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  When I saw this film pop up on BloodStream, I read the description and thought this sounded a little bit like "The Substance".   What in fact this film is though, isn't quite like "The Substance" at all.  I found one of the main themes of "The Substance" to be about wanting to maintain that youth in Hollywood, but the themes in "Thinestra" aren't centered around Hollywood as much as they can be universal ideas that anyone can likely relate with, as it is about body image and I feel like most people struggle with that on some level. "Thinestra" works on two similar levels, but each level needs to be taken close note of.  First off, this film is about a woman who takes a drug that she hopes will help her lose weight.  As the weight begins to come off quickly, the actual pounds she is shedding turn into this clone of her in a way which reminds me of the Batman villain Clayface.   This, right away, feels like a vital message a...