Battle of Memories presents a world where you can get rid of or restore memories, and where a man's are accidentally switched with a killer's. The way the process works is a bit undercooked - they say it only severs our emotional connection to the memories, but the new implants actually have sensory information - look, it's only really an excuse for a sci-fi detective story as our man brings his memories to the police in the hopes of helping…
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Rebel Ridge 2024
I love Jeremy Saulnier's woodland thrillers and Rebel Ridge is his take on the Rambo/Reacher set-up. Aaron Pierre is an awesome presence as the upstanding veteran trying to bail his cousin out of jail for a misdemeanor, who gets assaulted and robbed by crooked cops (led by Don Johnson). A conspiracy is uncovered that explains why the cops are being so extreme, although one need only to look at the past few years' headlines for a narrative explanation. Indeed, this…
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Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity 1983
It's kind of perfect. Skip both Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity and you won't even realize Tegan left.
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Listen 2014
Listen is a Danish short which can be found on YouTube, about a communications breakdown between the police and a Muslim woman wearing a burka begging them to do something about her abusive husband. The catch: The translator filters the experience through her own religious background and sides with the husband. In this very simple drama, with some moments repeated to multiply the points of view, we are witness to the systemic misunderstanding and injustice immigrants can face, where even allies may pass one another by without truly seeing what's going on. A powerful indictment of the treatment of women in the context of misogynist orthodoxy.
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