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Author: Paulo Bautista

Paulo Bautista aka Ninjaboi Media has way too many podcasts - The Oscars Death Race Podcast, Yet Another Anime Podcast, the Box Office Watch Podcast and more. When he's not watching movies or anime, he's probably playing Magic the Gathering.

Reviews: Ru

May 17, 2024

Ru follows the tale of Tinh, who with her family is one of many “boat people” from Southern Vietnam that relocate to Quebec.

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Reviews: The Click Trap from Hot Docs 2024

May 13, 2024

Over 80 minutes of The Click Trap, in interviews with politicians and watchdog groups, we are shown the worst that digital advertising enables/funds.

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Reviews: The Peasants

March 25, 2024

Based on the Nobel Prize for Literature 1904 novel The Peasants, the 2023 adaptation by duo DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman is in short, a masterpiece of a film.

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Reviews: To Kill a Tiger

March 8, 2024

To Kill a Tiger, follows the story of Ranjit as he takes on the Indian legal system to seek justice for his 13 year old daughter after she was gang raped.

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Reviews: Robot Dreams

February 12, 2024

Robot Dreams tells the story of Dog and Robot. All is well in their lives until circumstances force them apart with only a hope that they will reunite. 

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Reviews: Dìdi from Sundance 2024

February 5, 2024

Dìdi follows Chris Wang during the summer between middle and high school. Chris spends his days hanging with his boys getting into trouble.

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Reviews: And So It Begins from Sundance 2024

February 2, 2024

Final Rating: 2/5 While we are still in the midst of the 2024 Oscars season at the moment, the race for the 2025 Oscars…

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Reviews: Concrete Utopia

January 9, 2024

In South Korea’s Concrete Utopia,  from Eom Tae-hwa, a biblical level earthquake has flattened all of Seoul, except for a single apartment building complex.

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Reviews: The Missing (Iti Mapukpukaw)

January 5, 2024

In The Missing, Eric, an animator who has no mouth has a crush on Carlo. He’s asked by his mom to go check on his uncle. Eric goes, only to find his uncle dead.

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Reviews: Godzilla Minus One

December 18, 2023

Godzilla has always been a franchise straddling a line of spectacle with commentary. Being able to hold both is what allows Godzilla Minus One to have that universal appeal. 

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