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Backrooms: This Generation’s The Matrix?

1999 was an incredible year for cinema. In the span of twelve months, audiences got Stanley Kubrick’s final film, Eyes Wide Shut, George Lucas returned to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, and the Wachowskis changed science fiction forever with The Matrix. The Matrix wasn’t just a…

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Never Seen It Podcast — Episode 64 Overlord (2018)

In this episode of Never Seen It, we kick things off by introducing the “Hardcore Four” crew: Adrian, Arnold, Alex, and Justin, before diving into Justin’s pick for the Halloween episode, Overlord. Justin talks about why he chose the film and how it somehow flew under the radar when it first came out, even though…

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Never Seen It Podcast – Episode 53 Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

This week on The Never Seen It Podcast, we’re talking Pan’s Labyrinth — Guillermo del Toro’s haunting 2006 masterpiece where fairytales collide with fascism. Set in 1944 Spain, the story follows young Ofelia, sent to live with her ruthless stepfather, Captain Vidal — a man so terrifying, he makes the actual monsters look kind. At…

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