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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds continues the franchise’s history of thorny moral questions

Investigations of a mysterious species and a deadly contagion reveal personal and ethical quandaries. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch There was an odd strain of Nazi apologia in The Original Series. “Patterns of Force” featured a Starfleet potentate striving to preserve the “good parts” of the Nazi regime without the prejudice. “The Conscience of the ... Star Trek: Strange New Worlds continues the franchise’s history of thorny moral questions

The Innocents asks whether the supernatural kids are alright

Eskil Vogt’s gripping second feature gazes at the limitations of childhood experience with clear, unblinking eyes. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch In the first scene of Eskil Vogt’s sophomore feature The Innocents, a young girl pinches her autistic older sister while riding in the car. Her sister doesn’t react, so she pinches harder. The morality ... The Innocents asks whether the supernatural kids are alright