This month’s highlights include the romance of amnesia and the rampage behavior of sentient killer robots.

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Mark Toia's movie is set at this critical moment when the creature escapes from the maker-in this case, when the military robot gains the ability to think independently, becomes a rogue and decides to kill everything in front of it.

Three computer nerds ran what they thought was a navigation test involving four mechanical soldiers being dropped into the jungle of the Golden Triangle. Before things got out of control, they had no problem with black operations involving secret weapons. "Human monsters" are very good at describing the arrogance and complete lack of morality of technicians, and their ultimate naivety: what they think they are building, What exactly is it? It's not that the trio has better processing procedures.

The film’s ruthlessness in the killing of almost all characters, including women and children, may feel exploitative, but it is honest in showing the full range of casualties caused by American weapons. If you think drone attacks are bad, wait until you see the capabilities of autonomous robots designed for killing people.

The movie was more than half an hour in popularity (it’s not about time loops, but it feels like a loop because the last third is so repetitive) but its nihilism and violence are disturbing because of the action feel It seems that it is only coming in a few minutes.

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So, what happens after the killer becomes conscious? Daniel Raboldt's debut work, that's it.

In it, the robot has completely taken over and eliminated as many humans as possible-the details are fuzzy, but it seems that there are not many people. The seriously injured survivor Tomasz (Stefan Ebel) drove an aluminum foil truck and camped in an empty house in the woods. He protected the house with a force field manipulated by the jury. He met Lilja (Siri Nase), a member of the local resistance organization, who planned to defeat the killing machine, and then they traveled a long distance to a mysterious destination.

Most of the content, as well as the flashbacks showing how the world fell into chaos, were silently told to avoid alarming the new overlord—Germany’s "a live dog" is a bit like "a quiet place" with robots instead of alien. Raboldt was filmed in a Finnish forest near the Arctic Circle. This inspirational place gives the film a natural magnificence and beauty, while hinting at a bleak emptiness. Another advantage is that, unlike too many CGI creations, robots project a real sense of weight. Coupled with a steady, well-thought-out rhythm, which is mostly fascinating, your debut will not always match its ambitions, but at least a heroic battle will be fought.

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Don't confuse this movie with schlocky (in a terrible way) "Monster Hunter".

In this "Monster Hunter", the cat chef Meowscular chef prepared Benihana-style meals for a group of desert pirates led by Ron Perlman, and then he asked the dumbfounded Milla Jovovich : "What's wrong? Are there no cats in your world?"

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Based on video games, as often happens in Anderson, this movie is essentially an extended sprint sequence. Captain Artemis, played by Jovovich, finds herself trapped in a strange landscape full of bloodthirsty creatures. If she wants to go home, she must defeat them. Whenever a beast falls, a bigger beast will pop up. Fortunately, the badass warrior played by Tony Jaa (from the "Ong-Bak" series) can lend a hand. The movie is big, loud, noisy, and proudly crazy. Naturally, for such an undisguised practice in vulgar fiction, the ending invites a sequel. bring it on.

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Is there a movie that goes well with hopscotch between dimensions? Different clues and timelines often do not interact in a harmonious way, which makes all participants (including screenwriters trying to overcome trivial paradoxes) a headache. These questions are at the core of Gaurav Seth's independent film, in which a student experiment exploring the coexistence of multiple planes is out of control: this happens when STEM education overflows from physics to metaphysics.

1. "The Power of Dogs": Benedict Cumberbatch is highly praised for his performance in Jane Campion's new psychodrama. This is what an actor needs to become a passionate Alpha male cowboy.

2. "Don't Look Up": Meryl Streep plays a self-centered villain in Adam McKay's apocalyptic satire. She turned to the "Real Housewives" series for inspiration.

3. "King Richard": Angelus, who played the mother of Venus and Serena Williams in the biopic, shared how she turned a supporting role into a talker.

4. "Tick, tick...boom!": Lin-Manuel Miranda's directorial debut is adapted from a series by Jonathan Larson, the creator of "Rent". This guide can help you unravel its many layers.

5. "The Tragedy of Macbeth": Several upcoming black and white films, including Joel Cohen's new interpretation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth".

The initial car accident was just one of a series of consequences and choices, many of which were very personal to the students. For example, in a world, a deaf-mute woman (played by Sandra May Frank) can hear the voice, but is it better? The other character is so overwhelmed that he forgets all about morals and basic etiquette, and thus gets stuck in how to deal with him. The most interesting part of this movie is that it deals with a series of interlocking tendrils-you may feel the need to rewatch the beginning to find missing clues about the final plot turn. Seth may only have Paul WS Anderson providing a small part of the catering budget for "Monster Hunter", so the "multiverse" description of alternative reality relies on dialogue and goldfish, rather than explosions and rampages of black Diablo. But the questions it raises are almost as endless as the universe it assumes.

Some of the best hypothetical scenarios will inspire tangible emotional responses. This is the case with Chad Hartigan's film, which is cute and heartbreaking, but never feels manipulative or cunning. The hypothesis here is simple and heartbreaking: what happens if the virus destroys the patient's memory? Emma (Olivia Cook, who played a subtle and poignant role just like she played a powerful rock vocalist in "The Voice of Metal") tells how she looked at her husband Jude (Jack O’Connell) Er) gradually forget who he is and what the experience they mean to each other. Emma saw some practical consequences of the pandemic in the animal shelter where she worked-people forgot to take care of their dogs, and then they were brought in for euthanasia because no one had claimed or adopted them. She also watched their friends Ben (Raul Castillo) and Sam (Soko), the couple formed by Ben's thoughts sinking. Moreover, Emma was not ready when the disease struck. You, the audience, can: When watching this most romantic and sad love story, you must prepare a box of tissues.

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