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.
The genre of sci-fi transports you to another world. Good science fiction movies have the right balance of surrealism and reality. When you watch these films, you experience transcendence speckled with magic in a land of speculation. Does the 2012 romantic sci-fi film Upside Down check all these boxes? This review will dive deep into the film … Read more
The Lodge is a psychological thriller directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, who also brought us Goodnight Mommy. The movie is praised by critics and called a clever new wave horror film by several viewers. If you’ve seen the film and are looking for answers, read the detailed description, parsing, and explanation of the plot and ending … Read more
Men is a 2022 psychological drama written and directed by Alex Garland, who brought us films like Annihilation and Ex Machina. The film is centred on a woman on a 2-week solo getaway at a village mansion to overcome a recent trauma. The cast has Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking Of Ending Things) and Rory Kinnear in the lead roles. … Read more
There are not many movies out there that are so thought-provoking and open to interpretation as Robert Egger’s The Lighthouse. This tale about two lightkeepers left on an isolated island for what seems to be several weeks can be seen as a chilling Lovecraftian horror or an intense psychological drama. The movie is rich with motifs from religion, … Read more
Umma is an American supernatural horror film released earlier this year. The meaning of the Korean word umma is ‘mother’. The movie stars Sandra Oh, who plays a single mother living with her daughter on a back-of-beyond farm – and who is being haunted by the ghost of her mother. Oh’s performance was widely praised … Read more
Underground is a 1995 movie made by an acclaimed director Emir Kusturica with a screenplay co-written by Dusan Kovacević. It won the Palme d’Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, which makes it one of the best internationally recognized pieces of Yugoslav cinematography. The music is made by Goran Bregović, arguably the most internationally renowned musician from … Read more
Nineteen Eighty-Four mixed with futuristic elements, gun kata, and Matrix-esque aesthetics—Kurt Wimmer recreates an enthralling blend in his action-thriller Equilibrium, released in 2002. The story unfolds in a dystopian future where a post-WWIII world falls into tyranny and totalitarianism. Libria, a new state ruled by Father, makes all sorts of emotions illegal, just like the things … Read more
If you’ve had a chance to listen to the commentary track on The Usual Suspects DVD, you probably threw something across the room when the writer and director began discussing what really happened at the end of the film. That’s because the audio fades away and the filmmakers dodge the question! Thus, we are left to … Read more
Everything Everywhere All At Once is a 2022 film written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The film is centred on a woman struggling with her business and family who suddenly finds herself in the middle of a multiversal war. The film is marked under the genre of science fiction and fantasy, but … Read more
Episode 6 of Season 3 of Love, Death and Robots is titled, Swarm. The plot is centred on two scientists studying an alien Swarm. When understanding becomes exploitation it starts a chain reaction that could endanger the entire human species. Here’s the plot and ending of Love Death + Robots’ Swarm explained. What is the … Read more
