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Online gaming is one of the world’s favorite pastimes. There are roughly 3 billion people playing online video games today, generating profits of around $362 billion for the gaming industry as a whole.
This should come as little surprise if you’re a gamer yourself, as titles like Call of Duty,…
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Éire, There and Everywhere | Ireland’s Historical Comedy Connections
I want you to picture a simple Venn diagram. Just two little circles, no more, no less. In one circle, we have a neat little collection of the world’s most famous comedians. In the other, the nation of Ireland and the Irish people. And…
Incredible Cruelty and Bittersweet Hope | Man on Fire at 20
“You breathe, you move, you make one sound and I’ll snatch the life right out of you.” So says John Creasy (Denzel Washington) an ex-soldier and CIA operator turned burnt-out bodyguard for Lupita ‘Pita’ Ramos (Dakota Fanning). What drives…
Meet the Kick-Ass Hijras of Monkey Man | Bringing Trans Representation to the Spotlight!
George White had the amazing opportunity to talk to Dayangku Zyana and Pehan Abdul, two trans femme actors, who portray the hijras in Dev Patel's directorial debut Monkey Man.
Pehan Abdul, Fahad Scale, Reva Marchellin, Vipin Sharma…
All You Need is Death Movie Review | Utterly Unique and Unsettling Irish Folk Horror
Now, this reviewer has to admit. I have been waiting for this film for a long time. I've known the director, veteran documentarist/TV director Paul Duane (making his feature film debut) since I was a teenager, and because we're in the same…
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I love Disney movies. They have a magical quality to them that spans generations and even the most hard-faced of…
THE PLAYLIST | American Psycho — An 80s Homage
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Are Video Games Negatively Affecting Marriages?
With reports that the video game industry could reach $300 billion by the year 2025, it is no secret that people…
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Another way to enjoy a song that you love, and perhaps discover an artist you never listened to, is through a…