Explanation to all the complicated, hard-to-get films across the globe. If a movie confused you, come read about it and discuss it here.
White Noise is a 1985 novel by Don DeLillo, and Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of the novel narrates the same story as the source material. The film largely stays true to the dialogue of the book. However, the movie is less deeply cynical than the novel. The biggest deviation is probably in its comedic elements. There … Read more
Suzume is a 2022 Japanese Anime romantic fantasy written and directed by the amazing Makoto Shinkai, whose Your Name blew our minds. The movie follows a young girl who encounters a young man searching for abandoned areas with doors and ends up helping him prevent a supernatural Worm from causing earthquakes across Japan. As always, … Read more
Smile is a 2022 horror movie written and directed by Parker Finn. The story follows a therapist who is haunted by visions of people smiling at her after she witnesses a girl commit suicide in front of her, smiling. Here’s a plot and the ending of the movie Smile explained in short; spoilers ahead. Smile … Read more
M3GAN is a 2022 Sci-Fi Horror directed by Gerard Johnstone. The movie follows a roboticist who creates a life-like doll named M3GAN as a companion for a child. As the bot becomes increasingly erratic and violent, the roboticist must confront the dangerous consequences of her creation – basically, Chucky meets Terminator. Here is the plot … Read more
Emily The Criminal is a 2022 crime drama directed by John Patton Ford. The film follows a young woman who turns to a life of fraud to support herself. However, her unlawful activities soon spiral out of control, and she becomes embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. The climax is a little … Read more
The Visit is a 2015 horror thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It follows two siblings who visit their estranged grandparents only to discover something is very wrong with them. As the children try to uncover the truth, they are increasingly terrorized by their grandparents’ bizarre behaviour. Here’s the plot and ending of The Visit explained; spoilers ahead. … Read more
Barbarian is a 2022 horror thriller written and directed by Zach Cregger. The film is centred on a house where two people get double booked for a stay in a desolate neighbourhood. The plot is interesting, especially the first half. While the film keeps the chills, it starts losing coherence and leaves a lot of unaddressed questions. Let’s … Read more
The Black Phone is a 2021 horror thriller (based on the short story) directed by Scott Derrickson who gave us The Exorcism of Emily Rose and even Doctor Strange. The plot centres around a young boy abducted by a sadistic serial killer. Locked in a soundproof basement, the boy uses an old mysterious rotary phone … Read more
Jung_E is a 2023 Korean action science-fiction film written and directed by Sang-ho Yeon, who also brought us the runaway hit, Train To Busan. In the leading roles, the cast has Kim Hyun-joo, Ryu Kyung-Soo and Kang Soo-youn, who sadly passed away prior to the release of the film. The film is centred on a … Read more
Simply put, You Should Have Left is a polarizing movie. Those who love it love it, while those who hate it passionately hate it. This is why the film itself has a ~5 rating on IMDB. Still, like anything else hype-related, you’ll never know for sure until you watch it yourself. The movie is based on … Read more
