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  The Substance 2024

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  Before I write anything, I should say, I think this movie best experienced going in knowing as little as possible. That's how I saw it, not even having seen a trailer, and just one image, and I had a blast with it. The story goes bonkers in the best way, and it needs to be experienced unspoiled.

  Between this and Revenge, it looks like Coralie Fargeat has a knack for taking ideas and themes that seem simple on the surface…

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  The Life of Chuck 2024

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  Mike Flanagan has done it again. God, what a beautiful film. It's the kind of film that's designed to be seen and then mulled over and discussed, and the philosophies ultimately thought of in relation to one's own life, and if that sounds onerous on paper, rest assured that Flanagan makes the movie feel like it's gone by in the blink of an eye. I watched it, and then walked home in silence, by myself, just thinking about what I'd…

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  The Hudsucker Proxy 1994

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  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Dìdi (弟弟) 2024

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  By the time 2008 rolled around, I was well out of high school, let alone just entering it. I also didn't grow up in California, didn't have an older sister, or an absent father, all of which are surface level differences I have with Chris, the lead character here.

  And yet, the emotional truth this film captures caught me unaware, almost to the point that I forgot the intervening years and the emotional maturity I'd worked on from then to…

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