Movie Explainers
Are you looking for an explanation of a movie’s ending? Have you encountered a plot point you are unsure about or a character or person who is stumping you? This page will help you and keep you up to date on the latest Movie Explainers.
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‘My Oxford Year’ Ending Explained – What Happened to Jamie?
The romance between Anna and Jamie at the end of My Oxford Year is bittersweet, but it does provide meaning, especially behind the foundations of...
The Ending Of ‘War of the Worlds’ Is An Advert For Amazon Prime Air
War of the Worlds (2025) is impressively terrible in a lot of different ways, but its ending is particularly egregious. What is otherwise an ill-advised...
‘A Normal Woman’ Has A Predictable Ending With A Touch Of Ambiguity
In many ways, A Normal Woman has exactly the ending you’d expect it to have, albeit spiced up with a touch of ambiguity. And this,...
The Ending of Follow (2025) Somehow Makes the Film Dumber
The ending of Follow (2025), also known by its native language film title, Juegos de Seducción, does not help its case at all. Arguably, it...
The Ending Of ‘Wall to Wall’ Is Mostly Just A Mess
Years ago, when I lived alone, my neighbours were bonkers nocturnal drug addicts who never stopped banging on the walls for reasons I could never...
The Weird Ending Of ‘Push’ Toys With Genre To Mixed Effect
Typically, home-invasion thrillers have simple endings. The good guys win, or they don’t. Either way works. But Push, which is a home-invasion thriller for most...
The Ending Of ‘Almost Cops’ Is Too Safe, Too Obvious, and Too Predictable
If you’ve ever seen a buddy-cop movie, you’ll likely be able to predict the ending of Almost Cops after the first five minutes. I don’t...
‘Brick’ Ending Explained and the Unanswered Questions
Brick (2025) is a thriller set in an apartment complex in the city of Hamburg. A group of characters is trapped behind an impenetrable wall of...
The Ending Of ‘Ziam’ Sets Up A Potential Sequel, But Is There Enough Meat On Its Bones?
It’s an unwritten rule that no Netflix movie can ever truly end. With streaming content being what it is, the possibility of a sequel must...
‘Our Times’ Ending Explained – Let Me Explain Why This Isn’t Half As Romantic As It Thinks It Is
In a classic case of having one’s cake and eating it – never understood that expression; what else would you do with a cake? –...
My Takeaways from the ‘Ballerina’ Ending
The predetermined moment in the Ballerina ending is when Eve finally catches up to The Chancellor, an elusive man with an ideological worldview about the...
‘Bad Influence’ Ending Explained – Netflix’s Teen Romance Goes Completely Off the Rails
I know what you’re thinking – a teen romance about two radically different but implausibly attractive people has to have a happy ending, right? The...
What the Shocking Ending of Netflix’s ‘Delicious’ Means
It was only when Esther checked Lucien’s fridge during the third act of Delicious that I realized the film’s plot twist. I was confused when...
‘The Most Beautiful Girl in the World’ Ending Explained – Do Reuben and Kiara End Up Together?
The 2025 Indonesian romance The Most Beautiful Girl in the World keeps viewers on the edge of their seats, constantly questioning whether Reuben and Kiara...
How the Ending of ‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Messes Up the Source Material
Netflix’s animated spin-off The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is based on one of Andrzej Sapkowski’s most beloved short stories, “A Little Sacrifice”, from the...
‘Lucca’s World’: From Autobiographical Book to Emotional Netflix Film
Lucca’s World is an emotional film that certainly impacted me, but there’s a real story behind it. It’s based on Bárbara Anderson’s autobiographical book, “The...
What The Ending of ‘The Sand Castle’ Means
The director, Matty Brown, wisely decided to reveal the secret at the end of The Sand Castle. This proves the point of the message on...
What Really Happened at the End of ‘The Calendar Killer’? Who Was The Killer?
The Calendar Killer is not particularly clever, but that does not mean the ending is easily guessed. I did not work out the twist, which...