But his instincts fail him continually in a dull, emotionally anesthetized story that surges to life only in the presence of Otone’s combative mother-in-law (Kimiko Yo), who seems rightly skeptical of Kakeru 2.0.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 May 2026
Future research could help clinicians guide the anesthetized brain toward a sleep-like state, rather than a coma-like one.
The results have been impressive enough from far away, but examined more closely as a blunted, external force, Big Brother has almost always been too literal in horror cinema.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
Orientation matters; garlic is planted vertically, with the root (blunted) end of the clove facing down, and the sprout (pointy) end facing up.
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