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NYAD: How a giant water tank and location filming recreated Diana Nyad’s record-breaking swim
The Netflix sports biopic NYAD presents viewers with an adaptation of real-life athlete Diana Nyad’s attempt to complete an epic one-hundred-and-ten-mile swim from Cuba to...
Nuovo Olimpo – True story, or simply a love story?
Nuovo Olimpo is a tale of love and serendipity, following the relationship of Pietro and Enea who stumble across each other on, of all places,...
Fingernails Ending Explained – Why does Anna pull out her fingernails?
Fingernails is set up as a love triangle between Anna, Amir, and Ryan, with the caveat of their romance being dictated by a machine that nobody...
NYAD Ending Explained – What was uncovered from Diana’s past?
The ending of NYAD finds Diana Nyad making a marathon swim from Cuba to Florida at the ripe age of 64, decades after her failed first attempt...
NYAD Review – An inspiring true story that falls flat because of inconsistent direction
NYAD first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year and also had a short theatrical run before it began streaming on Netflix. When...
Hulu’s Quiz Lady filming locations, from L.A. to a purpose-built studio
From Los Angeles to New Orleans to a purpose-built quiz show set at an undisclosed location, Quiz Lady was filmed to evoke a very quintessentially...
Quiz Lady Ending Explained – Does Anne win the money at Can’t Stop the Quiz?
Hulu’s Quiz Lady is a comedy about two estranged sisters who must come together to help pay their mother’s gambling debt and rescue their beloved...
Quiz Lady Review – Hilarious, heartfelt, and very charming
It’s rare for a comedy movie to induce uncontrollable laughter in me while telling a heartfelt story. Quiz Lady, which found its way to Hulu...
Netflix’s Hurricane Season isn’t a true story, but it is real horror
The Netflix drama Hurricane Season is a gritty and disturbing story that has captured the imagination of the viewers, mixing its genres and telling an...
Locked In Ending Explained – How did Katherine become paralyzed?
The Netflix original British thriller Locked In is a tale of greed, ambition, and, of course, murder. Told through a series of flashbacks, the story...
Locked In (2023) Review – Entertaining enough B-thriller elevated by a talented cast
Locked In (2023) is a straight-to-Netflix British B-thriller with all the guilty pleasure elements you would expect from the genre. There’s a remote mansion, a...
Hurricane Season (2023) Review – Delivers on gore and violence but overstays its welcome
The Netflix film Hurricane Season (2023) is based on the book of the same name by Fernanda Melchor. Book adaptations are always difficult because there...
Wingwomen Ending Explained – Does the team pull off their final mission?
Wingwomen follows the story of two expert best-friend thieves who are sick and tired of life on the run and recruit feisty Sam to assist...
Wingwomen Review – A fun, female-led action flick
Mélanie Laurent, who broke through in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, has made a name for herself as a filmmaker and is back in the director’s...
Nuovo Olimpo Ending Explained – Do Pietro and Enea end up together?
Nuovo Olimpo has a classic love-at-first-sight plot for our aspiring director Enea (Daminano Gavino) and medical student Pietro (Andrea Di Luigi). The two young 25-year-olds meet,...
Nuovo Olimpo Review – A passionate and poised piece of cinema
Nuovo Olimpo is a romantic drama film set in late 1970s Rome. The story follows two young men who meet by chance and fall deeply...
Locked In on Netflix – Filming Locations and Production Explained
Netflix‘s romantic crime thriller Locked In, directed by Nour Wazzi and written by Rowan Joffe, is a tense and complex look at the characters involved...
‘Ralph Barbosa: Cowabunga’ Review – This Huy, He’s Alright
With a bright, glamorous Las Vegas glitzy opening, the star Ralph Barbosa enters a snazzy stage for his Netflix special, Cowabunga. The cheering crowd is...