90% of this movie feels like a series of TV commercials with some of the least funny banter ever committed to a big budget movie.
The other 10% is Christian Bale acting his ass off and being a big ole freak.
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Summer of 84 2018
The scourge of 80s nostalgia media strikes again! However, despite the synth-heavy soundtrack, peeping Tom debauchery, and kids on bikes imagery, Summer of 84 manages to offer a unique take on the 1980s stranger danger subgenre while delivering one of the biggest gut punches I've seen in a horror movie. The movie effectively juxtaposes the freedom and innocence of summer with a foreboding and menacing tone. I especially appreciated the brief behind-closed-doors vignettes that drive home the movie's theme: we…
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The Electric State 2025
Simon Stålenhag's The Electric State and his other works provide haunting depictions of an alternate reality where technology has become too embedded in the fabric of our society. Stålenhag's visual motifs and style are simultaneously grand and chilling. Even in his more bright and colorful pieces, there is an element of soullessness that highlights the follies of tech solutionism and nostalgia.
Netflix's adaptation apes the designs in Stålenhag's work without conveying or engaging with any of its essential, relevant, and…
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