The director documents the events leading to a reunion with her estranged father.
Outer Banks (2020-) knows its audience: young adults in a country that can’t stop romanticizing good ole’ treasure hunts. Add a little of Riverdale’s (2017-) sex appeal, and no one can look away. Forty years after The Goonies (1985) America’s consciousness hasn’t strayed from the same tropes: treasure hunts, a vulnerable white male lead, and the whitewashing of a racially segregated setting.
The film seems like an extreme interpretation of the conspiracy theorists that exist in real life. And then, there’s the twist.
The relationship between the characters is what makes this film stand out, and it’s just all-around fun.
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is a fan-favorite, as are some of the more science fiction angled movies like 28 Days Later or World War Z. I recently watched the 1995 Wolfgang Peterson-directed movie, Outbreak for the first time, which is currently available on Netflix.
Spotlighting the legacy of the legendary Raymond Lewis through the love of a devoted daughter.
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
