A tension building thriller at every turn, Dar Emtedad Shahr opens with the begins of a jewellery store robbery, and then goes back in time to explore the events leading up to it. In doing so, the major players are introduced: the pair of robbers themselves, the jewellery store owner, his ill wife and doctor mistress and a disenfranchised celebrity. When the robbery goes wrong and the jewellery store owner is shot, all stories begin to collide as a hostage situation escalates. Who exactly will survive? And what will be left of those who do?
Having Sersi be the central force in Eternals is unprecedented in its viewpoint and focus, from demonstrating a gentle type of leadership, to being overlooked in a group setting but succeeding in the goal at hand anyways, to having romantic options, to strength and integrity, and majority screen time - for a group that's given less screentime than aliens.
Shudder makes an incredibly atmospheric docuseries about the darker side of Hollywood mysteries.
So with the recent (rightful) public apologies to Britney from comedians and media for trashing her image in the 2000s, perhaps some people should also give Crossroads the fair chance it deserves. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, and that is fine. Personally, I will take my girl Britney and her movie, over the next testosterone "Dude Flick" any day.
Zombie apocalypses have been metaphors for late-stage predatory capitalism, but never a system disrupter that brings about freedom.
Mai yells what every parent dreads hearing from their child: “tao ghét mày” (“I hate you”) and runs from the scene, where Hai discovers that Mai was telling the truth about the wallet.
Omaha reminds us of what it can feel like to look at old family photographs. You sit with the bittersweetness, allowing it to wash over you; not drowning in it, but certainly affected by it.
