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Jakub Flasz
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Writer: https://flaszonfilm.com/
Podcaster: https://uncutgemspodcast.com/

I write essays that ChatGPT thinks are good enough for other people to read.
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Here's my take on AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, a feature-length in-game cinematic made for a video game that doesn't exist.

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#AvatarFireAndAsh #AvatarMovie #avatar #JamesCameron
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, Feature-Length In-Game Cinematics and Bedsores
There was a time when Blizzard Entertainment, the video game developer responsible for the iconic Diablo, Starcraft and World of Warcraft franchises, would occasionally treat their fans to truly as…
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December 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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"We don't use generative AI" says the man whose movie already looks as though it was fake.
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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James Cameron is the type of guy who would insist that motion smoothing on his TV makes everything look better.
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Cigarettes used to be popular. Doesn't mean they were good for anyone. What's your point, Jim?
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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I played Tomoyasu Hotei's BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR OR HUMANITY to my 12yo daughter and she was floored.

There is hope.
December 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Is it crazy to think that this whole Venezuela tension is an engineered distraction to refocus the media attention away from the Epstein files? I feel like tin foil hat conspiracist for connecting these dots for real.
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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What I want now is a KILL BILL spoof where the Bride tracks down Bill to make him pay the hospital expenses for an extensive brain surgery amd 4 years of coma.

It's called BILL BILL.
December 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I don't know if the fact that Richard Linklater is working on a movie due to release in 2040 is a sign of faith in his own longevity or the longevity of civilization.
December 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Here's my take on KEEPER, a movie that clearly counts as a "minor" Perkins but still furnishes enough entertainment to win me over.

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#OsgoodPerkins #keeper #TatianaMaslany #rossifsutherland #horrorreview
Keeper (2025) – Review
Synopsis: A romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin spirals into terror when Liz begins seeing violent visions and is stalked by strange, otherworldly entities. As her fear and paranoia escal…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Check out my little rant about the demise of serendipity in movie-watching.

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On the Demise of “Actually” Movies Under Algorithmic Pressure
When was the last time that a movie surprised you? When was the last time you sat down to watch a film completely blind, unaware of any marketing, unguided by any recommendation whatsoever? When di…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Here's my most recent piece on THE RUNNING MAN and how its adaptations struggle with the book's edginess.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/19/t...

#TheRunningMan #TheRunningMan2025 #therunningmanmovie #EdgarWright #arnoldschwarzenegger #GlenPowell #stephenking
THE RUNNING MAN, Persistently Resonant Dystopias and Hollywood’s Fear of Edginess
The Running Man is the fourth of the original “Bachman Books” that Stephen King published during what I call the short-lived “Bachman spree” between 1977 and 1982. Like the previous three efforts (…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Rewatching THE TOWN for a podcast is making me want to rewatch HEAT too.
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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To get the energy Ben Richards had in the book, THE RUNNING MAN needs someone who could approximate Jeremy Renner in THE TOWN. Glen Powell is too likable.
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Here's an essay about the place of Art the Clown of the TERRIFIER series in the current cultural landscape and what it says about the future of slashers.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/06/a...

#terrifier #arttheclown
Art the Clown and the Death of the Slasher Icon
Consider the most iconic slasher villains. This list will most likely see Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Chucky, Leatherface and maybe Ghostface from the Scream series. If you were …
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November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Check out my recent article on the point of writing (and doing literally anything creative) when AI can do it better anyway.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/07/w...

#AI #Superintelligence #writingcommunity #writing
Writing on the Precipice of Artificial Superintelligence
When I first learned the rules of the game of Go, in 2003, the prevailing belief was that this ancient board game would be the last bastion of human ingenuity. In contrast to chess, which is a game…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Check out my recent review of THE LOST BUS directed by Paul Greengrass here:

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#TheLostBus #PaulGreengrass #MatthewMcConaughey #AmericaFerrera
The Lost Bus (2025) – Review
Synopsis: A bus driver Kevin McKay must navigate a bus carrying 22 children and their teacher to safety during the devastating 2018 Camp Fire in California. As they face rapidly spreading flames an…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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I am hereby petitioning Disney to incapacitate Dan Trash-tenberg and take away his toys.
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Here's my take on Guillermo Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN, a performatively Gothic fairy tale that squanders an opportunity to say something about anything and instead indulges in aesthetic pursuits alone.

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#Frankenstein2025 #netflix #GuillermoDelToro
FRANKENSTEIN (2025), Squandered Opportunities for Timely Reflection and Packaging Cheap Chocolates into Pretty Boxes
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus belongs to the elite club of all-time literary classics that have been adapted for the screen so many times that it is in fact impossible to ke…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Nothing - I repeat: nothing - can prepare you to see Russell Crowe doing pushups in a Nazi uniform. And for this reason alone, nothing else, NUREMBERG is worth watching.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I always imagined that I would like Terry Pratchett. Turns out I might not be able to. THE COLOUR OF MAGIC at 270 pages, seems impossible to finish.
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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I just came here to say that if you are currently looking for work and you feel like banging against the wall of rejection is becoming too much, I'm here with you. You've got this. We've got this. The job market is dire. But we're not giving up, are we?
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Here's my take on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, an incredibly accomplished and eminently watchable masterpiece that could easily end up being the movie of the year.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/21/o...

#PaulThomasAnderson #LeonardoDiCaprio #SeanPenn
One Battle After Another (2025) – Review
Synopsis: Pat Calhoun (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (Teyana Taylor) are members of a militant group whose violent campaign leads to betrayal and separation after Perfidia’s capture…
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October 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Here's my take on BLACK PHONE 2, which boldly turns its original conceit into a movie about Freddy Krueger haunting the Overlook and then it falls off the cliff.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/22/b...

#BlackPhone2 #ScottDerrickson #EthanHawke #joehill
BLACK PHONE 2, Accidental Fan-Fics and Letting Freddy Krueger Roam the Overlook
Scratching at the surface of the 2021 The Black Phone is in my humble opinion a required exercise to fully comprehend what its sequel, Black Phone 2, is doing and whether it succeeds or not. The Sc…
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October 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Here's my recent essay about the rise of "colonified" titles in the mainstream blockbuster market.

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Colonoscopy: On the Rampant and Unyielding Colonization of Movie Titles
The concept of a sequel is as old as cinema itself, that’s without question. As early as the 1910s we saw plentiful examples of filmmakers recognizing the importance of brand familiarity …
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October 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Here's my review of GOOD FORTUNE, which is unfortunately... not good at all.

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#GoodFortune #KeanuReeves #azizansari #sethrogen
Good Fortune (2025) – Review
Synopsis: Gabriel (Keanu Reeves), a restless guardian angel who swaps the lives of a struggling gig worker, Arj (Aziz Ansari), and a wealthy tech investor, Jeff (Seth Rogen), to teach that happines…
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October 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM