After Yang - SPOILER-FREE Review | Sundance 2022

After Yang - SPOILER-FREE Review | Sundance 2022

Directed by: Kogonada

Written by: Kogonada

Starring: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Haley Lu Richardson

Runtime: 96 min

Synopsis: When Yang (Justin H. Min) - a lifelike, artificially intelligent android that Jake and Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith) buy as a companion for their adopted daughter - abruptly stops functioning, Jake (Colin Farrell) just wants him repaired quickly and cheaply. But having purchased Yang “certified refurbished” from a now-defunct store, he’s led first to a conspiracy theorist technician and then a technology museum curator, who discovers that Yang was actually recording memories. Jake’s quest eventually becomes one of existential introspection and contemplating his own life, as it passes him by.

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Split (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Split (2017) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Written by: M. Night Shyamalan

Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula, Haley Lu Richardson

Runtime: 116 min

Synopsis: James McAvoy plays Kevin, a man with a genetic disease which allows him to have multiple personalities. His trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Karen Fletcher (Betty Buckley), knows 23 of them, but there's one hidden from everyone who desires to dominate over all the others. Compelled by one of his personalities, Kevin abducts three girls, where Casey Cooke (Anya Taylor-Joy) becomes their leader to try and escape the "crazy" man.

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