Rustlers of the Badlands (1945)

A direct fall into the white savior narrative

Ever since the mid-’90s, the Mortal Kombat game franchise has seen multiple attempts to make it on the big screen, or at least adapted into other media.

With such a raw look at the 15th century, it seems that Disney was really trying to step outside of its element with this motion picture. 

One Night in Miami... did not frame the racism and bigotry as something that could be solved by quality time spent between individuals. Instead, it featured four different legends of Black History together in one room disagreeing for about 2/3 of the film.

There’s enough evidence to insinuate that What We Do in the Shadows is intentionally queer-coded.

Peppered with whimsical humor, heartbreaking realizations, and heartwarming discoveries, The Incomer is surprisingly endearing through and through.