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It’s been a while since I’ve been able to dig in an anime and watch it from beginning to end. I’m still following Naruto on a weekly basis, but as my spring break was coming I had to find something new. Two friends (not knowing each other) recommended that I watch Death Note.

The anti-hero is the most refreshing character type I’ve come to love, Kratos and Dexter are a few and Yagami Light can join their pantheon. This hard working student stumbles upon a small notebook called the Death Note, in it are directions explaining that any name written inside this notebook is sentenced to die within 40 seconds of their name being written. Further more the cause of death can even be specified in the most twisted way possible.

Yagami Light tests the power of the notebook by killing a man that took hostages in a school. The name and the face of whom you want to kill must be known by the writer in order for the death to occur. He then decides to become the hammer of justice and exterminate all the criminals that scourge this world. Not too long is necessary for the authorities to realize all those heart attacks cannot be coincidental. A famous detective named “L” sets to capture this Dark Defender known as Kira.

Despite the many twits and turns the series has it’s fondly a detective story where the investigation trails on multiple episodes. Each side is determined to win, and both display incredible genius to discover the identity of their pursuer. The supernatural aspect cannot be taken out, as the death god, owner of the Death Note makes multiple appearances and interacts with the owner of the note. You have to know that any great power comes at great price, and that “Shinigami” will be there to collect the first chance he has.

It’s dark and destructive, I suggest you give it a watch.

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You should never doubt the intuitive genius of an 11 year old boy. They have that 6th sense (not the one that makes them see dead people) to spot a good movie. So I seen this movie coming with no expectations at all, and being particularly glad that he agreed not to go see Meet the Spartans.

The Spiderwick Chronicles is about a family where three kids and their mother decide to go to an old country house. Fairly quickly they discover that there is much more to this world then what you can see with your own eyes. One of them finds a mysterious book that holds all the information of the magical creatures that can be found in the surrounding woods.

Consider this movie pretty straight forward, the bad guy wants a hold on this book because it will allow him ultimate power over this world, he is a Ogre that can shape shift in animals and people alike. Like any movie were kids are the heroes, the mother is the last to believe what is happening and the kids usual habits turn from silent to loud, dull to adventurous. It was pretty fun and the visual effects were pretty interesting.

Overall I will recommend seeing this movie down the line, even if not in theater it would be a good rental. For the fun of it I’ll give it 8 out of 10!