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Shortwave

Movie·2016·Thriller, Science Fiction·1h 25m·4.5 (56)·Directed by Ryan Gregory Phillips

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A modern and unrelentingly tense psychological thriller based on a theory of the origins of shortwave radio frequencies, Shortwave is an unnerving reminder that some stones are best left unturned.

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