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Blade Runner 1982
From Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,
“Loitering on Earth potentially meant finding oneself abruptly classed as biologically unacceptable, a menace to the pristine heredity of the race” (Dick, 1968, p. 16).
Blade Runner (1982) urges audiences to analyze how a society’s social and cultural structures work to affect the characters in their respective world. Through the depiction of a physical separation of economic classes, an environmental dilemma caused by capitalistic practices, and a push for an unethical assumption of…
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The Substance 2024
“People always ask for something new. It’s inevitable.”
The Substance (2024) is an abhorrently beautiful film. All of the gore is intentional, powerful, and meaningful. There are no cheap scares. The intentionality and complexity make it all the more intense and moving. If you can stomach the grotesque nature of the special effects, you’ll see past it into a clear depiction of what it means to be a woman in society. We see such a nuanced representation of femininity.
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I Saw the TV Glow 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
“There is still time.”
I have always been a fiend for a good coming-of-age film. However, this one cuts just a little bit deeper. I Saw the TV Glow (2024) was a painfully nostalgic and twisted, yet raw perspective on the realities of adolescence, self-discovery, and navigating queerness. I found Maddy and Owen to juxtapose each other nicely, Maddy clearly stating her sexual preferences at the beginning of the film, compared to Owen, who never fully comes to grips with…
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