a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear
an incorrigible madcap who loves drag racing and white-water rafting
Its depictions of dancing devils and witches’ sabbaths are supposed to scare viewers straight, but writer-director Benjamin Christensen is also sympathetic towards the plight of medieval women persecuted for witchcraft.
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Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
The anime series follows a young man who can demolish fellow devils via a pullstring in his chest that transforms parts of his body into chainsaws.
McGuane’s cowboys lose fights—for women, for their ranches, for their dreams—and tend to know when they’ve been beaten.
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Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
The design is based on the iconic jean jacket cowboys wear in Westerns.
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Christopher Murray
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20 Oct. 2025
Bringing together some of today’s most innovative stunt designers, this conversation traces the craft’s journey from early cinematic daredevils to today’s painstaking choreography; and its long fight for overdue Academy recognition.
But there’s still something delectable about Guillermo del Toro, a director who is both a visionary and a genre classicist, returning to the original horror novel, the tale of monsters and madmen that gave birth to all subsequent tales of monsters and madmen.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were madmen marching the United States toward nuclear war.
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Isaac Schorr,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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