Set during the Viking era, “Vinland Saga” follows Thorfinn and his transformation from a rage-fueled warrior to a noble pacifist. He faces the horrors and beauty humans are capable of as he attempts to build a peaceful utopia in a land called Vinland during one of the most violent periods of history. The series was created by Makoto Yukimura, who wanted to create a story highlighting the notorious brutality of Vikings and how that way of life was disturbingly normal. The series is broken up...

Paul Thomas Anderson is a filmmaker known for his deeply written characters and bold directing style. Anderson’s interest in filmmaking started at a young age where he worked as a production assistant on various film projects throughout Los Angeles and New York. Anderson’s filmmaking career spans almost 30 years and his films vary greatly in genre and setting. Anderson’s debut “Hard Eight” (1996) follows a senior gambler who takes a young man under his wing as they become embroiled in crime....

The world of “Chainsaw Man” is much like our own on the surface but is home to endless horrors and dangers in the form of devils, a physical manifestation of people's fear. The stronger the fear the stronger the devil, with some of the most dangerous being darkness, aging, war, and death. Denji, our main character, is someone on the fringes of society so deprived of basic human needs he has more in common with an animal than his fellow man. Yet despite it all, he keeps a somewhat positive...