At dusk, Yoshii enters the "Snack Akemi" before it opens. Inside the bar, Sumire (Kirishima Sakura) is preparing to open. Three years ago, Sumire was making a living selling her body, but one night, when she tried to steal money from a customer while he was asleep, she was reprimanded and found herself crouching on the street with her face covered in blood. At that moment, Yoshii, who happened to be passing by, rescued her and took her to his wife, Akemi (Kuroki Ayumu), who was closing up the bar. After that, Sumire regained her senses while being watched over by the Yoshiis and their regular customers, but...
A spoiler-free review of 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,' highlighting the way the modern setting and current social climate once again influence Johnson's approach to the whodunit narrative.
Naked Gun: The New Police Squad Team delivers exactly what fans want: relentless, expertly crafted chaos that honors the original while cranking everything up to eleven. The gags fire at machine-gun pace—sight jokes layered with wordplay and physical comedy so outrageous it borders on art. It's gleefully self-aware without being cynical, silly without being stupid, and maintains that perfect ZAZ-style balance of treating absolute absurdity with complete seriousness. The film knows exactly what it is: a comedy missile designed for maximum laughs, and it hits its target with surgical precision. Pure, unhinged entertainment that proves spoof comedy still has plenty of life left in it.
Greta Garbo, a queer actress playing a real-life queer Queen is the best of both worlds.
James Cameron’s “Aliens” (1986) is a pinnacle of science fiction storytelling. Within this classic monster movie lies a powerful female character, Ellen Ripley (brilliantly portrayed by Sigourney Weaver).
Every movement becomes a question of identity. To become who we are meant to be. In order to reach that we often have to shed who we once were, and that shedding can sometimes be so brutal it’s ungraceful.
Acutely funny and always well-intentioned, Last Week Tonight has a lot of heart for a satirical-news program.
