reality-questioning entertainment

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Anti Matter - (2016 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4881364/

Students decide it’s a good idea to blindly pursue teleportation without watching some scifi first.

Really wonderful, moody, and well-acted. Great idea and writing; highly recommended.



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Freaks - (2018 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8781414/

A father hides his seven year old from a strangely-hostile world.

Extremely well-acted and written; highly recommended light viewing.

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Dark Matter - (2024 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19231492/
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/dark-matter/umc.cmc.4luj45vtqpmjsvb6sc2675oeg

being watched



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Russian Ark - (2002 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318034/

A weird experimental Russian movie filmed in long shots, about spirits going through an art gallery I guess?

It occurs.

  • Trailer
  • Original title: Russkiy kovcheg



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Entertainment > Movies >

https://home.otoy.com/unification/

Shatner hallucinates about Spok.

A nothing of a short movie.

The Man in the High Castle - (2015 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740299/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RSGIVVO/

The axis powers won World War II.

It’s kind of okay, but it drags its feet then goes woke.

  • Science fiction starts far later, making this a drama.



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Diverge - (2016 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3321470/

A key survivor of a world destroyed by a plague is forced to save it. I think.

It’s generally slow and boring; luke warm at best, but recommended if you’re into this sort of thing.



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Constellation - (2024 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19395018/
on tv.apple.com

A astronaut has an accident in space and comes back crazy.

It’s like a sort of brooding bubblegum show; light on the science, heavy on the fiction, and with some horror mixed in.



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Hypnotic - (2023 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8080204/
https://www.ketchupentertainment.com/films#/hypnotic

A detective learns his daughter wasn’t killed but was instead kidnapped, and while pursuing a lead he discovers mysterious circumstances.

An adequate but ultimately unsatisfying movie; bubblegum.



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The Twilight Zone - (1957 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052520/
https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-twilight-zone-classic/

A collection of separate short stories of various styles.



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