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  • The Substance

    ★★★

  • The Watchers

    ★★★★½

  • Carry-On

    ★★

  • Take Shelter

    ★★★★

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★

    Im gonna need more time to properly evaluate… planning to rewatch soon so I can look beyond the obviousness but also to give the absurdity and plot holes a second chance. I’ll likely revise my rating for better or worse. Whhooph this was a wild one…

  • The Watchers

    The Watchers

    ★★★★½

    From the initial trailers, the scifi/psychological thriller genre it was giving off captured my attention. I started it with that expectation but I was wrong. I was shockingly impressed by both the story and finding out it’s more accurate genre. Ngl, I’m also shocked the ratings are so low on here and Imdb. 

    The thing that stood out most to me was how seamless and steady the pacing was. It went from one thing to the next without leaving behind…

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  • Take Shelter

    Take Shelter

    ★★★★

    “…it’s not just a dream, it’s a feeling.”

    One sentence review: If you could watch the synapses on the surface of your brain light up with existential anxieties, would you trust what they show you?

    I watched this a few weeks back before it left netflix. Meant to review first thing in 2025 so better now than never.

    I really enjoyed the score. It bounces between mostly quiet organic background noises to eerie droning ambient music during the more tension…

  • Carry-On

    Carry-On

    ★★

    Netflix original movies that gain buzz and hype quickly aren’t something I’ll jump to right away but I’ll usually give it a chance eventually. This movie just being the latest.

    Visually and thematically this was a very ‘red, white and blue’ (one of a few blatant motifs of an underlying political subtext) kind of movie, which may have added to the mass appeal and buzz. I can see how the drama and thrill of it makes it likable but overall…

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