Intro I recently finished the fantastic epic fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. I found the series to be profoundly brilliant with many heavy philosophical themes to chew on. I found myself pondering the many topics of the series long after finishing. The series has everything an epic fantasy needs, epic […]
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The Family Man (2000) The Family Man (2000) is about a wealthy stockbroker named Jack (Nicholas Cage) who 13 years ago decided to go for a career with lots of money instead of his high school sweetheart Kate. He lives his perfect life with casual sexual conquests, a Ferrari, and the other materialistic stuff the
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We all know the inevitable blow to your self-confidence when your New Year’s resolution inevitably fails. Still, it doesn’t have to be this way. Here are 5 mistakes most people, including myself, make when it comes to making New Year resolutions stick. These tips can also be helpful in overall goal setting and are thus
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One Life is a movie directed by James Hawes. The film is about Nicholas Winton, a man who saved over 600 children from nazi occupied Yugoslavia. The movie follows Winton as an old man played by Anthony Hopkins as he tries to get rid of all the artifacts he still possesses from his past. Nicholas
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Makoto Shinkai is a hack director! By that, I do not mean he is bad in all aspects, on the contrary, he is obviously very good at art direction. If nothing else his movies always look pretty. His films are very pretty with little to no substance if anything. So many of Shinkai´s shortcomings would
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What does it mean to say something is boring? What does it mean to say a movie is boring? When is a movie boring? Is something being boring a description of the work itself or merely a label that reflects more on the person who perceives the boring thing? Today I want to talk a bit
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The holocaust is a challenging subject matter. The main focus point is one of the most evil events in human history. Stories about the holocaust are not easy to digest or watch. A good movie about this event can reframe your mind and priorities to a great extent. We all have a form of collective
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A year or so ago I made a post on the book Never Die. Where I celebrate it as a kickass and fun entry book into reading. The book is perfect for action anime fans who may want to read a bit. The book was self-published, and I tried doing my bit to give the
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I used to be a productivity guru kind of guy. I had a million different projects and hobbies to the point where I could barely get out of bed in the morning due to the insane workload I put on myself. If I didn’t wake up with a lot of energy the whole day would
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The world is a scary place. We are thrown into the world with no prior experience. As we navigate this new and scary existence we seek guidance from others, yet no one else knows what to do, after all, they too are thrown into existence. This philosophy comes from the German philosopher Martin Heidegger. The
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