Julia’s Eyes is a Spanish Thriller (Los ojos de julia) directed by Guillem Morales. It sees Belén Rueda in the lead role. The story revolves around a lady with degenerative vision condition who’s trying to get to the bottom of the death of her twin sister. The thriller is quite gripping but does leave a … Read more
The Spanish film Contratiempo is written and directed by Oriol Paulo and is available on Netflix. It stars Mario Casas, Bárbara Lennie, José Coronado and Ana Wagener in the lead roles. The film is a pleasure to watch and it keeps you on your toes. While the story is actually pretty straightforward, the non-linear storytelling … Read more
Hi, this is Barry and welcome to my site. After many requests for this timeless tale, I finally made time to put together the explanatory article for this amazing piece of work – Memento. This is Christopher Nolan’s second directorial full-length feature film (way before Inception and Interstellar) and one of the biggest cult classics … Read more
Shutter Island is a brilliant film directed by Martin Scorsese starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer and Michelle Williams in prominent roles. Is shutter island based on a true story? No, but it is based on a novel by the same name. You’ll notice a lot of similarities in … Read more
Elle is the French movie adaptation of the novel “Oh..”. Paul Verhoeven is the director who brought us the old school hits like Robocop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct etc. Elle is a French film which sees Isabelle Huppert in the lead role. The film is a bit of a punch-in-the-face every now and then and … Read more
Nocturnal Animals is brought to us by director Tom Ford and the cast includes Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon and Isla Fisher to name a few. Michael Shannon, whose character is one of the best in the film, lost out to Mahershala Ali at the Oscars for Best Supporting Actor. So without much ado, … Read more
This article is an explanation to help understand the plot and ending of the film Ah-ga-ssi / The Handmaiden. This is a Korean film that was released in 2016. Brought to you by director Chan-wook Park, who gave us Oldboy, The Handmaiden is a well paced psych thriller. The cast includes Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri … Read more
El Secreto De Sus Ojos is an Argentine-Spanish film which won the Oscars in Best Foreign Film category. The film was later remade in English in 2015 with the same translated name The Secret In Their Eyes. I’m going to talk of the Argentine-Spanish film but the plots are the same though some characters are … Read more
Mother (2009), or Madeo, is a Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho set in the backdrop of a small town. His other films include Snowpiercer and the very popular, Parasite. The story is centered around Do-joon who’s a 20 something year old guy but is mentally challenged. He lives with his mother. His mother’s name … Read more
This is a Japanese film brought to you by Tetsuya Nakashima, the maker of the movie Confessions. The film is a non-linear story told about an estranged father searching for his missing daughter – Kanako. The more he searches, the more he discovers about her. It’s quite a twisted tale and is a good watch. … Read more
