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I Saw The TV Glow - Movie Review Critics Score - 7 of 10 General Audience Score - 5 of 10 Google a definition of the word reality, you’ll get #1 - “the world or state of things as they actually exist” and #2 - “the state or quality of having existence or substance”. But what makes something real? What actually exists? What percentage of people have to agree something is reality for it to be so? The new A24 film called I Saw The TV Glow attempts to discuss some of these topics, life, existence, our individual perception of reality. Reality states the earth is round, but certain people believe the earth is flat. And five hundred years ago, everyone held that belief. So what was their reality? I was raised in a religious cult, whose members believe that the end of the world will come soon and they live their lives in preparation for this belief. This is not reality, probably not for you, not for me anymore, but for the people that carry these beliefs, they live their lives preparing for t...

The Idea Of You - Movie Review Critics Score - 7 of 10 General Audience Score - 7 of 10 The summer blockbuster movie season is one of the times of year I look forward to the least. Most of the films produced and slated for release for the masses aren’t the movies I have much anticipation for. I had no idea what film I was going to even review next until I decided I needed to start writing again and threw on The Idea Of You, a new romantic comedy featuring Anne Hathaway. Hathaway plays a 40 year old, single mother who happens to fall for a much younger man who happens to be the lead singer of a famous boy band. I will say that what helped this film considerably was the fact that I had absolutely zero expectations for any entertainment value I might be able to derive from it. But even with that, this is some of the most conventional storytelling I’ve seen this year, expect the second act drama that pulls them apart, expect the ex that did her dirty to get his ill contrived comeuppance, e...