shitty story angle; not recommended.

  • aka / properly titled: I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too
  • Note that every episode has an end-credit scene.
  • A second season has been confirmed



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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5370118/
http://konosuba.com/ (.jap)

A NEET dies and chooses to be reincarnated into a fantasy world as a hero tasked to defeat a demon lord, but he ends up as a party of four semi-incompetent members.

Fun and funny!

  • Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!

    • Original title: Kono subarashii sekai ni shukufuku o!



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The Rock - (1996 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117500/

Military men conspire to steal chemical weapons to threaten Seattle for money as reparations for fallen comrades, and a man is let out of confinement to help an expert disarm them.

Although the main chemical weapons premise makes no sense, it’s still a good movie.



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Oldboy - (2013 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321511/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/oldboy

An everyday man’s is kidnapped to make amends for past wrongs he couldn’t guess at.

I can see it was trying, but boy is it inconsistent action without real underlying substance.



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Lucy - (2014 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/
was lucymovie.com

A simple woman is tricked into smuggling for a one-week boyfriend, and does drugs to save herself.

I happen to like it a lot.


World War Z - (2013 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
worldwarzmovie.com
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/

During a zombie apocalypse, a guy with a past gets selected for his skills to pursue a cure.

Pretty good all around. I like the realism.



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