Movies

Since Netflix’s Uglies is based on Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 series-launching book of the same name, it should come as no surprise that the movie’s ending...

In Uglies, McG’s Netflix adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 book of the same name, Joey King wants to be pretty. At one point, the Hollywood...

It’s hard to tell if the cliffhanger ending of Sector 36 is hinting at a sequel or providing a resonant note of deliberate ambiguity. This...

Sector 36 is an odd film based on a heinous string of real crimes in Nithari, a residential enclave in New Delhi, in 2005-2006. “Odd”...

The ending of Officer Black Belt sums up the theme that has been running throughout the entire movie – the burgeoning sense of duty and...

There’s a problem with Officer Black Belt, a well-intentioned Netflix movie about an athletic idealist punching and kicking recidivism out of South Korean criminals –...

There’s not a happy ending for Boxer—in fact, it’s depressing for Jedrzej and his wife Kasia, who have been torn apart by their circumstances and...

Although the Polish movie Boxer (or Bosker) is not based on a true story, it’s influenced by the time period it is set in. Between...

The ending of a musical movie is usually a big performance, and while Technoboys gets there eventually, it’s beside the point. Instead, the Netflix movie...

Netflix’s Technoboys has its work cut out for it. It isn’t easy being a parodical musical comedy in a world where Popstar: Never Stop Never...

Action movies have been knocking off First Blood ever since it debuted in 1982, but Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge is the rare example of a...

The Deliverance is not only about the ending. There is an abundance of themes and meanings that lead to holistic answers with many truths. While...

Untamed Royals ends with a sinister shot. After committing a heinous crime, which resulted in the death of young boy Vincente, the three accomplices, Xavi,...

Untamed Royals follows a group of privileged youths who use their status to commit crimes and wreak havoc in their ultra-wealthy neighborhood, resulting in devastating...

Lee Daniels’ The Deliverance will be reduced to an exorcism story. Reducing movie analysis is a usual get-out when dealing with a provocative movie about...

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...

The opening ten minutes of Tòkunbò told me everything I needed to know about the Nigerian movie. The presentation and promotion appear gritty and dark,...

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...