a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion
in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema
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Cecil The hero of Final Fantasy IV, Cecil is an expert swordsman.
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Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
11 Apr. 2026
Devereaux receives a hero’s welcome back home, but his irrational and violent behavior threatens his new livelihood, as does the knowledge of his cowardice held by Capt.
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
Raiff describes Ryan Coogler as his filmmaking idol and calls Coogler’s debut Fruitvale Station his favorite movie — but seeing the success of Sinners, a relatively commercial enterprise that won Coogler his first Oscar, opened his eyes in a new way.
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David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
At its peak, the show was syndicated on nearly 200 stations, running second in the late-night ratings to Hall's idol, Carson.
Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.
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Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.
The first — Nietzsche’s 1881 Eternal Recurrence — is a life test by design, echoing Camus’ Sisyphus.
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Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
5 Aug. 2025
Some cultures, Eliade shows, preserve their eternals by simply denying the force of history; in Lyell’s case, the culture at hand was Christianity, and the ideal was the unique status of humankind.