Tag: Psychological
High Life is an Examination of the Psychological Effects of Guilt Couched in Sci-Fi
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Guilt is one of the more devastating emotions that humans can feel, one that can linger and fester over long periods of time and affect every level of our well-being and existence. As any…
Read More »Braid is an Offbeat Thriller Full of Mystery and Tantalizing Visuals
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “In this house nothing has changed. I’ve never changed. Here, everything is possible.” Braid features two young women, Petula Thames (Imogen Waterhouse) and Tilda Darlings (Sarah Hay) who are wanted criminals in need of…
Read More »Glass and the Power of Belief
Glass is the third film in a trilogy of films written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan that includes 2000’s Unbreakable and 2017’s Split. The third installment find us thrust into Raven Hill Psychiatric Hospital where David Dunn (Bruce…
Read More »Hold the Dark Makes a Statement about Man’s Brutal Nature but Does So Too Quietly
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “When resources are scarce or when there are unnatural stressors, the young will be killed in order to preserve the pack. It’s called savaging.” Hold the Dark takes us to a fictional remote village…
Read More »Operation Finale Features One Great Performance Amidst a Familiar Backdrop
Operation Finale takes place in 1960, fifteen years after the end of World War II. By this time, Israel’s Mossad has been hunting escaped Nazis who have retreated to attempt to live their lives in secret across the…
Read More »First Reformed Echoes a Film Classic While Critiquing Modern Megachurch Culture
“Courage is the solution to despair; reason brings no answers.” First Reformed follows Pastor Toller (Ethan Hawke) of First Reformed Church, a former Army chaplain taken in by megachurch Pastor Joel Jeffers (Cedric The Entertainer credited by his…
Read More »Personal Shopper Burns Slowly but Brightly
Soon after the death of her twin brother Lewis, personal shopper Maureen Cartwright (Kristen Stewart) travels to Paris and attempts to user her ability as a spiritual medium to communicate with him, a power that he also possessed….
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The Neon Demon: The Cost of Beauty
The Neon Demon is directed by Nicholas Winding Refn and follows Jesse (Elle Fanning) who moves to Los Angeles as a 16 year old to pursue modeling. As she becomes successful, she faces the wrath of other aspiring…
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