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Ex Machina: a test with two subjects in it
Small, precise and genuinely unsettling, with the discipline to end when it should.
The Matrix: a great action film with a real idea inside it
A blockbuster that changed how films were made, and it still holds up. Watch it for the idea first and the fights second.
Arrival: first contact, and the language problem
The best ideas-first science fiction film of its decade, and it respects its own premise to the last shot.
Interstellar: love, gravity and a dying Earth
Better than its detractors allow and messier than its defenders admit. Watch it for the physics and the docking scene.
Moonfall: an ancient-aliens disaster movie
Not a good film, and worth watching anyway. About a hundred and fifty million dollars spent on a wonderful bad idea, with a first half that drags and a second half that opens the Moon up and becomes genuinely enjoyable. Watch it as a late-night B-movie with a blockbuster budget.
Avatar: The Way of Water: a technical landmark
A technical landmark and a modest story, and it is honest about which one it wants to be. The world building is the most complete in mainstream cinema and the family at the centre is played straight. Watch it for the spectacle and the Tulkun, and expect a long stay rather than a tight plot.
The Tomorrow War: a loud alien-war film with one real idea
A loud, sincere alien-war film with one genuinely good emotional idea at its centre. It does not survive close inspection of its time-travel rules, and it is not trying to. Watch it for the scale and the father-son thread.
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