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Review: Leave The World Behind

Review: Leave The World Behind

The new Sam Esmail film for Netflix is an impressive throwback to The Twilight Zone

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Nov 28, 2023
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It has been some time (years?) since I walked out of a cinema so enthused and satisfied as I was seeing the new Sam Esmail film Leave The World Behind. It debuts on Netflix Dec 7, but is getting a run in cinemas at the moment.

The film opens with Clay (Ethan Hawke) waking up to find his wife Amanda (played by Julia Roberts - extending her working relati…

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