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Hypnotic

Hypnotic

Hypnotic was released in May 2023 and was directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film starred Ben Affleck who co-wrote the movie with Rodriguez; however, the creative collaboration left the audience with an unsatisfying product. The film’s mix of family drama and detective noir with science fiction mind games might sound interesting, but the execution falls […]

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Jupiter Ascending

Jupiter Ascending

Introduction Jupiter Ascending is a science fiction film released in 2015 by the Wachowski siblings who wrote and directed it. The film attempts to blend worldbuilding found in world-building science fiction with a fairy tale about a common woman realizing that she is an heir to an intergalactic royal family. The film was advertised to

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9 Songs

9 Songs

Introduction 9 Songs, directed by Michael Winterbottom, is a British independent film released in 2004 which is recognized for its extreme controversy and blunt sexual content. 9 Songs blends sexual artistic expression with pornography, causing debates about censorship, realism, and the place of sexual content in film. This film blurs the lines between art and

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Adore

Adore

Introduction Adore is a film released in 2013. It was renamed in Australia as Adoration and had an alternative title, Two Mothers, in its early version. Adore is a film that aims to provoke a reaction to viewers. Anne Fontaine, who is adapting Doris Lessing’s novella, is known for being a French director. Adore is

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Infinite

Infinite

Story Overview & Synopsis Antoine Fuqua directed the 2021 action film Infinite, which blends the genre with science fiction. It was released by the American Film Studio. It is based on a 2009 book by D. Eric Maikranz, The Reincarnationist Papers. The film has a premise which covers action based around a storyline of reincarnation,

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Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness, initially known as The Origin, is a survival horror thriller film set roughly 45,000 years ago during the Upper Paleolithic era, marking the feature debut of the Scottish director Andrew Cumming. The plot revolves around a small band of six early humans who cross a sea in search of new land, only

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Consecration

Consecration

Synopsis & Plot Overview The supernatural horror-thriller film Consecration is directed by Christopher Smith and co-written with Laurie Cook. The story centers on Ophthalmologist Dr. Grace Fario, who lives in London and is plagued by haunting memories and disturbing visions. Grace’s world is turned upside down upon learning that her brother, a Catholic priest, died

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Room in Rome

Room in Rome

Synopsis Room in Rome is a film from Spain that was released in 2010 and is directed by Julio Medem, who is also known for his film ‘Lovers of the Arctic Circle’ and ‘Sex and Lucia’. Different from Medem’s other works, this film is set in a single hotel room in Rome, depicting the events

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Little Deaths

Little Deaths

Synopsis “Little Deaths” is a 2011 British horror anthology film made up of three short stories which were individually directed by Sean Hogan, Andrew Parkinson, and Simon Rumley. It revolves the stories of human perversions, sex, mental and societal trauma, and murder. Mixing Cult and Exploitation styles, this film is a disturbing, fragmenting, shocking, and

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