The events take place at dawn on the eve of Eid inside a residential building, where a family lives whose grandfather is facing an emergency health crisis. Then the male children leave in a race against time in search of a doctor to save him, leaving the women and their children in a state of anticipation and anxiety. Then they are surprised by the entry of a rented girl into the building accompanied by a strange young man. They begin to project their pent-up fears and tensions onto the girl and the young man.
The biggest highlight of the film is easily the performance of Andrew Garfield. In his days since hanging up his Spiderman suit, Garfield has routinely churned out great performances, and Mainstream is no exception. He proves that he is willing to try anything and go anywhere in a character.
This Christmas movie gives viewers a friendship that unexpectedly forms from a plane trip.
The development of existing characters and the addition of some new ones have surely placed 'Ted Lasso' on some sort of an Incluvie A-OK list.
"Driveways" is a nuanced portrait of an Asian American family, touching on themes of loss, growth, and belonging.
At first glance, “The Good Liar” is a respectable piece of fiction, starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren. But underneath everything, the film expertly hones the unpredictability of deceit.
“And I think to myself….what a wonderful world”. Louis Armstrong sang about this notion via his classic 1967 song, an ode to witnessing elements of our life that should be but some reminders of exactly what that concluding line of each verse indicates. Now we see our contemporary realities and, just being honest, it makes a sentiment like this seem SO overtly far away….perhaps even impossible….to accept or believe could be. It sounds harsh, but again, so much of what is occurring speaks not to beauty, but bedlam.
