Frumpy, divorced father Doug is interrupted from a pleasant rest by a phone call from his daughter, calling from college. She wants to visit him and introduce him to someone...her fiancé, Stephen . Doug is surprised, but agrees. When the couple arrives, he is immediately taken by the handsome young man, and at dinner, Doug keeps fantasizing that Stephen is coming on to him. Some small talk about fishing encourages his daughter to suggest a fishing trip between the two men, and Doug reluctantly agrees. Later that night, Doug catches a glimpse of Stephen jacking off in the bathroom. This leads him to indulge in a fantasy about two men having sex. They chide him about repressing his homosexual urges.
I first saw Dear Evan Hansen on the Broadway stage. Apparently, I was so blown away by the magic of theater that I didn’t pick up on the questionable dynamics. The story's clumsy handling in the movie brought those issues to light.
The 'Black Adam' story is a blander copy of 'The Mummy', 'Moon Knight', and other Egyptian films made by Hollywood, taking place in the fictional Middle Eastern Kahndaq.
Zombie apocalypses have been metaphors for late-stage predatory capitalism, but never a system disrupter that brings about freedom.
I Love You Forever, marketed as a “subversive” romantic comedy is in fact a painful horror film about a young woman deep in the throes of an abusive relationship.
Like many things, like animals and people, they always evolve. When the first humans walked the Earth, they originated from Africa and were all black.
What starts off as a success story for a single mother living below the poverty line, slowly begins to weave itself into a tangled web of greed, guilt, and destruction.
