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  The Road 2009

  ★★★★ Rewatched 21 Mar 2025

  THE WALKING DAD.

  Feeling thoroughly underwhelmed by "The Electric State" and revisiting that original book put me in mind to give this stark somber journey another watch. There's not much to be said about it; if you appreciate the first few minutes you know what kind of film you're in for, and you know whether you're going to feel your time will be well-spent or not. As for me, I love it; though it must be said that some transitional…

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  The Electric State 2025

  ★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  BOT & SOLD.

  Well I hope Simon Stålenhag got a big fat paycheck and will put it toward creating more of his whimsical weird and wonderful art books exploring the unknown expanse between the "humans using technology" world we now know and the "humans struggling for coexistence with technology" world which comes after. I own all his books and they're gorgeous and imaginative, while remaining mere flashcard glimpses at a complete world left up to the reader to fill in. His…

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  Civil War 2024

  ★★½ Watched 12 Apr 2024 13

  HEARTLESS OF DARKNESS.

  First, to be clear, this is a well-made film, I don't have much issue with the skill of filmmaking on display by anyone in front of or behind the camera. My issues - and milage may vary - are mostly with the writing, the tone, the whole mission statement of this film. It's a solid enough story about war correspondents covering brutal modern warfare at street level, and I understand what's supposed to be shocking is that…

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  Here 2024

  ★ Watched 01 Nov 2024 2

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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