
There is a hint of Armageddon in the air. According to the least-selling book of 1655 —The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch — the world will come to an end on a Saturday Next Saturday in fact. The Armies of Good and Evil are massing, the Four Horsemen have been unleashed. Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring, and everything appears to be going to Divine Plan. Except that a fastidious Angel and a fast-living Demon, who have enjoyed a rather decadent lifestyle on earth for six millennia, are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. They just have to find a way to indefinitely postpone Armageddon. There’s only one problem: they’ve misplaced the Anti-Christ.
Set in a future dystopian United States in which water is running out, Julia Hart’s Fast Color (2018) is a refreshingly different take on the superhero film.
An analysis on how the Garfield movie fails to represent the characters it is adapting, especially the women, by removing their best characteristics.
Leveraging the cockiness of many of his interview subjects, Theroux created an exposing documentary that shows just how scary these sections of the internet can be.
The social issues The Half of it takes on are handled well, between the antagonization brought on to Ellie for her race and the conflict that arises from her being gay. Both aspects of her character are built up over the course of the film and don’t seem abrupt or rushed. The film shows racism towards Ellie and her and father in varying levels, from having her schoolmates specifically address her as "Chinese girl” to the fore mentioned way her Dad is treated due to language barriers. The same can be said about Ellie being a lesbian. While she never truly “comes out” in the narrative, that does not undermine her journey of self-discovery from being meaningful. These ideas aren’t thrust upon the viewer in a preachy manor, the scenarios that occur feel believable given the rural setting. The film presents watchers with problems whom those like Ellie may face, and leaves us to sit with them and reflect.
What are we willing to walk through to see our dreams come to pass? Our minds might be so wholly alive with the passions we carry and the plans we make to see these things become all we wish them to be, yet life doesn’t always want to come alongside. Instead, obstacles arise, both physical and mental, which attempt to dissuade us or even prevent us from moving forward, stalling or stagnating the momentum to achieve what we desire. The age-old question remains….can we overcome? Or will we BE overcome?