
“WITCHES PLAYGROUND is a chilling story about a group of teens who decide to have a party on Halloween at an abandoned haunted attraction. Rumored to be haunted by a malicious old witch. Thirteen years prior to this night, a young girl witnessed a gruesome series of accidents that marked her permanently. Now as the party commences, she must face her greatest fears, discover the connections between the past and the present and somehow survive the infinite terrors of the Witches Playground…Enter if you dare.”
Spiral could easily spawn new sequels and will most likely churn a decent profit. Is it a good Saw film? Absolutely. Could it have been revolutionary though? Also yes.
A deer caught in the headlights is the perfect metaphor for Animals.
Years before Mexican director, Alfonso Cuaron, was winning Academy Awards for movies like Gravity (2013) and Roma(2018), he directed a small, intimate film about two best friends who decide to embark on an improvised road trip to spend time with an older, attractive woman who miraculously agrees to go with them. Y tu Mamá También is a deep journey into the raw sexuality and friendship of the young protagonists, as well as a subtle social and political commentary on Mexico at the time.
With The Father, writer-director Florian Zeller- who wrote and developed the play upon which the film is based- pulls no punches as he confidently makes every effort to put the audience in the mind of someone whose grip on reality has all but vanished. It’s a dazzling testament to Zeller’s abilities as a director as he makes his first transition from stage to film appear as if he’s been working behind a camera his entire career. The dialogue he fashions with co-writer Christopher Hampton, along with the work of production designers Peter Francis and Cathy Featherstone, collectively makes the downward spiral of dementia startlingly tangible, doing so in a way that can be comprehended by everyone except the person it directly affects.
This Disney+ movie is about a 12-year-old math genius who wants to become a rapper.