🎬 Plot Synopsis The narrative unfolds as Kanda, a Tokyo salaryman, grapples with the growing disinterest in his marriage and life. Unlike the city’s dull routine, the sudden appearance of his childhood friend, Hana, from the countryside, being far from dull, piques his interest. City life and social expectations come crashing down on Kanda, and […]
🚀 Premise and Setting Terrene has become ecologically devastated; its upper atmosphere poisoned with cities lying in neglect. The rich reside off-planet in luxury, while most people struggle to survive among drifting space junk and crumbling megacities. In the midst of all this, The Victory, which is a result of a “space sweeping” ship, captures
🎬 Plot Summary The film opens in Thailand’s Isan region, where we are introduced to Nong, a non-verbal medium who channels spirits for her community. She lives with her nephew Take, who is training to be a monk. Bae, a Korean ethnographic documentarian, has come to shoot a documentary on Nong’s abilities, which results in
Plot Overview The film starts with Hen (Paul Mescal) and Annie (Saoirse Ronan), a middle-class couple who own a farm in the middle of nowhere. There is a palpable tension between them. Hen, an ex advertising executive, misses their city life, while Annie has come to terms with rural solitude. Their strained marriage is about
🎬 Plot Overview The movie starts with an intro shot of a serene rural house in 2019. In this scene, we see Seo-yeon, a young woman who is moving in to look after her sick father and heal broken familial bonds. While exploring the house, she comes across an old cordless phone in the attic.
In 2023, Castille Landon released a romantic sports-drama film titled Perfect Addiction which was based on Claudia Tan’s Wattpad novel. The film adapts the intense, emotionally-driven love triangle at the heart of the original story into a cinematic tale of betrayal, redemption, and empowerment set in the world of mixed martial arts. Along with a
“Ballerina” is a 2023 South Korean action-thriller movie that was both written and directed by Lee Chung-hyun. Known for his earlier psychological thriller The Call, director Lee crafts this film as a stylish and emotionally driven tale of revenge. He has produced Ballerina under the banner of Climax Studio and has distributed it worldwide through
“Peninsula” or Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula is a 2020 South Korean post-apocalyptic action-horror film by Yeon Sang-ho. Peninsula is an independent sequel to the film Train to Busan, which is widely regarded as one of the best South Korean films of 2016. It moves on from the zombie horror of its predecessor and amplifies
Plot Summary The narrative starts with Lee Doo-sam as a gold smuggler operating on a small scale in the port city of Busan. Once an ambitious hustler, Lee comes across drug trafficking after he realizes how profitable the methamphetamine trade can be. What kicks off as dealing for opportunistic reasons quickly transforms into an empire
Plot Synopsis The film begins in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where we meet Tyler Rake, played by Chris Hemsworth, a black-market mercenary with a personal history filled with tragedy. Following a botched mission that resulted in the death of his son, he became a recluse. His latest assignment stems from Amir Asif, a ruthless crime lord, who
