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One of my favourite films released in the last few years is JUNK HEAD. A Japanese stop-motion film with a perfect balance of cute/gory, it's a sci-fi action story with a crazy, crazy plot.
I cannot think of a way to summarise it besides this list of words:
* Robots
* Mutants
* Monsters
* Dystopia
* Heart-warming
* Gross
* Unique
The whole thing was made by a single person in a span of seven years! It was originally released a number of years ago, but got an international release more recently. The sequel is currently in production!
You should be able to get a dvd of the film from the distributor... But if that turns out to be a little difficult, I recommend taking a quick look on YouTube ;)
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A classic in its own right~
Spearheaded by Otomo (Creator of Akira)
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A beautiful sci-fi film by writer/director/editor Kogonada. It explores what it means to be alive, navigating themes of love, impermanence, and human supremacy.
I‘ll be honest: I’m a sucker for robots. I think it’s because they are a lens through which we can see ourselves. Our humanity and our inhumanity. Beep boop.
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I'm not obsessed with it but it's always sweet when the barista does something cool. This one yesterday made me smile because after seeing a few others I realised the guy was doing Pokémon! Fairly certain mine is mew or Mewtwo, I saw him do a horsea, pikachu, and squirtle too...
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Feels a bit redundant to recommend one of the most popular movies of all time, but for me this one had kind of stayed in the category "I'm sure it's good, I'll get to it some day".
A friend put it on and I absolutely adored it – it wasn't just a great, scary horror movie – it covered a breadth of genres, was written really well, had great acting, and looked just wonderful.
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Find a bunch of cool Public Domain or Creative Commons images (I just click "Random File" on Wikimedia Commons) and turn them into something you think looks like an album cover. It's fun to come up with a name for the band / album and imagine what their stuff would sound like!
Maybe don't do this, actually. It's kind of a massive waste of time. I find it fun, though!
As a bonus you can then make a chart of them and send it to your friends saying they're your favourite new releases. Waste their time as well :)
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