Someone involved with this is not mentally well. Whether it's the patient, the doctor (legit or back alley), or even Cronenberg himself. While it prominently displays a woman's breasts for the entire runtime, it's clearly in a cold medical fashion while she is grasping with some kind of crisis - whether real or imagined. There's some interesting interplay here between reality and fiction, but having had some experience in the medical world - there are clear protocols for what to do if this person actually walked into a hospital. My own life experience once again removing me from being able to just enjoy things!
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The Electric State 2025
The Electric State sucks. Like it's bad-bad.
Sure, the filmmaking is competent, there are actors that I guess technically learned their lines, and there is a cohesive and understandable narrative from beginning to end. Usually this would be like a 1.5-2 stars for me as just a bad movie, but hey everyone gave it a shot. The reason this movie joins the canon of my "half star only" pantheon is because it is a completely cynical, born-in-a-boardroom piece of garbage…
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Running Scared 1986
What the fuck even was this movie. Copaganda to the MAX, weird sexual politics / misogyny / racism throughout, and it wasn't very funny. It's a no from me.
(Note: this was part of an intentional palette cleanse to reset internal calibrations and standards after watching multiple classics / masterpieces recently.)
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Black Bag 2025
Unquestionably the best film of 2025 so far (as of the middle of March), Black Bag is a taut, sexy spy thriller that looks like a million bucks and wraps up it's Le Carre inspired intrigue in 90 minutes. Well developed characters critical to the plot, it treats its audience like adults (there is no spoon feeding of the plot - you figure it out or you don't), and it is brimming with style and excellent performances. I could not…
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