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Apex The Netflix Charlize Theron Thriller Explained and Unpacked

Taylor Holmes — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:26:02 +0000

Ok, I’ll admit it. I almost didn’t watch this one. Apex showed up on my Netflix feed and I did what I suspect most of you did — I clocked the thumbnail, thought sure, Charlize Theron survival thriller in the Australian wilderness, how bad can it be, and then immediately started mentally preparing myself for two hours of obvious green screen, badly composited wall-climbing sequences, and the kind of CGI wilderness that looks like someone built a national park in […]

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The Comprehensive Movie Mind Fuck List Entry #4

Taylor Holmes — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:18:13 +0000

Welcome! Come one come all!! We have been working our way through this enormous list of Mind Job movies, that started with number one right here. And as I explained in our first entry, we are delving into the world of Mind Job movies… and in order to do this correctly, I came up with six criteria that made a movie a Mind Fuck movie. And, I also, arbitrarily decided that in order for a movie to be on this […]

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The Comprehensive Movie Mind Fuck List Entry #3

Taylor Holmes — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:57:23 +0000

You have joined us mid-swing… if you want to start from the beginning, jump in here. As I explained in our first entry in this installment of this series delving into the world of Mind Job movies… I came up with six criteria that made a movie a Mind Fuck movie. And, I also, arbitrarily decided that in order for a movie to be on this list, it needed to land on at least two of these criteria… Fantastic. With […]

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Normal Is Not Normal And That’s Exactly The Point

Taylor Holmes — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:16:04 +0000

Let me start with a confession. I went into Normal, the new Bob Odenkirk chaos machine directed by Ben Wheatley, fully prepared to be disappointed. I’d seen both Nobody films. I liked the first one well enough. The second one felt like it was running on fumes and brand loyalty. And while, I didn’t really think Odenkirk could possibly work as an action hero… I have begrudgingly come to respect what he has built in this theatrical space. I mean, […]

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The Comprehensive Movie Mind Fuck List Entry #2

Taylor Holmes — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:40:52 +0000

Man do I love a brilliantly crafted MindFuck movie. Just adore everything about it. Whether because it’s surprising, or super twisty, or unreliable… what have you, I just love a good Mind Job movie. As I explained in our first entry in this installment of Mind Job movie list extravaganza-ness, I came up with six criteria that made a movie a Mind Fuck movie. And, I also, arbitrarily decided that in order for a movie to be on this list, […]

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Bring Her Back and the Photo Negative of Midsommar

Taylor Holmes — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:21:17 +0000

Ok. I need you to stay with me here for a second. You’ll recall — and if you’re a longtime reader of THiNC. you definitely recall — that when I walked out of Midsommar, I was a wreck. A full, clinical, sucking-on-ice-chips-at-a-Starbucks wreck. I have never been so genuinely, existentially undone by a film in my life. The horror of it wasn’t the gore, though lord knows there was plenty of that. It was the sunshine. The smiles. The relentless, […]

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The Comprehensive Movie Mind Fuck List Entry #1

Taylor Holmes — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:39:36 +0000

Man do I love a brilliantly crafted MindFuck movie. Just adore everything about it. Whether because it’s surprising, or super twisty, or unreliable… what have you, I just love a good Mind Job movie. So much so that, years ago, a bunch of us worked on pulling together a comprehensive list of Mind Fuck movies. Way back then (2017) I turned that list into a spreadsheet and just kept adding to it, year after year after year. And yesterday, I […]

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Untold Chess Mates The Scandal That Made the Whole World a Spectator

Taylor Holmes — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:22:59 +0000

Taylor Trivia Time™. I love the world of chess. I love the characters. I love the competition. I love the drama. I especially love the influencer era of Hikaru Nakamura, and his twitch streams. I enjoy the chaos that Magnus Carlsen brings to the world. But do I like playing chess? NOPE. Do I understand the deep inner workings of strategy and end games? Absolutely not. I am highly dependent on commentators telling me what is happening from moment to […]

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Closed Box Movie Exit 8 Recommendation and Ending Explained

Taylor Holmes — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:09:10 +0000

I love the starkness and moral simplicity of horror. Not originally a horror fan, but over time, having familiarized myself with the themes, intricacies, and nuances of horror, I’ve come to really enjoy it. (Just as long as you keep midsommar far far away from me.) But normally, I’m a huge time travel guy. A closed box, indie film guy. And buzzword bingo? Exit 8 hits so many of my sweet spots perfectly that its mindblowing I didn’t short circuit […]

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