The Lost Signals

TLS discusses the final installment of this X-Men timeline, Dark Phoenix. [Aggregate score: 7.75]

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TLS dives backward in time to review masterfully moody French short, La Jetée, the precursor and genesis to 12 Monkeys.
[Aggregate score: 9]

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On the trail of big-name franchise adaptations, TLS discovers one that’s quite decently done in Pokemon Detective Pikachu. Also known as: Ryan Reynolds’ Dick Pik.
[Aggregate score: 7.5]

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The TLS crew gathers around the fireplace to reminisce about the good old days of anthology series and whether these new-fangled, stream-driven anthologies can compete. What sad old-men they are…

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Reality is perception; TLS dissects this idea through the mirror of Akira Kurosawa’s famous and influential Rashomon.
[Aggregate score: 8]

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Taking on the third entry in the tales of master assassin John Wick, TLS decides how on target the latest in series lands.
[Aggregate score: 8]

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With an idea spawned from a drunken encounter, TLS embarks on a path to discern differences between a narrative’s emotional arcs compared to its logical storyline climaxes, as framed through a range of pop culture works.

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TLS investigates a complex web of murders, real estate deals, incest and cover-ups in 1930s Los Angeles. Forget all those other noir films, it’s Chinatown. [Aggregate score: 10]

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Surrounded on all sides, TLS attempts to navigate another genre definition, as well as the games that may fall under it, this time specifically concerning bullets hells and their variations.

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Our Asian martial arts flavored odyssey continues with a stolen statue head in Thailand, and the man determined to get it back at all costs, in Ong-Bak. [Aggregate score: 9]

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