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Smile 2 2024
Going beyond the foundational first film, Smile 2 is a rollercoaster exploration of trauma-induced dissociative disorders, wrapped in a critique of the relentless pressures of international fame.
All of this is delivered with dynamic direction from Parker Finn and his team, who bring bursts of gore and intense set-pieces while still allowing wonderfully cynical humour to shine through, All centred by a utterly traumatic performance from Naomi Scott!
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Dream Scenario 2023
A Kaufmanesque rumination on the insanity of sudden sensationalist internet fame and that permeates through the online collective consciousness.
Also; Nic Cage is brilliant as always; with a performance seeping with so much low-self esteem that it made me feel physically unwell.
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Civil War 2024
This is not about the polarisation of Western politics, nor about tyranny versus democracy, or any other broad ideological battle.
This is about media—more specifically, the news media’s relationship to conflict. It explores the fetishisation of violence, how we consume that fetishisation, and how what we regurgitate contributes to the very conditions depicted on screen.
The characters represent not only the media constructs that create these images but also us, the viewers. As we observe horrific events through a lens,…
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