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Just cracked open this still-sealed VHS of The Mask of Zorro.

Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, and a breakout Catherine Zeta-Jones—back when swashbuckling still had studio money behind it. This is a classic baton-passing tale: the aging hero trains his replacement, swordplay and revenge ensue, all wrapped in that smoky, romantic 90s lighting.

There’s a certain grandeur to 90s blockbusters that feels extinct now. Not just scale—but ambition. Like every frame was trying to earn a spot in movie history. Today’s films still shoot for the stars, but with different coordinates. Different vocabulary.

Still a fun ride. And honestly, every trip to the thrift store feels like Blockbuster time travel.

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It could be a legendary version of Etemenanki, a Mesopotamian ziggurat built to honor the god Marduk at such a scale that it inspired tall tales, as it were, spread far and wide in the ancient world, such as the rumor that its construction required mobilizing the manpower of all humanity. But it really did exist, as evidenced by its ruins discovered at the site of the ancient city of Babylon — which, in Hebrew, was called Babel.

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Get this! Mike Johnson is now claiming — with no evidence whatsoever — that Donald Trump once served as an FBI informant to help dismantle sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network. Johnson told reporters Trump “was an FBI informant in an effort to take Epstein down.”

I’M NOT JOKING!!! 🤣🤣

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Despite the fact that Bart De Wever (N-VA) is now the Prime Minister of Belgium, the Flemish nationalist still supports the idea of a reunification of Belgium and the Netherlands, he said on Dutch radio this week.

De Wever has been Prime Minister of Belgium since February 2025, but he is well-known for his outspoken views on greater autonomy for Flanders. Speaking on the Dutch radio programme Sven op 1, however, he stressed that he was not advocating for dividing Belgium, but for the reunification of the Low Countries.

"I am not talking about detaching Flanders, I am talking about the reunification of the entire Southern Netherlands. However, the enthusiasm in the south is perhaps somewhat less than in the north," he said.

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