A high school student named Ji Qing kills his classmate. After being released from prison, he begins working at a funeral home to learn embalming, seemingly to start his life over. During this time, he lives under the supervision of a social worker, Mr. Zhang, for three months. While Mr. Zhang appears ordinary and by-the-book to everyone else, Ji Qing senses something mysterious about him. He sneaks into Zhang’s home to spy on his private life, planning to reveal to him the secrets he has learned from the spirit world.
This story solidified my choices to consume a more plant-based diet and nearly made me cancel my subscriptions to big corporations like Amazon. The narrative was perfectly crafted and on par with Bong Joon-Ho’s other major works; Parasite and Snowpiercer.
Cursed is based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, and is a retelling of the Arthurian legend with a twist. Instead of King Arthur gaining Excalibur, a teenage sorceress named Nimue (Katherine Langford) does. Her people — the Fey — are being hunted down, and so Nimue will do whatever it takes to save them.
"The Old Guard" doesn't break ground, but it sure does bust boredom and fictional heads as an entertaining action romp on Netflix.
It’s passionately protective of the women mentioned in the story or appearing on screen. Just like the article and the #MeToo movement, the film could help a trapped person find the courage to fight back.
The beating heart of this film is the relationship between Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse.
Despite its aggressiveness, the Beef anthology series is about romantic love in all its forms. The final scene of the first season led us to believe that, despite the conflict, drama, and toxic traits, the main characters would end up together and, most likely, live happily ever after. The whole “beef” plot was the prelude to their love story.
