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One Battle After Another (2025)

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:24:15 +1200

One Battle After Another feels like TEMU Andor: a discount rebellion against a discount empire, both sides morally flattened and dressed in the same disposable plastic sheen. The resistance has vibes, the regime has spectacle, and history has been replaced by a shopping trolley full of product placements (don’t drink and drive kids!). Contemporary masterpiece.

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Project Hail Mary (2026)

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:28:17 +1200

I didn’t expect to like this as much as I did. Underneath the sci-fi spectacle, the survival of humanity actually hinges on a brilliant, quiet critique of English as the universal lingua franca along with a powerful push for genuine inter-cultural exchange.

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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:53:47 +1300

For two movies, Avatar sold us the myth that Pandora was a utopia where nature always equals goodness. This film burns that idea to the ground becoming a genuine tragedy about the loss of innocence. It’s the darker, dirtier turn that proves Pandora isn’t a fairytale, but a real place capable of both the same destruction as Earth and finding the desperate necessity of coming together to prevent it.

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Akira (1988)

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:49:07 +1300

Neo-Tokyo isn’t just a backdrop; it is a character representing a society in late-stage decay. Akira captures the chaotic energy of student protests, religious zealotry, and a government that has lost its legitimacy. Beneath the stunning animation and the tragic friendship of Kaneda and Tetsuo lies a deeper warning: what happens to humanity when technology outpaces our ability to govern it.

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