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Film reviews: New releases for May 29
Backrooms; The Breadwinner; Pressure; Tuner
Backrooms **1/2 If you watch the Backrooms series of viral videos created by then-teenager Kane Parsons, you get a sense both for why turning them into a movie was an appealing idea, and why it was unlikely to work. The feature version involves circa-1990 Northern California furniture-store manager Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) discovering a strange portal in the store’s basement leading to a seemingly infinite series of rooms and hallways, eventually revealing his discovery to his therapist, self-help guru Dr.
Mary Kline (Renate Reinsve). There’s also some lore involving a corporation involved in…
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