
Shang Xia is a straight and humorous chauffeur, but his friend, He Feng, is a horny and gambling social hustler who hangs out in various circles all day long. When He Feng gets into trouble, he usually looks to the kind-hearted Shang Xia to help him out. Externally, He Feng always says that Shang Xia is his exclusive driver. One day, when He Feng took a high-priced job while playing poker, He Feng delayed the appointment and asked Shang Xia to help him to pick up the person in a hurry.
At first glance, one wouldn't think John Carpenter's cult classic would be a thematic double-billing - or that Free Guy would be worthy of being mentioned in the same sentence as They Live - but the two films of vastly different genres have more similarities upon further examination.
‘Candyman’ (2021) builds upon the original 1992 film by presenting the myth of Candyman not only as an example of black pain, but as an opportunity for black vengeance.
It only seems to prove that when the company had their backs against the wall and needed an all pleasing, generic movie that had to make up for The Last Jedi, they chose to sacrifice almost everything that made their main protagonist interesting and that made her stand out as the strong female character that a generation of young movie goers was supposed to look up to. Instead, we were left with a Rey that was so much less than she could have been. And I guess that’s the real story of Rey and The Rise of Skywalker; they could have been so much more, but they were just more of the same.
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
A chilling return to the Final Destination franchise with a terrifying twist on fate. Bloodlines explores whether Death can hold a grudge across generations—and what happens when the past won't stay buried.