Introduction Directed by Yang Lina, the script for the 2024 Chinese drama film “Big World” was written with deep empathy and compassion as it seeks to answer the question: “What is it like to live with a disability in a world that tends to value superficial designation of ‘fighter’ over recognizing ‘human potential’?” The film […]
It Ends With Us: A Film Analysis It Ends with Us is a romantic drama film set to premier in 2024. The film adapts to the screen Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel of the same name, starring Blake Lively as Lily Bloom, a character striving to break a hazardous cyclic trauma. According to Justin Baldoni, the
Introduction “Trigger Warning” is a 2024 action-thriller film that heralds the return of Jessica Alba in a much-discussed and long-awaited leading role, this time in the action genre that brought her to fame. Acclaimed Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya debuts in the English language with this film that intricately explores themes of personal trauma, systemic corruption,
Introduction Honeymoonish, a rom-com from the Middle East is refreshingly different, coming from a region where this film genre is overly predictable. This Kuwaiti film of 2024 captures the belly laughs, bittersweet tenderness, and tender-hearted reflections on modern relationships within traditional frameworks, all while interspersed with cultural criticism and deep-rooted comedic relief. Brought to life
Introduction In the 2023 psychological thriller film, The Killer, David Fincher directs the adaptation of the French graphic novel series by Alexis Nolent (Matz) with illustrations by Luc Jacamon. The screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker, who previously worked with Fincher on the critically acclaimed Se7en, chronicles the life of a professional hitman grappling with a
Plot Summary Milena Smit’s deeply moving portrayal of The Platform 2 focuses on Perempuán, a young woman struggling with personal grief and regret. To escape her life, she willingly chooses to enter The Pit 2.0 as it is perceived by society as an attempt to understand the ‘The Pit’ via a social experiment. Unlike in
Plot Overview Erwin Page, performed by Sophia Reid-Gantzert, is a 12-year-old genius who has accelerated through school to the point that he is in high school. Even though she is intelligent, Erwin suffers with social solitude as her only form of respite being conversations with a poster of physicist Erwin Schrödinger or scientific pursuits. Her
Plot Summary Set in a shifting Paris in the late 1960s, the film starts off with the city undergoing rapid transformation in the form of youth movements springing up, social norms defying boundaries, and transformations in patriarchal systems such as the sexual revolution. Stuck in the middle of this thunderstorm is Madame Claude, a striking,
Plot Summary The main focus of the plot is on two corporate office colleagues Jung Ji-hoo (Lee Jun-young) who is calm and polite, as well as a capable and respected team leader, and Jung Ji-woo (Seohyun), who is a confident and effective no-nonsense woman. Jong Ji-hoo and Jong Ji Woo have similar names which serves
Brief Synopsis Harry Connick Jr. portrays John Allman, a former star in the American rock scene. Following the release of his last album, which completely bombed, he is left exhausted and uncertain of life’s direction. In an effort to gain clarity, he purchases a house situated on the cliffs of Cyprus, hoping that the remote
