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The Rager Review - Swiss Army Man

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The following review contains spoilers. If that's something you care about, then why are you reading this review. You really have no one to blame but yourself.  Swiss Army Man is a film by "Daniels" the name to collectively identify the team of Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan that is seems to be famously known as "that Daniel Radcliffe farting corpse movie that a bunch of critics walked out on during Sundance." And of course, that's only scratching the surface of the film, even if it's the most prominent identifying feature of it. So let's just hit a few points in the plot to start things off. Hank (played by Paul Dano) is stranded on an island for some time and has given up hope of rescue or surviving as he places a noose that's dangling at the mouth of a cave around his neck. Before Hank kills himself, he spots a body (Daniel Radcliffe) that has washed up onto the beach and after inspection, Hank realizes the body is dead. Hank resumes...

The Full Spectrum: Dear Hunter's Red EP

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The Dear Hunter - Red EP This particular EP was a dream collaboration that I didn't know that I wanted until it actually happened. The Red EP includes additional vocals provided by Manchester Orchestra front-man Andy Hull as well as some instrumentation, if I'm correct. Essentially, Red is the love-child of Dear Hunter and Manchester Orchestra and the offspring is some pretty great music as two of the present day best songwriters come together. And if it sounds like I'm being completely biased, you couldn't be more correct because these are two of my favorite bands becoming best friends and it warms my innards. The highlight of this EP has to be A Curse of Cynicism because it harnesses the unique vocal abilities of both Hull and Casey Crescenzo. Speaking of, I've often wondered why Dear Hunter chose the Red EP specifically to feature Andy Hull because Hull can cover a lot of ground in terms of fitting into different types of songs. However, Hull is at his bes...