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Review: Kung Fury

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Dinosaurs, Nazis, kung-fu, time travel, Thor, 1980s fashion…

That’s right, it’s David Sandberg’s viral short: Kung Fury.

I reviewed it, because I had to. After all, it’s my job.Screen Shot 2015-05-31 at 23.29.11

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TurningJapanese#2: Ninja Scroll 獣兵衛忍風帖

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ILT’s TurningJapanese# series returns with its first anime retrospect, a bonafide cult classic of the genre that all but made me lose my shit as a teenage fanboy…

Ninja Scroll
Dir: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Original Release Date: 5 June 1993

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