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There are movies you watch once, and then there are movies that follow you. Inception is the second kind. I remember the first time I watched it, I sat through the credits in silence, trying to figure out if the top kept spinning. But what really stayed with me...
There are movies that entertain you, and then there are movies that pull you in completely and make you forget where you are. Inception is one of those. Fifteen years later, Christopher Nolan’s dream-within-a-dream epic still feels just as sharp, bold, and unlike anything else Hollywood has made since....
Some movies don’t just entertain, they quietly challenge who you are and what you want. For me, The Social Network was one of those films. I watched it as a student with big dreams and a love for technology, and it made me think deeply about ambition, friendship, and...
David Fincher’s 2010 masterpiece turns the creation of Facebook into a cold, fast, and oddly heartbreaking story about ego, friendship, and the price of wanting to be seen. Jesse Eisenberg’s Mark Zuckerberg isn’t your typical genius. He’s awkward, painfully sharp, and emotionally tone-deaf. The kind of guy...
The first time I watched The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), I didn’t know whether to laugh, be shocked, or take notes. It’s the kind of film that leaves you questioning your own definition of success. Back then, I was fascinated by ambition, how far people would go to...
Few films are as intoxicating, infuriating, and relentless as The Wolf of Wall Street. It’s a movie that celebrates, mocks, and questions greed. Martin Scorsese takes Jordan Belfort’s memoir, the true story of a Wall Street conman who built an empire on lies, drugs, and charisma, and turns it...
The first time I watched The Shawshank Redemption (1994), I didn’t expect it to move me the way it did. I was at a point in life where patience felt pointless and hope seemed like a luxury. But as the story of Andy Dufresne unfolded, something...
There are films that grab you instantly, and then there are films that quietly take root. The Shawshank Redemption belongs firmly to the latter. It’s not loud, not flashy, and certainly wasn’t a hit when it first arrived. It struggled at the box office and walked away from awards...
There are movies that entertain, and then there are movies that quietly get under your skin. Black Bag (2025) did the latter for me. Watching it reminded me of a time in college when I trusted someone completely, only to find out later that trust wasn’t mutual. That feeling...
For a director as restless as Steven Soderbergh, Black Bag should’ve been a slam dunk. Instead, what we get is a film that feels like it’s been engineered rather than directed: efficient, cool to the touch, and curiously hollow. The story revolves around George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender),...
After decades of anticipation, Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition (1979) has finally received the restoration it always deserved. Streaming now in 4K Ultra HD and available on Blu-ray and Paramount Plus, this version brings Gene Roddenberry’s ambitious science-fiction classic back to life with stunning clarity...
You’d think that putting Robert De Niro in two mob roles, directed by Barry Levinson, would be an offer no film lover could refuse. Yet The Alto Knights somehow makes that offer and still manages to underdeliver. It’s a film of pedigree and promise, the director of Rain Man,...
The 2025 How to Train Your Dragon remake feels like flying on autopilot. It’s breathtaking at first glance, but strangely hollow once the wind dies down. Directed by Dean DeBlois, the same filmmaker who made the original animated classic soar, this live-action version is a triumph of technology and...
It Ends With Us (2024) is a deeply emotional journey brought to life by Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, adapted from Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel. The movie dives into love, trauma, and self-discovery, staying true to the heart of the book while finding its own cinematic rhythm. Directed by...
It Ends With Us wants to be an emotional gut punch. A raw story about breaking free from abuse and inherited trauma. Instead, it’s a clumsy, tone-deaf soap opera dressed like a fashion experiment gone wrong. Directed by Justin Baldoni and starring Blake Lively, this adaptation...
Oliver Stone’s JFK (1991) remains one of the most potent political thrillers ever made. It pursues the assassination of President John F. Kennedy through the eyes of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner), forcing us to confront uncomfortable questions about government, truth, and power....
The first Indiana Jones film sequel, actually occurring chronologically before the first, opens with American songstress Willie Scott performing a Chinese rendition of the titular theme from the old Broadway show Anything Goes in 1935 Shanghai, where the eponymous college professor, archaeologist, and adventurer negotiates with Chinese mobsters in...
I maybe became aware of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek franchise when I was around six years old but really didn't indulge into it when I was well into my adulthood, and I'll admit that even then I was more of a Star Wars junkie, although I'll acknowledge that many...
I've mostly been into the Star Wars franchise as a teenager but only really watched the films in the Original Trilogy, not bothering with the original Expanded Universe material until later on--and they've pretty much been invalidated due to Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm. I knew that the Original Trilogy...
I was largely apathetic and carefree in grade school about the world's happenings, American politics, and US history until I took my education more seriously, starting in the seventh grade. While I got the general gist of American history during eighth and ninth grades, I discovered well after graduating...
Rogue One, A Star Wars Story is a necessary detour from the Skywalker saga and one of the best Star Wars anthology films. The movie reframes the Star Wars universe as a wartime story about ordinary people making one extraordinary choice. It delivers on grit, scope, and emotional stakes...
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s 28 Years Later arrives carrying the weight of legacy and the curse of expectation. It’s the third chapter in a saga that helped define 21st-century horror, yet this time the rage feels different. The film is ambitious, moody, and sometimes mesmerizing, but it’s also...
After the smash success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first entry in the Skywalker Saga after Disney purchased Lucasfilm, they decided to broaden the conditionally-beloved franchise's horizons with spinoff media, including the very first spinoff film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which tells about how the...
George Lucas originally wanted to make a Flash Gordon film but couldn't secure the rights and decided to do his own thing with Star Wars: A New Hope, which was a really troubled production, going through tons of rewrites and various on-set issues. Many of the actors didn't like...
When I was young and carefree, I didn't really have strong opinions on anything like most media, video games included (and I've been a gamer for as long as I remember), or any other media like books, movies, and television shows. In the early 1990s, I did have a...
