No One Mourns the Wicked?
Ultimately, Wicked is a story about the cost of being othered, the pain of being misnamed, and the quiet revolution of standing in your truth.

Elly Albers is a shy film student in her second year at college. Trying to advance her standing in class, she agrees to take part in a found-footage horror film - and gets more horror than she expected.
Ultimately, Wicked is a story about the cost of being othered, the pain of being misnamed, and the quiet revolution of standing in your truth.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
Tran Quoc Bao succeeds in telling us a story about martial arts, human decay, and friendship. The originality shown by his filmmaking is admirable and brings fresh air to the classic Chinese martial arts genre.
'Reservation Dogs' is stacked with an array of Native American performers and crew telling their own story.
What makes The Matrix saga fascinating is the symbolism of caves and trans allegories
This live-action Barbie movie brings strong feminism and topics about blondes.