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Matthew Jones

@Future_Comedian

Writer. Former casting director. Perpetual traveler. Creator of @PhilosophynFilm. My thoughts & stuff: https://nitter.gq/t.co/B8S3PltClx

 United States
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Hot Spot (2026) Review: A Sci-Fi Mystery That Makes No Sense

Hot Spot (2026) Review: A Sci-Fi Mystery That Makes No Sense

Hot Spot squanders cyber witches and an AI overlord on a muddled mystery, a weird detective, and a world whose rules never make sense.

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Hope (2026) Review: Every Reveal Makes It Worse

Hope (2026) Review: Every Reveal Makes It Worse

Na Hong-jin's Hope turns a frightening creature reveal into repetitive chases, dull mythology, and an exhausting setup for another film.

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Inception Explained: Is a Happy Illusion Better Than Reality?

Inception Explained: Is a Happy Illusion Better Than Reality?

Is a happy illusion better than an unhappy reality? Explore Inception’s ending through Nozick’s experience machine, grief, and free choice.

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A Murder Between Friends (2026) Review: Poor Joan Collins

A Murder Between Friends (2026) Review: Poor Joan Collins

A Murder Between Friends (2026) wastes Joan Collins on predictable twists, lifeless characters, and endlessly burning candles.

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Shell (2024) Review: A Cheap Imitation of The Substance

Shell (2024) Review: A Cheap Imitation of The Substance

Shell (2024) review: Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson lead a contrived wellness horror satire that misses the mark completely.

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Backrooms (2026) Explained: Doomscrolling and Escapism

Backrooms (2026) Explained: Doomscrolling and Escapism

Backrooms (2026) explained as a metaphor for the internet, where digital escapism turn endless exploration into a refusal to change.

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The Death of Robin Hood (2026) Review: Brutal but Strangely Dull

The Death of Robin Hood (2026) Review: Brutal but Strangely Dull

Hugh Jackman's brutal Robin Hood starts strong, then slows into a dull moral reckoning that feels endless and pointless.

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Interstellar Explained: Cooper’s Choice and the Ethics of Leaving

Interstellar Explained: Cooper’s Choice and the Ethics of Leaving

Was Cooper right to leave Murph? An ethical reading of Interstellar’s ending, time dilation, parental duty, and humanity’s survival.

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The Uprising (2026) Review: A Rebellion Afraid of Itself

The Uprising (2026) Review: A Rebellion Afraid of Itself

Paul Greengrass’s The Uprising turns the Peasants’ Revolt into a long, violent spectacle, then retreats from its own anger.

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15 Best Philosophical Films of All Time | Philosophy in Film

15 Best Philosophical Films of All Time | Philosophy in Film

From Rashomon to After Yang, explore 15 philosophical films that put questions of truth, identity, freedom, and morality into cinematic form.

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The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Review: Beauty Has a Body Count

The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Review: Beauty Has a Body Count

The Ugly Stepsister (2025) is a darkly funny Cinderella body-horror film that makes Elvira’s pursuit of beauty painfully sympathetic.

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No Country for Old Men Explained: Fate and Moral Responsibility

No Country for Old Men Explained: Fate and Moral Responsibility

Does Chigurh’s coin toss make him an agent of fate? An analysis of choice, moral luck, Carla Jean’s refusal, and Sheriff Bell’s final dream.

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Clara’s Heart (1988) Review: A Bizarre Melodrama

Clara’s Heart (1988) Review: A Bizarre Melodrama

Clara’s Heart pairs Whoopi Goldberg with a young Neil Patrick Harris in a bizarre, manipulative melodrama about grief, race, and family.

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The End of Oak Street Review: A Corny Dinosaur Disaster

The End of Oak Street Review: A Corny Dinosaur Disaster

The End of Oak Street wastes a fun dinosaur-survival premise on bad logic, failed comedy, and painfully sentimental family drama.

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Resident Evil (2026) Review: Survival Horror Meets Comedy

Resident Evil (2026) Review: Survival Horror Meets Comedy

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil captures the games’ ammo shortages and frightening detours, but its callback-heavy final act weakens the story.

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10 Films About Free Will and Determinism

10 Films About Free Will and Determinism

Ten films about free will and determinism that explore fate, causation, moral responsibility, time loops, and more.

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Memento Explained: Memory, Identity and Self-Deception

Memento Explained: Memory, Identity and Self-Deception

Christopher Nolan’s Memento uses fractured memory and reverse chronology to ask whether Leonard is responsible for the lies that define him.

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Shoplifters (2018) Review: A Family Made From Stolen Time

Shoplifters (2018) Review: A Family Made From Stolen Time

Shoplifters finds genuine love inside a reckless makeshift family, asking whether care or biology ultimately determines who belongs to whom.

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Black Box (2026) Review: Aliens on a Plane

Black Box (2026) Review: Aliens on a Plane

Black Box puts aliens on a passenger plane, but stock characters, shaky performances, weak effects, and inconsistent rules waste the premise.

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Hysteria (2025) Review: An Escalation of Self-Interest

Hysteria (2025) Review: An Escalation of Self-Interest

Hysteria is a remarkably controlled thriller. It understands that a conflict involving art, racism, and religion doesn't need to be inflated.

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