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Let’s Go Back to Your Childhood

There are some pretty major SPOILERS for all three of these movies, especially the first two. Skinamarink – It’s weird, because I wouldn’t necessarily say this was a good movie, but it was pretty effective in what it was trying … Continue reading

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You’re in Luck

I’d thought before about how the appellation “lucky” is applied to so many Oz characters. Well, only three that I can think of, but that’s still kind of weird. They were introduced by three different authors, however. The first is … Continue reading

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All I Can See Is Ouroboros

I’m sure that, even if you don’t know the name, you’ve seen the image of the snake biting its own tail. It’s used a lot as a symbol for infinity and the cycle of death and rebirth, and it’s even … Continue reading

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The Never-Interesting Story

The Neverending Story 2: The Next Chapter – I’m a pretty big fan of the original Neverending Story movie, but for some reason I didn’t watch the sequel when it came out, even when my siblings rented the video. Maybe … Continue reading

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