🎬 Overview Oxygène (Oxygen) is another claustrophobic French Sci-Fi thriller directed by Alexandre Aja, who is notorious for his gore-heavy films High Tension and Crawl. Here he switches from visceral excitement to psychological tension with a more cerebral survival horror film that takes place entirely within a state-of-the-art cryogenic pod. Reflecting elements of Buried, Moon, […]
🎬 Overview With Tomorrowland, Bird (The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) set out to create a sci-fi adventure infused with optimism, a response to the overtly dystopian cinema of the 2010s. The film serves as a loose counterpart to the Disneyland section of Tomorrowland and is a cinematic ode to visionaries and idealists. Unfortunately,
🎬 Overview Argylle continues the trend of stylish spy-action-comedy films by Matthew Vaughn, who is best known for his hyper-kinetic Kingsman franchise. Here, he aims to take things one layer deeper—or higher, depending on your tolerance for meta-narratives—by crafting a spy film about a spy novelist who becomes embroiled in actual espionage that parallels the
🎬 Overview Finding a romantic comedy that is delightful, witty, emotional, and truly smart is a rarity, but Crazy, Stupid, Love. achieves that with panache. This film is directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You Phillip Morris), and features a great cast. It offers a deep yet breezy narrative on love throughout
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🎬 Overview Indecent Proposal remains one of the most discussed films from the early 90s for its complex moral considerations including love, marriage and fidelity intertwined with finances. As a thought experiment it provides shallow exploration of these concepts. It is best described as a glossy meditation rather than a full-fledged film. Much of the
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🎬 Overview Revolutionary Road is directed by Sam Mendes, well-known for American Beauty, and features former co-stars DiCaprio and Winslet, who starred together in Titanic. This film bombards the audience with emotionally suffocating sentiments, relating to the same themes discussed in the novel by Richard Yates which this film is based on. Mendes is less
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🧠Plot Summary It Follows starts with an unsettling long shot of a terrified girl sprinting around her suburban home which sets the uneasy atmosphere for the rest of the movie. Jay Height, the main character, is a 19-year-old college student in Michigan. After spending the night with her new boyfriend Hugh, Jay discovers that
🧠Summary of the Exorcist Telling the horrific tale of a sweet 12 year old living in Georgetown with her mother, Chris MacNeil, who is an actress. Regan MacNeil exhibits some violent outbursts alongside disturbing dialogue and unnatural physical behavior which prompts her mother to seek medical assistance. Chris goes through multiple doctors but no
🧠Psycho Plot Summary Psycho graphically portrays Marion Crane’s life as a secretary in Phoenix. Marion has her gaze set on a particular unfortunate-behavior: stealing $40,000 from her employer. Marion’s ‘the one’ fantasy takes shape when she flees the city with the money to meet her lover. This crime-venture leads Marion to check-in at Bates
🎬 A Brand New Adventure This film marks the comeback of the longest traveled comic series in Bollywood, which though retaining it’s trademark chaos, gets a new twist this time adding a layer of murder mystery alongside the usual masala fries Bollywood offers. Directed by Tarun Mansukhani and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, this cruise-centric Bollywood
