In Quicksand (2023), minimalist survival thriller features mix genre photographer Andres Beltran and script writer Matt Pitts. The Colombian rainforest serves as the setting for nature’s untameable feminine fury—and a marital crisis. Blending emotional tension with physical peril, Quicksand is as much a psychological drama as it is a struggle for survival film. Synopsis The […]
Adapted from Michael Crichton’s book of the same name, Barry Levinson’s Disclosure remains one of the most controversial workplace thrillers of the 1990s. It sparked discussion and controversy for financially succeeding during a time were gender roles were in wider debate, garnering $214 million on a $55 Million budget. Widely regarded as ‘changing the game’
Introduction and Production Background Below Her Mouth is a 2016 Canadian film that is a blend of romance, erotica and drama. It received a lot of recognition for its audacious storytelling techniques as well as for the use of an all-female production crew. The lead roles were two women who famously had an affair for
Introduction The Roundup (Korean title: 범죄도시2) is a 2022 South Korean action-crime thriller film directed by Lee Sang-yong. This movie follows the story of ‘The Outlaws,’ released in 2017, and continues with the character of Detective Ma Seok-do, who is a bulking figureature but has his own endearing ways, and his methods of dispensing justice
Introduction MILF is an American sex-comedy film released direct-to-video on October 26, 2010. Scott Wheeler directed the film MILF which was produced by The Asylum, a production company notorious for its movies with low budgets yet high-concepts in genre filmmaking. The Asylum makes these attempts to parody teen and college sex films of the early
Introduction The 2023 Indonesian supernatural horror film Sewu Dino (A Thousand Days) is directed by Kimo Stamboel and produced by Manoj Punjabi under MD Pictures. The screenplay, written by Agasyah Karim and Khalid Khasogi, draws inspiration from a viral horror thread posted on Twitter by an anonymous user known as “Simpleman.” It weaves together elements
Introduction Colin Jost’s Staten Island Summer is an American coming-of-age comedy released in 2015 that blends nostalgic reflection with a mix of adolescent hijinks. It stars a close friend group navigating high school’s end and adulthood’s beginning. Like many films, it came out digitally first on June 30, 2015, but later streamed on Netflix. The
Introduction Strip Down, Rise Up is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Michèle Ohayon. The film explores the journey of trauma recovery, self-empowerment, and body reclamation through pole dancing as an art form. It centers around a group of women who are healing an emotional wound and reweaving a tapestry of confidence
Introduction My Spy is an American action-comedy movie that was released in 2020. It is one of the many films directed by Peter Segal and has a story written by Jon and Erich Hoeber. The cast of the film includes Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman , Kristen Schaal, Parisa Fitz-Henley, and Ken Jeong. The movie features
Synopsis The plot of “Exorcism of God” revolves around a priest known as Father Peter William who serves in Mexico and has become well-known for exorcising demonic spirits. As the movie opens, we see Peter performing an exorcism on a young woman where he seems to be successfully casting the demon out. However, during this
