“My name is Semelier. I work for a private collector of rare antiquities. I cabled you last week.”
“Yes. And I didn't answer.”
“There's been a discovery in East Africa. A Christian church, circa 5 A.D.”
“No, it's not possible. The Byzantine Empire had adopted Christianity at that time, but they never got that far south.”
“Nevertheless, there it sits. The British have financed a dig to uncover this church. We believe a rare object waits inside. We'd like you…
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The Exorcist: Believer 2023
“I want to talk about Regan. I want to talk about what happened to her.”
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The Flash 2023
“I broke history. Eric Stolz is Marty McFly.”
There’s an interesting sequence early in The Flash, where Barry realises that he has effectively rewritten history. This revelation doesn’t come with the discovery of any significant global events. This isn’t a world where the Soviet Union won the Cold War or where the British Empire still exists, where Al Gore won the White House or where 9/11 never happened.
Instead, Barry discovers that the universe is broken because intellectual property has…
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019
It is probably a bit early to say this on first watch, but I’m pretty confident: The Rise Of Skywalker may be the worst Star Wars film. It is also the worst film that JJ Abrams has made.
The real tragedy of The Rise Of Skywalker is that it is designed to appease the type of audience who - by definition - can never be appeased. And it works so hard to appease them that it alienates everybody else.
Full review: the m0vie blog
