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James vs. His Future Self - (2019 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6739796/

A supernerd’s future self visits him to proclaim a warning of his wasting his life.

Plodding and boring. There are some laughs, but I don’t see why this would be considered a comedy.



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Prospect - (2018 movie) simple poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7946422/

I don’t even know how to summarize this movie; it’s story isn’t compelling.. just some people who might have had an interesting backstory hanging out on a planet kinda trying to survive-ish.


Shortwave - (2016 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5152640/

A grieving woman goes insane after her child is kidnapped.

A horror. It’s a horror. It’s a slow plodding drama that eventually gets around to a very light mystery and then a horror. A bad one.



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The Blackout - (2019 movie) poster English

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8664988/

The vanguard of an alien race fleeing from their ageing star contest control of the earth and the survivors of humanity.

A bit stiff, but quite good.

  • I have not seen (listened-to) the Russian-language version.



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(on Wikipedia)
https://dissenter.com/

A web browser that uses components from Chrome to build a more security-conscious browser which also has a server-independent commenting mechanism like an old ICQ project had.

Like Chrome, it’s missing fundamental things.

  • Abandoned – As of 2022-02-18 – The project was to be reworked to be based on Firefox instead of Brave, but that didn’t seem to get off the ground.



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Project Power - (2020 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7550000/
https://www.netflix.com/title/80204465

A pill which confers animal-derived superpowers is being sold on the streets of New Orleans.

A fine original movie.



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A.I. Rising - (2018 movie) poster.jap

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5215088/
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A man is sent into deep space with an artificial intelligence to help with his sanity.

It’s moody and has lots of feelings, sex, and bright lights.



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Quest - (1984 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086162/

A group of people grow old and die in eight days (somehow), and have been sending people on a quest to open a distant doorway which will (somehow) return a normal timeline to them.

This is a science fiction 1980s movie in the same sense as Dune – (1984 movie) is; it’s confusing when it’s not abstract and thoroughly old-looking.

  • Note that it itself says it’s 1983 even though IMDB says it’s 1984.


The Midnight Sky - (2020 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10539608/
https://www.netflix.com/title/80244645

An alternate Earth is discovered somehow, and for unknown reasons the mission to explore it comes back to a ruined Earth.

The writing is just terrible; I don’t know what the fuck they were thinking with the plot or the world-building.



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