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  • Affection (2025)
    Review preview for Affection

    There’s a lot of interesting stuff to explore here and it’s a shame that we don’t get into it in more depth.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Ellie is stuck in a cyclical nightmare grappling with a medical condition that erratically resets her memory. Left unable to remember her loving husband or young daughter, each reset leaves her disoriented and haunted with vivid memories and scattered recollections of an unfamiliar life she’s never lived. What is the cause of her rare illness, and can her husband really help cope with her affliction?
  • Boy Kills World (2023)
    Review preview for Boy Kills World

    The film goes at it with all the manic intensity of an old Saturday morning kids TV show: Wacaday cruentus.

    Donald Munro · 3.5 out of 5
    A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
  • La La Land (2016)
    Review preview for La La Land

    This film might wear its heart on its sleeve, but it is technically slick, well-acted, and laced with ear-friendly tunes. It is, in short, a proper musical.

    Owen Van Spall · 5 out of 5
    A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.

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