Introduction Down River is a tender Canadian drama written and directed by Benjamin Ratner. Released in 2013, the film serves both as a love note to Canadas artistic spirit and as a heartfelt homage to the late actress Babz Chula, the inspiration behind Pearl. At its centre, the story examines intergenerational friendship among women, the […]
Introduction Hashtag Alive, the 2020 South Korean horror-action picture, was directed by Cho Il-hyung, who co-wrote the screenplay with Matt Naylor. Yoo Ah-in plays Oh Joon-woo, a reclusive gamer, while Park Shin-hye portrays Kim Yoo-bin, a resourceful survivor trapped in the unit across the hall. A citywide zombie outbreak traps them in adjoining high-rise flats,
Overview Captain Phillips, a 2013 action-thriller directed by Paul Greengrass, tells the true story of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking by Somali pirates. Based on Richard Phillips memoir A Captains Duty and co-written by Stephan Talty, the film features Tom Hanks as Phillips and Barkhad Abdi in his first major role as pirate leader Abduwali
Introduction Released in 2021, After We Fell marks the third film in the After series, a set of screen adaptations drawn from Anna Todds popular online novels. Castille Landon directs this chapter, which once again follows college students Tessa Young and Hardin Scott as they wrestle with the highs and lows of their stormy romance.
Introduction Ryan Cooglers bold, cross-genre feature Sinners, which hit screens in 2025, plunges viewers into a haunted Mississippi of 1932. The picture examines identity, community, cultural theft, and real supernatural horror as two brothers, Smoke and Stack Moore, come home from mob-riddled Chicago. They intend to resurrect the familys name by opening a juke joint,
Introduction Released in 2014, Adam MacDonald’s Backcountry is a raw survival thriller rooted in the grim true story of a Canadian couple mauled by a black bear during an overnight outing. Jeff Roop and Missy Peregrym star as Alex and Jenn, city dwellers whose cheery weekend getaway soon devolves into a harrowing struggle for life.
Introduction Old, a psychological thriller that hit theaters in 2021 and was helmed by M. Night Shyamalan, pulls audiences into an unsettling, dream-like meditation on time, aging, and the bodies inevitable decline. Adapted from the French graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre-Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters, the film confronts the existential dread of swift aging on
Introduction 127 Hours is a taut survival drama that Danny Boyle released in 2010, and it grabs the viewer from the opening frames. Based on Aron Ralstons own harrowing story, the film features James Franco in a blistering lead performance that carries almost every scene. It retells Ralstons 2003 ordeal in Blue John Canyon, where
Introduction Desire, released in France under the title Q, is a 2011 erotic drama written and directed by Laurent Bouhnik. With Déborah Révy, Hélène Zimmer, Gowan Didi, and Johnny Amaro in the lead roles, the film presents an unflinching and close-knit look at sexual freedom, emotional scars, and shifting identity among young adults confronting personal
Introduction The Girl Next Door is a disquietingly gripping drama, directed by Luke Greenfield and released in 2004. Loosely based on a real-life crime story, the film features Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant, and William Atherton in key roles. Despite its chatty title, the story plunges into the murkiest depths of teenage infatuation, abuse,
