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a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream
a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld inhabited by street people
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Driven by his instincts, Fok begins to dig deeper into the case, uncovering a labyrinthine conspiracy that threads through Hong Kong’s criminal underworld and its upper echelons of power.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Convinced that these crimes are the work of domestic terrorists funding a violent uprising, Husk and his team plunge into the dark underworld of white supremacist extremism.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
In early 2000s New York City, a struggling filmmaker finds power and purpose in the criminal underworld of film piracy, before falling into a cat-and-mouse game with the FBI and studios hell-bent on stopping him.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
Regardless, the creative team tweaked Wick’s age since Reeves was 49 at the time of production, and most notably, Stahelski and Leitch ramped up the action, the number of casualties and the mythological component to John’s criminal underworld.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Convinced that these crimes are the work of domestic terrorists funding a violent uprising, Husk and his team plunge into the dark underworld of white supremacist extremism.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
In early 2000s New York City, a struggling filmmaker finds power and purpose in the criminal underworld of film piracy, before falling into a cat-and-mouse game with the FBI and studios hell-bent on stopping him.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
Regardless, the creative team tweaked Wick’s age since Reeves was 49 at the time of production, and most notably, Stahelski and Leitch ramped up the action, the number of casualties and the mythological component to John’s criminal underworld.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
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The United States’ postwar political identity has vanished into the abyss of the ballot box.Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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The continental shelf offers refuge to creatures not suited for the shallow water or the abyss, including around New Caledonia.Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Below that is the Futures tour, tennis’s vast netherworld of more than 2,000 true prospects and hopeless dreamers.Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 8 July 2024
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Tells Real-Life Tales of the Country's Most Notorious Motorcycle Gang 'Dune: Part Two' Is Bigger, Bolder — and Yes, Even Better — Than Part One Lyons’ book also utilized a long, taped conversation with Kathy Bauer, the real-life Benny’s wife, as a dispatch from this dirty-fingernail netherworld.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
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Courtesy Kellie Carlson And the attack has left no fear of the ocean's depths.Morgan Chesky, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Found in depths ranging from 600 to 6,000 feet, this predator thrives in the twilight and midnight zones, where sunlight is as scarce as food.Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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The gumshoe’s exploits, punctuated with suspense, dark comedy and a motley cast unique to the demimonde of the Mexican capital, have been made into films and a Netflix series and translated into English and other languages.Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Should their conditions worsen or improve, the end result is the same – promising an instant and irrevocable erasure of this demimonde forged from slumber.Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
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