Tag: Drama
The Beguiled Hits All the Right Notes
The Beguiled finds Corporal John McBurney, Union soldier during the American Civil War, recovering in an all-girls seminary, after retreating into the Virginia forest during battle after suffering a severe leg injury. John is discovered by student Amy…
Read More »All Eyez on Me Falls Short of Its Subject’s Immense Legacy
All Eyez on Me follows the life of the black James Dean, legendary rapper/actor Tupac “2Pac” Shakur (Demetrius Shipp Jr.). The film follows his life from his birth in New York City to Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur…
Read More »Hounds of Love Shines While Tackling Tough Subject Matter
Hounds of Love takes place in 1987, following serial killer couple John and Evelyn White (Stephen Curry and Emma Booth) in Perth, Australia. While searching for their next victim, they happen upon Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cummings), a high…
Read More »Okja
In Okja, a young girl and granddaughter of a farmer named Mija (Ahn Seo Hyun) spends her time caring for a giant super-pig named Okja, created by the Mirando Corporation. Suddenly, she finds her companion reclaimed by Mondo…
Read More »Colossal: The First Film Examining Millennial Life
Get Out, 2017’s first runaway hit, was a genre film serving as metaphors for larger social issues and with the release of Colossal, this trend has continued into the first 3rd of the year. Colossal uses a monster…
Read More »The Lost City of Z: Old Hollywood Returns for One Special Engagement
“You’ve come to doubt its existence.” “No. I only doubt it could provide the answers you seek from it.” The Lost City of Z delves into destiny and what effect pursuit of it can have on one’s life….
Read More »I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore: A Study of the Unfulfilled
“What are we doing, here in the world.” “Trying to be good…be better.” I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore follows Ruth, a woman deeply unsatisfied with her life (Melanie Lynskey). After her home is burglarized,…
Read More »Captain Fantastic: The Kids are Alright
Captain Fantastic follows Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen), a far left survivalist who lives half off the grid, half off with his six children in the woods of Washington state. Ben raises and feeds his kids himself, educating them…
Read More »Natalie Portman Shines in Jackie
Jackie is a peek through the looking glass of a woman struggling to juggle keeping her composure through the sudden and tragic death of her husband for the sake those around her and dealing with her own grief…
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Beatriz at Dinner Has Something to Say. Loudly.
Beatriz (Salma Hayek) is an immigrant from a village in Mexico, that has since been destroyed, now living in Los Angeles working as an alternative medicinal healer and massage therapist. While stranded at her client Cathy’s (Connie Britton)…
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