Rafeeqa and Shahrizal's marriage is a family arrangement made when Rafeeqa is still young. Unwilling to commit, she sees the marriage as a burden. Thus, Rafeeqa does not hesitate to continue her studies in Sunderland without considering her husband's feelings, who loves her dearly. Five years later, Rafeeqa returns to Malaysia and realizes she has begun to miss her husband and is willing to take on the responsibility of being a proper wife. However, Shahrizal now has a sweetheart named Husna, and Rafeeqa promises herself she will win back her husband's love. But it is not that simple. With Husna's appearance between her and Shahrizal, Nek Pah who has never acknowledged her position as a daughter-in-law, and Irwan who constantly tries to get close to her, everything tests her patience.
Stand and Deliver is an inspirational classic from 1988 starring Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante, and his class of rag tag students in East Los Angeles. It’s the story of how a new teacher shows a motley group of students in the inner city with backgrounds as gang members, dishwashers, and mechanics — the power of self-determination. He teaches the teenagers to believe in themselves through algebra and calculus.
What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.
All in all, “Event Horizon” is a cinematic misfire, begging to be perfected in the future. While it possesses an array of admirable visuals, the film leaves much to be desired. If only we could see Anderson’s preferred cut, which featured more character development and tortuous imagery. In the meantime, I have a catchphrase for this film: In space no one can hear you snore.
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.
With so many binge-worthy TV shows floating around and new ones constantly being released, I have compiled a list of some more recent TV shows that rank high on the diversity scale for both the cast and crew.
The idea of Rosemary's baby but with lesbian partners drew me in, and I was anticipating what the film had in store with its reimagining. Unfortunately, it all felt a little too vague to leave an impact.
