THE SUBSTANCE- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product, it’s called The Substance. IT CHANGED MY LIFE. With The Substance, you can generate another you: younger and more beautiful.”
9/19/24- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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I SAW THE TV GLOW- 2024. “Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.”
5/22/24- Good reviews from the critics and just fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
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PLAN 75- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In a near dystopian future, Japan’s government launches PLAN 75, a program encouraging the elderly to terminate their own lives to relieve its rapidly aging population’s social and economic burdens. In Chie Hayakawa’s remarkable and sensitive feature film debut, the lives of three ordinary citizens intersect in this new reality.”
4/23/23- Excellent reviews for this sci-fi drama. TRDB.
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NEXT EXIT- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. TRDB. “When a research scientist makes national news proving she can track people into the afterlife, Rose sees a way out and Teddy sees his chance to finally make it. These two strangers, both harboring dark secrets, race to join the doctor’s contentious study and leave this life behind.”
11/6/22- Very good reviews for this sci-fi movie. TRDB
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MEN- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her.”
5/18/22- Fair to good reviews for this horror movie. TRDB.
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DUAL- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Upon receiving a terminal diagnosis, Sarah opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a sudden and miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.”
4/16/21- Sci-fi and a bit too farfetched for me. TRDB.
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THE ADAM PROJECT- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future.”
3/13/22- Reviews are just fair. TRDB.
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STRAWBERRY MANSION- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In 2035, our dreams are no longer our own-they’re infused with product placement and auditors assess unpaid taxes on our most private reveries. Beleaguered taxman James Preble (Kentucker Audley) arrives at a run-down house in the countryside for a routine audit and encounters Bella Isadora (Penny Fuller), a lifelong dreamer who remains resolutely analog, circumventing the surveillance state.”
3/4/22- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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FINCH- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In “Finch,” a man, a robot and a dog form an unlikely family in a powerful and moving adventure of one man’s quest to ensure that his beloved canine companion will be cared for after he’s gone. Tom Hanks stars as Finch, a robotics engineer and one of the few survivors of a cataclysmic solar event that has left the world a wasteland. But Finch, who has been living in an underground bunker for a decade, has built a world of his own that he shares with his dog, Goodyear. He creates a robot, played by Caleb Landry Jones, to watch over Goodyear when he no longer can. As the trio embarks on a perilous journey.”
11/5/2021. Fair reviews. TRDB.
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Truth or Consequences is a speculative documentary about time and how we weave the past into the present and our possible future. Set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the film takes place in the shadow of the world’s first commercial Spaceport. Subtly set in a near future when space travel has begun, the film follows five residents in the town.”
3/6/21- I’ve seen just 1 review and it’s good. TRDB.
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