I just had the worst spring break in my entire life. One straight week of the shittiest days of my year, back-to-back-to-back. It got me thinking about how lucky Nyles is in Palm Springs, to be trapped with nothing holding him down (outside of a shitty girlfriend) in an idyllic wedding time loop. I mean, if I had to deal with the shit I was dealing with in a time loop, I think I'd give up by the first week…
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One & Two 2015
Andrew Droz Palermo's single directorial effort,One & Two, follows a pair of siblings with fantastical powers forced to a hidden life with their abusive parents. I've always found the exploration of supernatural ability on a small scale fascinating, something this film explores very well with two excellent performances.
Eva (Kiernan Shipka) and Zac (Timothée Chalamet) live on a remote farm under the watchful eye of their withering mother (Elizabeth Reaser) and abusive father (Grant Bowler). Eva and Zac have the ability…
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Sid Is Dead 2023
Sid is Dead was filmed in 2018 and released on April 28th, 2023. With five years of development hell and zero marketing, I wonder what working on movies like this is like. Hundreds of people put their time and effort into this; how can nobody be talking about this online? Does the studio care? Do the actors? Does the director or writer? I very sincerely don't understand how it's possible that thousands of dollars can be spent on a project…
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Code 8 Part II 2024
Jeff Chan's 2019 thriller Code 8 is an underrated modern science fiction film. After a crowdfunded campaign led to a feature adaptation of his 2016 short film, the film was released to modest reviews. To see it get a sequel five years later is certainly a surprise. It's fun, interesting, and slick. If you haven't seen it and discovered its existence because of Netflix's release of Code 8: Part II, I'd wholeheartedly recommend you watch both that and this film!…
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