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Opposing the Rule of Law: How Myanmar's Courts Make Law and Order

Nick Cheesman

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The rule of law is a political ideal today endorsed and promoted worldwide. Or is it? In a...

Family Guy - Season 5

9.0 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Sick, twisted and politically incorrect, the animated series features the adventures of the Griffin...

The Story of Hong Gildong

Minsoo Kang

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The Story of Hong Gildong is arguably the single most important work of classic Korean fiction. Like...

R.L. Stine recommended Spirited Away (2001) in Movies (curated)

Spirited Away (2001)

2001 | Animation, Fantasy

8.4

(62 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"""And then I always think the Pixar film is always the best film of the year. Always. I just think they are amazing. Last year, I thought Coco was the film of the year. Those films are just brilliant, like Wall-E or Up, and you say, “How did they ever get that made? How did they ever get that past somebody?” I don’t know what’ll happen with Lassiter not there, but I’m a big animation fan. But I would say if I had to pick favorites, probably some of the Miyazaki films, those animated films. Spirited Away maybe. They’re just art. He is head and shoulders above everybody, and he said he was retiring. He’s like 86 or something. Then I just read he’s making a new film. Yeah, probably Spirited Away. It’s got 17 different styles of art in it. It just keeps changing. You just keep getting blown away. You can’t believe what you’re seeing"""

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Rodney Barnes (472 KP) rated Ultimate Avengers II (2006) in Movies

Dec 2, 2020 (Updated Dec 2, 2020)

Ultimate Avengers II (2006)

2006 | Action, Animation, Sci-Fi

6.3

(3 Ratings)

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I enjoyed the first Ultimate Avengers Animated movie but the sequel seemed to lack the punch the first the one did. There were a couple of story lines I did not care for. The first one was Captain America and Black Panther having the same antagonist. That part of the story seemed weak to me. The next was not an enough Hulk for me. Yes I am a big Hulk fan and I am little biased when it comes to him. They killed off Antman and Tony Stark wore the War Machine armor. Two more aspects of this movie I did not like. The most intriguing thing to me was Thor and his vision of the Avengers all dead. Overall you don't have to watch this movie as a sequel to the first. It's not the worst movie but I can do without it.

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Star Wars Rebels in TV

Sep 7, 2019 (Updated Sep 7, 2019)

Star Wars Rebels

2014 | Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi

7.9

(43 Ratings)

TV Show Rating

Review for Rebels in general:
Although this is an animated show, that aired on Disney XD, it's entertaining for adults as well. Normally, they don't really show people dying on kids shows, but the Stormtrooper body count is pretty high.

This show introduced some of my new favorite characters, and brought in Clone Wars characters, which I loved. The story lines were interesting, and the show did a good job of featuring some of the Skywalker Saga characters, but didn't repeat things we'd already seen. The show ends about 1 year before the Battle of Yavin (BBY). I would actually watch a live action show featuring some of the members of the Phoenix Squad. Mostly Hera, she was probably my favorite.

This also gave us the gift of introducing Grand Admiral Thrawn into the new canon, and they did so well with the characterization. I'm not going to lie, I would love an appearance by Thrawn in Episode IX.