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Fables, everyone has a story in the District of Wonders. Come and find yours.

Good evening, children of the night. A few weeks ago, I had mentioned Stephen Soderberg's

Unsane. I did get a chance to watch it, and I overall enjoyed it. I did mention to you my

skepticism about the film being shot entirely on the camera of an iPhone. I had thought that it would be an artistic constraint that would be either a pretentious choice

or maybe just a choice that might bring a few more ticket purchases in for the novelty of it.

I think that my mind has changed on that.

The absence of a high-quality Hollywood camera does lend to a strange

feeling to the film that adds to the display of the unfolding of the plot. I also did enjoy the

confirmation that anyone can make a good movie with what they have. The film isn't perfect.

The two complaints I have, well, the first is perhaps minor, and that's the title.

I think that the name, Unsane, is worth an eye roll.

The second one is a bit more fundamental, and I can't express to you without spoiling a large piece of the plot,

but the circumstances that bring a major character

into the story seem to ask the audience to suspend a tremendous amount of disbelief.

I'd recommend this one to you.

Let's hear some stories.

First up, John Cleworth.

John Cleworth mainly writes, but not exclusively, for children and young adults, but has

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