Kevin Anson

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Blink has been one of my favorite bands since I was probably 10yrs old(37 now) and I've been playing in bands just as long and don't get me wrong, I went through the same phase that a lot of dumb high school punks go through and thought that they were "sellouts." I can't express how wrong I was for that thought. Granted that phase did not last long and I'm glad it didn't. Upon reading this book it's plain to see that they did things the same way that any bright eyed young punks would have. Writing songs with your best friends in a dingey, stinky room, playing shows at local clubs, working their butts off to get their tracks played on the radio and getting on a label and being completely money broke along the way. Until they weren't, and who can blame them for that? They get to do what they love for a living for the rest of their lives and influence generations to come and feed their children while doing so. That really is the dream. With aaaaaaaaall of that said, this book was so incredible and enlightening to everything they've been through as people, friends and as a band. I laughed(a lot), I related to Mark's struggles with mental health and everything along the way, and I cried(also a fair bit😅). I just finished it last night and I can't tell you enough that, if you are reading this and you like Blink, you should read this book. 100% worth my money and my time. Thank you, Mark(and Dan Ozzi).

Fahrenheit-182

All of the 1☆ reviews are freaking hilarious. It's a television for f#%*s sake. This show has clever and witty writing, character development that brings you to care about those that the actors are playing, the acting is well done, it's overall pacing isn't at all bad like some of the lower ratings claim that it is and it's a nice spin on the "Fun w/Dick and Jane" story. It's television. Suspend your disbelief and enjoy it.

Your Friends & Neighbors

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I'm only in the first 14% of Act 1 and I am absolutely in love with this game. Hell, the first major cut scene w/Gustav's girl made me tear up. The lack of a map within levels is really the only thing that mildly erks me but not nearly enough to even subtract points. It's not too terribly difficult to navigate your way. If all else fails, follow the sources of light(on lamp posts, in the sky or lining the ground) and you will find your way! The combat is amazing and everything one could hope it would be, having expanded on a truly classic style with the addition of the parry,dodge, and jump system. Don't even get me started on the picto concept and the character progression system. Uuuuggh, sooo good. The soundtrack is incredible and really pulls you into each moment or batlle at hand. The writing and voice acting to go along with it as well the facial expressions and emotions expressed have me so completely invested in the final outcome of each individual character as well as the story arch as a whole. The overall graphics, cinematics, scenery and city/village development is downright beautiful. I guess my point is, if you're on the edge about this game or sleeping on it, don't be. It is absolutely 100% worth the money and your time.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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3.25/5 This movie wasn't groundbreaking but it was terrible like some of these 1 star reviews are saying it was. Put simply, suspension of disbelief is very important in this movie. The idea of making the audience feel uncomfortable for seemingly no reason other than to cause discomfort is another important concept of this movie (for being a PG-13 horror film, M. Knight accomplished this pretty well). The simple and not to heavily overthought driving concepts were "Don't grow up too fast, appreciate the life you have and then people in it and learn from one's mistakes and make em right before you can't" were plainly put for the audience to easily pick up on. If your going into this movie thinking "No way, that wouldn't happen" or "That doesn't make sense" you are going into it wrong. Just have fun with a weird and trippy movie with a positive overall lesson. [Spoiler ahead] Honestly, I liked this movie better when it was just a time paradox and a good/evil pharma company playing with the idea of sacrifice a few for the many before the adult kids escaped and called the cops.

Old

How IMDb even gave this dumpster fire of a movie a 5.1/10 is beyond me. It's barely even on the 10pt scale. The set up of the movie is seemingly well done, but that's as far as it goes. As the first 20min are in the rear view, It becomes a directionless wasteland with characters and a plot that are so underdeveloped that I found myself rewinding the movie to check and see if there was stuff that I missed. I hadn't. As far as the writing goes, It's dialogue leans WAY to heavy on foul language, so much so that it feels like a child who's trying to get away with swearing wrote the script. And I really like foul language so that being a critique of mine just feels weird. Overall, this was a really bad movie. Maybe watch it, just so you can set yourself a new baseline of egregiously terrible cinema.

The Deliverance

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I have so much that I could say about this game but I will just say this, considering that I don't typically like Soulslike games, this was an exhilarating, beautiful, at times super frustrating but overall extremely enjoyable experience. Thank you, Game Science. Considering that their only project prior to this was a mobile game, they absolutely, 100% knocked it out of the park with this. As opposed to Soulslike games, I actually felt like new gear, a few levels and some skill tree re-tooling actually made a difference. If you were on the fence about this game, I hope that this review finds you well and tips you over the edge into this masterpiece.

Black Myth: Wukong

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Can we, for a half second, talk about how fucking tacky and kinda freaking gross it is that, while I know she is of age in real life, an actress who is supposed to be portraying a 10th grade girl, shows part of her chest? Again, I'm aware that the actress herself is 21 but she is portraying a 16-17yr old. IMO, freaking tacky and gross. The 2 star rating was not only because of the above stated issue, it was also about the fact that this movies writing was just so unoriginal. It leaned way to heavy on shit talking kids, dick jokes and a surprisingly long shit joke. I got a few laughs and I didn't completely hate the experience of watching this moving this movie but would I recommend it? Would I watch it again? Not in any way.

Incoming

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Everything about this movie is awful. A previous reviewer claimed "seemingly written by AI" and Icouldn't agree more. The story arch and character development are next to non-existent, the dialogue is boring, clunky and plays on every single cliche whether it actually makes sense for the story or not. And the general direction of the movie is awful. Legitimately, in the beginning, there is a 7mo time-lapse that they don't even state, until probably ⅔ through the scene. As a casual writer myself and someone who has assisted in several independent film productions and stage performances, this movie is disgraceful and embarrassing. I am the very easily pleased of my friends. It really takes a lot for me to dislike a movie as much as I disliked this one. I only finished watching to have validity behind my review and positively say that there was nothing redeeming about this film.

Anyone but You

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Men

3.67/5 To give this movie a thorough and deep review would just be silly. It was an action movie about time travel and aliens and you get just that. If they would have tried to make it something more than that? Well then it probably would have failed entirely. If you expected film perfection from this movie then you probably aren't a fun person to watch movies with. The aliens were on point, the dialogue to action "bang bang" ratio was mixed well, the comedic value to this movie was simple yet solid and overall a good "Save the Earth" alien flick with some good whole family feels to it. I would definitely watch again or recommend.

The Tomorrow War

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