What is "Bugonia" Actually Trying to Say?
The film seems like an extreme interpretation of the conspiracy theorists that exist in real life. And then, there’s the twist.

The lives of Barry and his supposed friend Oscar are turned upside down when an alien crash-lands in their backyard. Now they've got to go on the run from a soviet eugenics operation, and grapple with the fact they are part of a prophecy to destroy an intergalactic warlord.
The film seems like an extreme interpretation of the conspiracy theorists that exist in real life. And then, there’s the twist.
Mark Anthony Green was unable to connect all of the pieces in his debut feature film, leaving Opus as a middling entry in an already oversaturated genre.
As noted in the headline, I didn’t like this movie. Not to say it’s the worst thing ever, but it’s just…meh. Nothing much to it. Very generic. No surprises. At the very least, the cast is diverse so I’ll give it that.
A film for the post-MeToo era that inverts the narrative with an ironic coda, Tár depicts the duality of a sensitive artist capable of great evil and vile manipulation.
"La Noria" deftly subverts audience expectations as it explores childhood grief, anxieties, and pain. The award-winning short shows us that often our monsters are often sprung from our darkest places.
Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.