‘Trial of Hein’ Review: Rigorous German Homecoming Drama Is a Haunting Enigma of Memory and Identity
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A jury prize winner in the Teddy Awards competition for outstanding queer films in Berlin, Kai Stänicke's first feature tracks the title character’s uneasy return to his North Sea island roots.
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Two tremendous dystopian whodunnit films
Two recently released dystopian thrillers are outstanding movies and both are available via streaming services.
Mercy (2026)
Source: imdb.comReleased earlier this year, Mercy is a tremendously interesting and entertaining science fiction movie — despite what the critics may say. In fact, the reviews and ratings by viewers of the film are much, much higher than those of the critics.
Rebecca Ferguson and Chris Pratt are tremendous in their respective roles – Ms. Ferguson as the AI generated Judge Maddox of the Mercy Capital Court and Mr. Pratt as a police officer accused of murder. He has exactly 90 minutes to prove his innocence sufficiently to AI Judge Maddox (a threshold below 92 percent likelihood of guilt) or be summarily executed.
Mr. Pratt must prove his innocence while his arms and legs are locked into the execution chair by employing all sorts of evidence gathering techniques that access the court’s ties to the municipal cloud. All technological devices within the city (LA) must be registered to the municipal cloud so defendants can access them. This includes surveillance cameras, live action feeds, cell phones, databases, and other technologies available. He can do this by use of a small hand screen or through voice requests to the cloud and/or AI Judge Maddox.
You will definitely be on the edge of your set while watching Mercy!
Relay (2025)
Released to theaters in 2025, Relay is thoroughly entertaining movie and unique in its story/use of an older technology as the conduit to protect whistleblowers who are being tormented by those entities they called out or implicated.
Relay stars Lily James and Riz Ahmed, who both excel in this film. Lily James plays a whistleblower who is being harassed by powerful corporation that she has dirt on. Meanwhile, Mr. Ahmed play the fixer who uses old-fashion TTY (teletypewriter) relay service to communicate with his clients (the whistleblowers) and to those who are harassing them.
TTY machine – Source: ultratec.comThis movie fan does not recall seeing TTY employed in a movie before and certainly never in such a central role of the plot. Mr. Ahmed’s use of old-fashioned TTY technology makes his communications virtually untraceable. That premise alone makes Relay highly engaging, truly groundbreaking, and a definite must see!
Hope you enjoy both films too. Peace!
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Geektown Radio Episode 492: ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’, ‘Bait’, ‘Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen’ & ‘Pretty Lethal’
This week on Geektown Radio, Dave is joined by Domingos for an episode packed with dark comedy, horror, a
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Faces Of Death Review: The Infamous Mondo Movie Is Reborn As A Smart Meta Slasher
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‘Exit 8’ Review: Creepy if Redundant Video Game Adaptation Blends J-Horror Tropes Into a Surreal Single Location
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‘Faces of Death’ Review: Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery in a Gratuitous Horror Remake
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I actually found that point to be incredibly interesting, but it's a serious spoiler, so hit me up if you want to discuss after you've seen the film.
It's an incredibly quirky movie with a lot of unexpected elements, so it might not be for everyone. And there are definitely triggering points. But, I'm also the person who loved "After Hours" when I saw it in college. #TheDrama #MovieReviews #FilmReviews 2/2
I saw #TheDrama last night, and I really enjoyed it. It is definitely a roller coaster ride that makes you laugh because it's funny and uncomfortable and brings up a lot of things to think about. I think both #Zendaya and #RobertPattinson do a terrific job showing the multi dimensions of their characters.
And I really appreciate that a particularly relevant plot point is *not* in the trailer, not even hinted at. #FilmReviews #MovieReviews 1/2
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