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Classic Movie Collection: The 3Ds

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  Mara's Classic Movie Collection. Take one 🎬 In Anywood, there are good movies. Then, there are bad movies. Finally, there are movies you just have to watch in a life time! On this first edition of Mara's Classic Movie Collection, we have Deadpool, Deadpool & Wolverine and Dead Poet's Society in the spotlight. Ready to find out if they're worth the hype from my eyes? DEADPOOL This was a recommendation by Gifty and I have to say... Well! I feel mature. This was the Deadpool I knew from childhood in the X-men cartoons. He didn't change; red, nonchalant in the face of death and a good swordsman. One change though, he's fouler than I remember.  I love the concept of him not trying to be a hero. That's the real personality of Deadpool as I can remember. They also kept the humour. Deadpool in the middle of a multi-car collision  wondering if he left the stove on. It was nice watching two cracked up and battered adults find a meaning out of their lives by bei...

SQUID GAME; A REVIEW.

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  Fill my heart with song And let me sing forever more You are all I long for All I worship and adore In other words, let the games begin! ▶️ When we hear South Korea, we tend to think of a haven of small-eyed good-looking Asians wearing turtlenecks and singing to BTS or Black Pink 🎙️ Red light! ❤️ Green light. 💚 We were surprised when Squid Game presented a South Korea much different from what we know or are made to know. Red light! ❤️ Green light . 💚 What if South Korea isn't a paradise? What if it's a country infested with debtors willing to stake their lives for wealth, and sponsors willing to stake a bet for fun? Red light!  Seong Gi-hun is an unfortunate man. He's a gambler living off the income of his mother. His wife left him for another man and took Ga-Yeong, their daughter with her. The streets of South Korea offer no comfort as the streets are haunted by blood thirsty loan sharks. What's worse, Gi-hun is a debtor. Robbed, beaten and hopeless, Gi-hun finds...