It was February 2012, on a crowded Spring Festival train traveling from Guangzhou to Dazhou, Sichuan. A green passenger train was packed with travelers. A railway police officer walked through one overcrowded carriage after another, keeping watch over the passengers. During the patrol, the officer crossed paths with a young woman. Then, the crowded carriages gradually became empty. The train picked up speed. No one knew where it was truly headed.
The Invitation takes a creeping look at two simple premises: reuniting with forgotten friends and new-age spiritualism. Though one seems a bit scarier than the other, the film heightens social awkwardness to a macabre level that puts an uncomfortable look on when the social taboo of grief is put on public display.
With the start of the new season we're excited for all of the April new movie releases, some of which our writers here will cover in individual reviews throughout the month.
This incarnation of Animal Farm is filled with the generic plot points, immature humor, cardboard characters and visual flaws that you have come to know from today’s lesser children’s films.
This coming-of-age movie discusses immigration issues in the United States through the eyes of two exchange students in Brazil.
Endgame not only did not drop the ball, but it delivered for fans so much that it went on to become the highest-grossing movie of all time!
A recent look at gender and racial diversity in film shows some signs of progress. However, white men still make up the vast majority of actors and directors in top-grossing films.
