This horror satire tells the story of a pop culture-obsessed serial killer who terrorizes L.A. Through his Manifesto entries we discover his mission, to bring Americans together by killing everyone equally and confronting the ‘final boss’ - a man simply known as ‘Freddy’. A gleefully warped odyssey, through the psyche of America itself.
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.
Perhaps the most amazing and groundbreaking quality about The Birdcage is how removed it is from both illness and insensitivity. Whereas films preceding it were often somber stories about the tribulations of being gay in a conservatively straight world, Nichols and screenwriter Elaine May expose the fallacies of conservatism as traditional values are thrown into a more open-minded space. They don’t care how far the community has fallen so much as how high they can rebuild themselves.
Growing up is a challenge for everyone.
This coming-of-age movie is about a group of girl trying to find their missing friend after a wild night none of them can remember.
A quiet film that does not demand your tears but earns them. It explores love that lingers, timing that fails, and the silence between what was and what could have been.
To say Hollywood has had a troubled past is the understatement of the century. In Ryan Murphy’s (American Horror Story) new Netflix series, Hollywood, that past is confronted and even rewritten.
