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  • A Glitch In The Matrix (2021)
    Review preview for A Glitch In The Matrix

    More interested in illustration than in analysis.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Are we living in a simulation?
  • The Nightmare (2014)
    Review preview for The Nightmare

    Documentary this may be, but it's very much in horror movie territory, and filmed as such.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about the experiences of eight people who suffer from sleep paralysis.
  • Room 237 (2012)
    Review preview for Room 237

    Some fans have become, as one admits, literally lost in the maze of the Overlook Hotel.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    Wander down the corridors of the Overlook Hotel in this exploration of theories surrounding Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

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