Laura, a 25-year-old woman, tormented by her painful past, decides to leave it behind by setting out on a quest for revenge with Hernán, her faithful companion and bodyguard. But the sudden outbreak of a worldwide infection that turns humans cannibalistic forces them to stay with a group of strangers struggling to survive. Laura must struggle with her inner demons and postpone her revenge, while living with the other survivors; Dario, a film student convinced that he must document the situation; Mariano, a soldier who lost all his equipment and Horacio, a man who has nothing to lose.
Through its morbidly humorous storytelling, Wednesday tells a tale of a world divided that explores the manifestation of generational trauma in its protagonist Wednesday Addams.
‘Sexy Beasts’ promotes itself as different from other dating shows as being not appearance-based. This is true to some extent thanks to the special effects makeup. However, looks do still play a role despite the masks.
Over the last several years, I have had the privilege of being one of the critics having the opportunity to watch and review several films from writer/director/producer Marcellus Cox, whose efforts are never anything less but grounded, relevant, and steeped in unflinching glimpses illustrating the gripping, inspired, and ever-vacillating realms that make up the human condition.
The Magician's Elephant has a strong multicultural cast and a heartwarming story about bringing two long-lost siblings back together
White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.
“And I think to myself….what a wonderful world”. Louis Armstrong sang about this notion via his classic 1967 song, an ode to witnessing elements of our life that should be but some reminders of exactly what that concluding line of each verse indicates. Now we see our contemporary realities and, just being honest, it makes a sentiment like this seem SO overtly far away….perhaps even impossible….to accept or believe could be. It sounds harsh, but again, so much of what is occurring speaks not to beauty, but bedlam.
