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Carnivale S1
Ian Srivatsav
A HBO Original series, Carnivale is set in backwater America, early 1930s, telling the concurrent stories of Ben Hawkins, a secretive farmboy who has now unwittingly fallen in with a moving carnival troupe, and Brother Justin, a reverend with more than just deep faith.
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Code Geass R1
Ian Srivatsav
Code Geass is the cautionary tale of a Machiavellian prince of Brittania, Lelouch, who swears to avenge his mother’s death and bring peace to the world so his blind sister, Nunnaly, can live safely, by overthrowing the despotic emperor, his father. That he obtains a magical power, the Geass, that allows him to command anyone who looks into his eyes, is probably an added bonus, because this isn’t the angsty kind of anime that grapples with daddy issues. I’m not one to gush about anime, and I watch only the few that trickle down to me from the recommendation tree; but Code Geass certainly deserves its reputation for high octane entertainment and plenty of WTF moments.
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How I Met Your Mother S1
Ian Srivatsav
Yet another Friends wannabe? I think not!
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Memento
Ian Srivatsav
Christopher Nolan strikes again. The adaptation of his brother’s short story, Memento Mori, Nolan masterfully combines compelling scenes with inconceivable editing that begs a proper DVD watching, skipping back and forth between scenes and chapters, watching the movie the only way it can be understood.
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