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  The Substance 2024

  Watched 19 Oct 2024

  "Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? Younger, more beautiful, more perfect. One single injection unlocks your DNA, starting a new cellular division, that will release another version of yourself. This is the Substance. You are the matrix. Everything comes from you. Everything is you. This is simply a better version of yourself. You just have to share. One week for one and one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days each. The one…

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  Joker: Folie à Deux 2024

  Watched 05 Oct 2024

  The predecessor to this sequel made its mark by being a grounded and realistic commentary on alienation, loneliness, and suffering from mental illness in a world that can be very cruel to those in that position while being a new take as a supposed origin for one of the greatest comic book supervillains. Now what does Todd Phillips do for the sequel? He makes a lousy musical in the backdrop of a courtroom drama that undoes the previous film's aura;…

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★ Watched 23 Jul 2023 2

  Potential spoilers ahead

  I went in expecting what I usually do from Nolan, heavy exposition, non-linearity, and an epic score to make it all grand. It almost lives up to that, the exposition is replaced with mostly dense dialogue and less exposition which relies on the viewer being smart or knowledgeable about that period. The IMAX experience seems essential as it's made in that way, both the detailed and beautiful frames aided by Hoyte van Hoytema's expertise as well as…

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  Sound of Metal 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Jun 2023 1

  I recall it being highly regarded as one of the best films of 2020, took me a while to watch, and finally caught it on Netflix.

  The plot follows a musician named 'Ruben' played by Riz Ahmed who starts to lose his hearing due to loud noise overexposure or autoimmune factors. The story's rather simple, it's to do with Ruben's journey where he has to deal with sudden hearing loss, struggling to get adjusted or have acceptance of his deafness…