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.
Nocturne is a 2020 psychological thriller (and possibly horror) film directed by Zu Quirke, his first full-length feature film. The plot revolves around a pair of twin sisters studying music at an academy. The events of the film are set right after a student’s suicide and the bizarre events that follow. It’s not necessarily a … Read more
Hi, this is Barry, and welcome to my site. The Awakening is a 2011 horror film set in the 1920s. The plot is centred on a woman who exposes fraudulent groups who claim to be able to talk to the dead. She gets a request to look into a haunting incident at a school that … Read more
Hi, this is Barry, and welcome to my site. Synchronic is a 2019 science-fiction film written and directed by the duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who gave us the world of Spring, Resolution and The Endless. The movie is centred on a drug by the name Synchronic, causing a series of deaths in the country. The … Read more
Hi, this is Barry and welcome to my site. Archive is a 2020 science-fiction film directed by Gavin Rothery; it’s his first full-length feature film. The film is set in a future time when technology has enabled storing a dead person’s consciousness for a finite period. Archive’s cast includes Theo James, Stacy Martin and Rhona Mitra … Read more
Hi, this is Barry and welcome to my site. While it is hard enough to produce a gripping movie shot in a variety of locations, a few films add a level of complexity to themselves by restricting the majority plot to precisely one spot. While this might drop the production budget, it really ups the … Read more
Hi, this is Barry, and welcome to my site. Mulholland Drive is a 2001 psychological thriller directed by David Lynch. The movie follows a young aspiring actress who arrives in Hollywood to audition for a film. She runs into a mysterious woman suffering from amnesia. As the two try to make sense of the woman’s … Read more
I Lost My Body (J’ai perdu mon corps) is a 2019 animated French movie on Netflix. The majority story is told from the perspective of a hand trying to make its way back to his body. Now, perhaps your thinking “Thing” from The Addams Family. I’ll stop you right there, this film no comedy; there … Read more
Parallel is a 2020 science-fiction thriller directed by Isaac Ezban. The film follows a group of entrepreneurs who discover a mirror that takes them to other realities. Don’t worry that’s not a spoiler, it’s in the trailer, and the movie’s name makes it pretty clear too. The poster feels a lot like Coherence, given it’s … Read more
Hi, this is Barry, and welcome to my site. After prepping our minds with Inception and Interstellar, Nolan delivers Tenet which has, by far, the most complex visuals that have been created in a time-travel based movie. If you’re looking for answers to, “what the heck did I just watch?”, you’re in the right place. … Read more
Hi, this is Barry, and welcome to my site. The Call is a 2020 Korean thriller featuring elements of time-travel. This is Jong-seo Jun‘s second film after her stellar debut in the movie Burning, and she does not disappoint. She’s at her menacing best! The Call is writer and director Chung-Hyun Lee’s first full-length feature film. … Read more
