Movie Explainers

Once it’s established that Tòkunbò’s baby son has died after not getting the treatment needed in time while in captivity with his mother, I was...

In the teenage-fuelled house party movie Incoming, freshman Benj feels he has a chance with Bailey, a girl he has a super crush on. Benj...

I liked the ending of The Union just as much as the rest of the movie. As I said in my review, Mark Wahlberg and...

The third act of Mission: Cross has a lot riding on it, but it’s worth the symbolic ending for the husband and wife. As the...

Things are boiling over as we reach the end of One Fast Move. Wes has lost a good woman in Camila, who disapproves of his...

The ending of Lolo and the Kid would not work without context. The older man is not the biological grandfather of the kid. It’s explained...

It feels like, in some way, that Bashorun Ga’a was orchestrating his downfall before it even began. A violent leader, seemingly paraplegic due to curses...

Once it’s established at the end of Non Negotiable why Zambrano (known as Lamb) has kidnapped the President and Alan’s wife, Victoria, you kind of...

Like any Hallmark movie or equivalent, it always ends with the two leads finding a way to be together. Despite the obstacles John and Sia...

With football (soccer if you’re wrong) being the world’s game, innumerable people grow up with fantasies of playing for their favorite team or their national...

There’s a certain light-hearted charm to Lobola Man. There’s also a pretty big issue with it, and I’m not sure a moderately happy ending necessarily...

The Champion (2024) isn’t a very good movie, but it’s a well-intentioned and likable one so I’d feel bad making fun of it. The from-the-ashes...

I would not have been surprised whatsoever if I had been told that Vanished Into the Night was a true story, despite the ludicrous twist....

Forgive me for being foolish. I expected the German feature Blame the Game to be another Game Night. However, I still enjoyed it, to an...

I was absolutely astounded by the ending of Vanished Into the Night. Maybe I was caught off guard and not completely wise to the incoming...

Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black is ridiculous and terrible nonsense, and the ending is one of the silliest aspects of it. Naturally, I’d like...

The ending of Space Cadet would have reached a ludicrous level if Rex had managed to fool NASA and become a fully qualified astronaut despite...

It’s easy to walk into the ending of Drawing Closer with a false sense of security. After all, the end is spelled out at the start...