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  • Aftersun
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Gummo
  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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  • The Strangers: Chapter 1

  • When You Finish Saving the World

    ★½

  • Out of Darkness

    ★★½

  • Tremors

    ★★★½

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  • The Strangers: Chapter 1

    The Strangers: Chapter 1

    This is just The Strangers 2008, but made by someone who typed "rewrite The Strangers featuring NPCs" into ChatGPT. Loved the 2008 movie. Hate this.

  • When You Finish Saving the World

    When You Finish Saving the World

    ★½

    By far the most disappointing A24 movie I've seen. I had high hopes because I usually like Wolfhard and A24, but this just wasn't it. Could definitely tell this was an Eisenberg movie.

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  • Out of Darkness

    Out of Darkness

    ★★½

    The trailer made it look like a prehistoric The Ritual, which is one of my favorite horror movies so I was excited to watch it. However, it wasn't that in the slightest. It was essentially caveman vs caveman featuring moody lighting and a weird guilt trip near the end.

    The characters were set up to have backstory you just never get, the plot glosses over any relevant information as to why any of this is happening to these specific people,…

  • BLAME!

    BLAME!

    ★★★

    I've never read the manga, so I don't know if the simplistic storytelling was the fault of the manga or the show, but it could've used a bit more character development. Everyone felt very one dimensional. The art reminded me of old school anime though, which was enjoyable.

    Not a bad anime movie if you're in the mood for something dystopian that you don't have to give too much thought to. Liked it for the visuals, even if the dialog was lacking.

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