science fiction entertainment

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The Shadow Effect - (2017 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5044656/

An ill man man discovers why he’s nauseous.

While definitely not great or big budget, it’s watchable once though not collectable.



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Rakka - (2017 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6990734/
https://oatsstudios.com/projects/rakka/

The Earth is ruined by aliens, and survivors don’t really.

It’s good, but it’s entire first part comes across like a visual novel and the whole short feels like an awkward intro to a full movie. It’s still a fine effort but not strongly recommended. Flagged as both liked and disliked.



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The Last Scout - (2017 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2923834/

Following the skeleton crew of one of the scout ships the remainder of humanity has sent to explore various colony candidates.

Quite good given it’s meager budget.



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Okja - (2017 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3967856/
https://www.netflix.com/title/80091936

Enlarged pigs are bred, but eco-terrorists want humanity to starve.

Childish, and with a shit premise.



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OtherLife - (2017 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4693358/

An eyedrop-delivered memory augmenting nanotech is as horrifying as it sounds.

Fantastic premise, writing and acting. A real winner.



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Rememory - (2017 movie)

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2331047/

A prototype memory-retrieval machine makes life hard instead of easy.

A patient movie with excellent acting. Peter Dinklage knocks another one out of the park, earning him a blog tag.



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The Man with the Magic Box - (2017 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5782146/

I’m not going to spoil this.

Atmospheric and paced, relying on world building and visuals. This is a different sort of bubblegum movie.

  • aka Człowiek z magicznym pudełkiem
  • Trailer



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