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The Electric State 2025
i only watched as much as i did because the opening explains this movie’s premise as, “what if the united states of america ‘won’ against black people in the civil rights movement and then shoved them all into a gigantic ghetto?” This, unfortunately, is such an insane question—that absolutely nobody had told me about—that I wanted to see for myself where it would lead.
I turned it off when Giancarlo Esposito SCALPED robot MLK (who is Mr. Peanut). This is…
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Mickey 17 2025
[MICKEY BARNES]
This would’ve been a total mess with literally anybody else at the helm. Can’t explain it, fellas. Either you get it or you don’t. Even the totally ancillary Steven Yeun stuff worked for me (I’m sure those of you with weaker constitutions for this stuff will say “maybe this would’ve been better as a limited series,” because you are now conditioned to expect once-per-season side character backstory episodes). You guys demand he always dress his ideas up in…
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The Boy and the Heron 2023
君たちはどう生きるか [KIMITACHI WA DOU IKIRU KA]
As a child, Miyazaki Hayao’s father managed a plane factory during World War II, and his mother was sick. That’s all I’ll say of the plot.
The opening is, to me, the most interesting part of the film—it’s also the most easily understood by anybody watching. The main character, whose name I won’t even share with you, speaks maybe 10 short lines in the first act. Miyazaki is operating in a new mode here…
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