Poor Things – a 2021 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, the man behind The Favourite – is an interesting screen adaptation of Scottish Alasdair Gray’s novel from 1992 that reworks Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with the help of contemporary philosophy. The novel is a collage of many different viewpoints; it is also a patchwork monster, but …
Perched atop a high stool by the counter of an old-world diner, sits a rather coquettish Priscilla (Cailee Spaeny), a 14-year-old southern girl suddenly transplanted to West Germany when her military father is posted to Europe during the conflict. Not even waiting tables in a diner could make this foolish child grow up, who is …
In the past, Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s film Drive My Car was awarded an Oscar; inspired by Chekhov, these scenes of dialogue were lengthy; and there were so many long pauses that drew people in like a magnet. It is for this reason that his concentration on still life with reflection has turned him into one of …
Conjuringverse does not have phases, does not have chapters and, at least till now, we have been saved from seeing Ed and Lorraine Warren come out of a portal together with Father Merrin and Tangina Barrons ready to pray Lucifer out of existence. What it has is patience – something that horror fans who love …
The beginning of Karim Ouelhaj’s Megalomaniac, an aggressively pornographic story about mental illness, places us in the infernal setting of the film’s domestic environment where “The Butcher of Mons” (Olivier Picard) a monstrous figure resides. As his wife screams in pain (or perhaps pleasure, it is that kind of movie), he presides over the birth …
It happened: I watched my uniquely American childhood vividly and embarrassingly depicted on screen. Kyle Mooney’s Y2K brings us back to the last day of December 1999 when playlists were burned onto CD-Rs and pornographic images downloaded a few pixels per minute. The millennials know that it was all for nothing, but Mooney pictures a …
Samara Weaving is the one having a face for a silent film. Her large, expressive eyes and mouth may sometimes be enough to fill pages and pages of dialogue which makes her the perfect casting for Azrael. By E.L. Katz – a horror specialist whose credits include episodes of Channel Zero and The Haunting of …
In Road House, Jake Gyllenhaal is a Hulk in the Looney Tunes world and that’s why one should see this remake of 1989 “Road House” where Patrick Swayze starred. The role is played well by Gyllenhaal and Doug Liman who has always known how to let his male leads shine whether it is Matt Damon …
Isolation is felt throughout My Animal. Filmed in the small town of Timmins, Northern Ontario during winter, this creative gay werewolf movie is hemmed in by huge snow banks, just as its inhabitants too aren’t any warmer either. Heather (Bobbi Salvör Menuez) grows up isolated and alienated among outcasts in a family of local pariahs …
In this introduction, we will explore the Top 3 Survival Cinematic Movies. Each movie offers a unique story with an unforgettable experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat. These movies showcase a great way of storytelling. “Oxygen” from 2021, “Jaws,” from 1975, and “Toro” from 2016, are amazing movies. “Oxygen” from …
