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  • The Substance

    ★★★

  • The Substance

    ★★★½

  • Shutter Island

    ★★★★★

  • Road to Boston

    ★★★★★

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★

    The Substance is undeniably one of the most viscerally unsettling films in recent memory, Coralie Fargeat clearly understands the overt nature of her film, delivering a visually striking, often grotesque exploration of beauty standards and their insidious grip on women’s identities. Demi Moore delivers a fearless performance, embodying the film’s thematic weight with an intensity that’s hard to look away from.

    However, for all its boldness, The Substance struggles to solidify its vision into something truly cohesive. While its central…

  • Shutter Island

    Shutter Island

    ★★★★★

    Reminded me of inception. Like an onion where you peel off layers after layers. Very well written script, for moments I was unsure what was the truth and reality was.

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  • Beautiful Boy

    Beautiful Boy

    ½

    Being trapped in a toxic relationship and yet only death seems to be the solution. It is dark and very uncomfortable to watch. 

    The film lacks a bit of context and delicacy in my opinion as the only explanation on how Nick hook onto meth relies on very few and brief scenes of parent’s divorces, the constant travel. Elaboration on  distanced mother-son relationship, context with nick and father’s upbringing was needed in order to be able to relate to his…

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