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If you were alive during the Cold War, you know first-hand how much the threat of nuclear war was always present. Most of us tried to put it out of our minds as much as possible but reminders of the threat were everywhere. Movies from that time period, especially theContinue Reading

It Follows (2014)

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One of the best-known slasher film tropes is that those who engage in casual sex are marked for death. David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows takes that cliché one step further. For one partner, having sex passes a mark of death onto the other. The recipient has to have sex withContinue Reading

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You Were Never Really Here defies logic by being borderline incoherent yet remaining entirely gripping and immensely watchable. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Joe, a grizzled veteran of a recent war (I’m assuming Iraq or Afghanistan), who now lives with and cares for his elderly mother (Judith Roberts).  He suffers from post-traumaticContinue Reading

Split (2016)

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Split begins with the abduction of three young girls from a parking lot. The girls are sprayed with drug of some kind and wake up in a makeshift prison cell that, strangely, features a separate and immaculately clean bathroom. They soon meet their abductor, Kevin (James McAvoy,) who suffers fromContinue Reading