How would you live if you had no choice? If you had to hide who you are? What if you had to live in a society where everyone who is different from the "norm" is forcibly corrected? Imagine such a world. And try to live it as a father who could lose his "wrong" child at any moment. Or in the role of a teenager who still doesn't know what it means to be "normal". At the center of the story is the Asinov family. The head of the family, Nikolai Vladimirovich, does everything to make sure that his youngest son Dima succeeds and arranges for him to participate in a startup competition, which turns out to be a very unexpected outcome for Dima.
Overall, “Dark Fate” is a run-of-the-mill flick. Together, Reyes and Davis have excellent chemistry, but their characters’ story is nothing new, lacking surprise and deep emotion. During the middle points, the film drags considerably, and when the action hits, it feels consistently tight, eliminating the rhythm and fluidity of conflicts.
Battles will come and go and queer people do die for their identity and fights for rights, but that doesn’t mean the gays don’t deserve their happy endings in stories.
The live-action remake of the classic Disney film based on a wooden puppet is finally here.
While prioritizing production value over substance, Flood depicts an emotionally taut family drama set during the farmland flooding of the Franco-Dutch war.
“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.
Even with its straightforward premise, “Richard Jewell” is ramped up by exceptional drama. In all honesty, the performances are out of this world. As Jewell, Paul Walter Hauser becomes a walking representation of gullibility. His bumbling antics create the perfect hero, and very quickly, we feel the societal heat that surrounds our protagonists.
