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Why we need nostalgia in our movies, TV shows more than ever

Still from The Matrix Resurrections featuring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. PHOTO: WARNER BROS.
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SINGAPORE - "Nothing comforts anxiety like a little nostalgia."

That is what alternate Morpheus (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) says as he tries to ease a disoriented Neo (Keanu Reeves) into the truth of the Matrix with elements from his past in a scene from The Matrix Resurrections.

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