Performing Grand-Guignol: Playing the Theatre of Horror
Richard J. Hand and Michael Wilson
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From the authors of the successful Grand-Guignol and London's Grand Guignol - also published by UEP...
Under the Dome
8.1
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The second season of the television adaptation of UNDER THE DOME will receive its UK premiere on...
Vile Bodies
Evelyn Waugh and Richard Jacobs
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Evelyn Waugh's acidly funny and formally daring satire, Vile Bodies reveals the darkness and...
My Monster Secret: Vol. 4
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My Monster Secret is a new, ongoing manga series that combines both supernatural and...
Scooby-Doo (2002)
6.9
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Zoinks! This first-ever live-action adaptation of the beloved and long-running animated series...
Going on the Turn
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'Quite simply the funniest book you'll read all year ...easily as funny, as self-deprecating and as...
Climate Change as a Threat to Peace: Impacts on Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diversity
Sabine von Schorlemer and Sylvia Maus
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This volume takes a fresh look at climate change as a threat to peace and its impacts on cultural...
Disasters and Social Resilience: A Bioecological Approach
David King, Helen J. Boon and Alison Cottrell
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The interconnectedness of communities, organisations, governing bodies, policy and individuals in...
Auggie Wren's Christmas Story
7.0
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A timeless, utterly charming Christmas fable, beautifully illustrated and destined to become a...
LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated As the Gods Will (2014) in Movies
Oct 28, 2021
Seventh Miike down and so far this is my favorite of his by a wide margin: gorgeous, fearlessly stupid, entertaining as can be, grisly, funny, and as giddy as a kid in a candy shop with its cruelty. Pretty much the shit movies were made for. Couldn't tell you how this holds up as an adaptation of the manga, but it's a top-to-bottom gnarly blast in its own right - just keeps topping and topping itself with its series of totally ludicrous rug-pulls until you have no choice but to strap in blindfolded and hold on for the ride. I still can't get over the combination of all these breathtaking sets with the garish, purposefully fugly CGI - it adds a deep idiosyncrasy to the project that works like a motherfucker in deepening its artsy camp. The entirety of the 'telling the truth' game is the best scene in any Miike movie I've seen up to this point. Ryunosuke Kamiki is a God's-honest talent. And at this point in Takashi's filmography it should go without saying that Koji Endo's score rips hard. Catch me demanding a sequel to this overlooked genre classic.