Blowing Up—A Perspective on Grief and a Lesson in Compassion
We are constantly being pushed to move on from mishaps and negative feelings. What happens if we're not ready to do so?

Recovering from a severe nervous breakdown and a great fan of thriller films, twenty-two-year-old Niccolò decides to go to the cinema with his dearest friend Viola. They are joined by their friends Ambra, Valerio, Matteo and Clelia, with whom they go to the largest multiplex in their city, a place at the center of several sinister urban legends. When, at the end of the film, the group decides to spend the night inside the cinema to make fun of the maniacal and ambiguous guard, the six will find themselves grappling with a macabre secret.
We are constantly being pushed to move on from mishaps and negative feelings. What happens if we're not ready to do so?
You can have the best filmmaker and cast in the world, but if the script is lacking, you’re in a troublesome state. Such is the case with Gemini Man, a film full of tremendous artists.
I have been a long-time fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since it made its official debut through 2008's absolutely excellent "Iron Man". The run continued, as did my associated fandom of the films, through the utterly EPIC 2019 finale "Avengers: Endgame".
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.
I understand that this would have been consistent with the language used by that generation, due to its role in the medical profession, however as someone who has family members with Down Syndrome I took it very personally.
'Blue Beetle' is another solid addition to the superhero film canon.