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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Murder Mubarak Is Based On A Novel, But Exists In A Long Line Of Whodunit Tradition

March 16 2024, by Louie Fecou

Murder Mubarak is based on the best-selling novel Club You To Death by Anuja Chauhan, but it operates in both a very long line of whodunit...

Murder Mubarak Ending Explained – Who was the murderer?

March 16 2024, by Romey Norton

The essence of a murder mystery is to have everything make sense at the end. The story should be fulfilling for its audience, leaving them...

Irish Wish Ending Explained – Does Maddie choose to keep her wish?

March 15 2024, by Lori Meek

Everyone would like to wish their fantasies into existence, but the ending of Lindsay Lohan’s Netflix rom-com Irish Wish cautions against it. Protagonist Maddie wishes...

24 Hours with Gaspar Ending Explained – Does Gaspar die?

March 14 2024, by Lori Meek

24 Hours with Gaspar is a dystopian Netflix thriller where the titular private investigator learns that his heart condition will claim his life within the...

Art of Love Ending Explained – How do Güney and Alin survive Faysal’s attack?

March 14 2024, by Lori Meek

With an ending that gets right to the heart of the will-they-won’t-they dynamic central to most romances, Art of Love (2024) is a Turkish heist movie...

Netflix’s Damsel Is “Kind Of” Based On a Recently Published Book — But There’s a Catch

March 9 2024, by Louie Fecou

Netflix’s Damsel, a fantasy adventure that turns one of the genre’s most longstanding tropes on its head, isn’t the only version of the story that fans...

Ricky Stanicky Is Not Based on a True Story But It Is Relatable

March 8 2024, by Louie Fecou

Ricky Stanicky is a return to a classic-feeling buddy comedy, with a premise so relatable that it could be a true story. It’s not, but...

‘My Name is Loh Kiwan’ Is Not Based on a True Story, But It Is Adapted From a Korean Novel

March 4 2024, by Louie Fecou

My Name is Loh Kiwan is not a true story, though it deals with many relatable universal themes. The Netflix film is based on a Korean...

Code 8: Part II Ending Explained – Do Connor and Pav survive?

February 28 2024, by Romey Norton

The ending of Code 8: Part II sees Connor Reed (Robbie Amell) and Pav decide to stop running and get justice for Tarak’s (Pav’s younger...

Through My Window 3: Looking At You Ending Explained – Do Raquel and Ares finally end up together?

February 23 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You could have predicted the ending of Through My Window 3: Looking At You about five minutes into the first movie. Do Raquel and Ares...

Is the 2024 Netflix movie The Abyss based on a true story?

February 19 2024, by Louie Fecou

The Abyss, now streaming on Netflix, tells the traumatic tale of a Swedish town, Kiruna, struck by a terrible and devastating seismic shift that causes...

Einstein and Bomb Ending Explained – What was Einstein’s contribution to the atomic bomb?

February 17 2024, by Kieran Burt

Netflix’s documentary Einstein and the Bomb seeks to take advantage of the recent uptick in interest in the making of the atomic bomb, telling the story...

The Abyss Ending Explained – Who dies at the end?

February 16 2024, by Lori Meek

Set in the Swedish town of Kiruna, The Abyss follows safety director Frigga as she’s grasping the inevitable fall of the city into a sinkhole...

The Kitchen (2023) Ending Explained – Do Izi and Benji reconcile?

February 15 2024, by Amanda Guarragi

The Kitchen (2023) is a film that shows the early potential of Daniel Kaluuya as a director. He infused this world with every fiber of...

Nivedita Jha: Who is the Real Life Journalist from ‘Bhakshak’?

February 14 2024, by Louie Fecou

Bhakshak is a shocking film exploring the terrible abuse that young girls suffered in a Muzaffarpur shelter that was meant to protect and help them....

A Soweto Love Story Ending Explained – Who wins the contest?

February 14 2024, by Romey Norton

A Soweto Love Story is a South African romantic comedy that sees Matriarch Bongekile, a desperate mother, trying to get her three sons settled down...

The Heartbreak Agency Ending Explained – Does Karl have a change of heart?

February 14 2024, by Romey Norton

The Heartbreak Agency is a predictable rom-com with a predictable ending. Karl, a misogynistic scorned man, and his therapist Marie begin an awkward love affair, as...

Players (2024) Ending Explained – Do Mack and Nick end up together?

February 14 2024, by Amanda Guarragi

When Mack and her friends plot to get Nick to formally date Mack in Players (2024), she tends to focus on just chasing him and...