Greece is deeply missed by Luca (10), a young Greek immigrant living in Cargèse, on the Corsican coast. The boy finds solace in training and obsessing over freediving, an ancient sport that involves diving on a single breath. But his father, Alex (39), a former champion haunted by the life he left behind and the recent loss of his wife at sea during a dive, forbids him from continuing after a series of reckless behaviors. Struggling to fit in with the village and at odds with his father, Luca is at his breaking point. He's ready to risk everything to prove he’s got what it takes… and make the ultimate dive.
America is the crux of the storyline: she is the only person in existence with the power to jump between universes. As central as America is to the Multiverse of Madness story, she somehow didn’t get that much to do.
Escape The Field is a serviceable horror thriller. The characters are easier to remember as horror character tropes. As I wrote this review, I only remembered the characters by their tropes: #FinalGirl, #Everyman, #Badass, #MeanB*/SexyGirl, #Realist/BlackLesbian, and #TheNerd.
"Marriage Story" is a narrow-minded and heavy-handed attempt to examine the complexity of human relationships.
Given Hollywood's history of racism and financial motivations, how much progress can we expect? Plus: a list of excellent films by Black directors.
Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) tells her mother (Laurie Metcalf) that she wants to live through something — something that matters.
The justice system in the United States of America is supposed to operate as you are deemed innocent until proven guilty. But "When They See Us" shows what happens for Black people is they are deemed guilty until proven innocent.
