Disclaimer: this is some weird rambling thinking piece. Also might contain some minor spoilers
A MIRROR OF OUR SOCIETY
Human social and conductive evolution doesn't happen from day to night. It evolves. Traditions, morals, values and norms are changed by the society itself, all pointing towards one (often unconscious) direction. So the question is not if androids and AI takeover would be a thing, but rather "when". Technology is less becoming a tool and becoming an inherent part of ourselves.…
Having set itself as the frontrunner at the awards season last year, I had finally the chance to see a film that depicts the level of violence and cruelty that humans have the potential to inflict on one another, even in supposedly "modern times" where such barbarous acts are not supposed to occur. We are evolutionary beings after all, even though reality dictates something that could not be further from the truth.
To this day, images of the brutal Bosnian…
STARRING: ALIA BHATT😍 (FEMALE 4FRONT)
I remember many people posting about it and being so negative or mixed that it never moved me to give it a watch. But as fate would have it, I eventually found my way to watching it.
And while I can see where everyone is coming from with the MI references and the generic nature of it all, I was never bored, and it was pretty entertaining. Gadot knows how to strike the poses and…
ACTION! - FEMALE 4FRONT: THE HUI'S PERSPECTIVE
Another really good social drama from Ann Hui, this time based on a real murder and suicide case in Tin Shui Wai back in 2004, revolves around a marriage gone wrong in which a woman tries to deal with and then escape her controlling and abusive husband.
Once again, Hui excels at bringing this humanist approach to the story, which heightens the sense of despair and the harrowing nature of the actual events…
One thing that becomes very clear from the very opening is how the Latino representation here is not some cheap tokenism, but like Black Panther and the Afro-American culture, the Latino culture is in this film's DNA from the heavy Span-glish writing, it’s icono and its geography. It’s even on the soundtrack, with the theme song being this hybrid of your average superhero epic score with some subtle Reggaeton beats.
The performances are very good. I’ve liked Xolo since discovering…
Anna Kendrick I didn’t know your game! For her debut feature behind the camera, Woman of the Hour, she delivers one the most unnerving film of the year.
The film brims with numerous surprises. I've already mentioned one, but the biggest has to probably be the movie itself. You see, differently from what the trailers and title sell us, this is not so much about Kendrick’s Sheryl as it is more about the monstruous man known as Rodney Alcala, aka…
