Introduction Night in Paradise is a 2020 film from South Korean director Park Hoon-jung. Like a quiet flame hidden under ashes, the movie folds crime drama, aching beauty, and slow, hot revenge into a single, flickering glow. Though it first played at festivals, it soon reached screens around the world, inviting even casual viewers to […]
Synopsis Time to Hunt is a 2020 South Korean dystopian thriller by writer-director Yoon Sung-hyun. Mixing crime drama, sci-fi, and a taut cat-and-mouse chase, the movie offers a raw look at survival in a shattered society. Set in a near-future South Korea reeling from economic collapse, it serves as both a gripping suspense story and
Synopsis “Luckiest Girl Alive” is a psychological thriller and drama that hit screens in 2022. Directed by Mike Barker, the film draws from Jessica Knoll’s 2015 bestseller. With a tightly woven story, it probes trauma, identity, and the ways society tries to label us. At the heart of the film is a woman fighting to
Synopsis Breaking Surface remains a 2020 survival-thriller of Swedish-Norwegian origin which almost entirely takes place in the cold Norwegian fjord waters. The film’s written and directed by Joachim Hedén. The motion picture is a complex layered deep exploration into the notions of fear, kinship, lack of freedom and the immense level of resilience human bodies
Summary The Wave (Bølgen in Norwegian) is a 2015 Norwegian disaster drama film directed by Roar Uthaug. Unlike the grandiose Hollywood disaster blockbusters, The Wave takes an incredibly personal approach to the genre, focusing on individual narratives set against a looming geological peril. The film draws inspiration from real life events and the actual threat
Synopsis The Vow is a romantic drama movie that was released in 2012. The movie features actors Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum as a couple whose relationship faces trials and tribulations due to a memory loss. It delves into critical social issues regarding love, commitment, identity, and resilience, and is inspired by the real-life account
Synopsis The Midnight Sky, released on Netflix in 2020 and directed by George Clooney, is a post apocalyptic sci-fi film that tells a story of survival and self reflection on human nature’s perseverance and the themes of regret and redemption. It stars George Clooney as Professor Augustine Lofthouse, “an astronomer who becomes terminally ill and
Cruise is a romantic drama released in 2018 and written and directed by Robert D. Siegel. The film features Spencer Boldman and Emily Ratajkowski, and aims to capture the essence of American youth culture during the summer of 1987. Combines themes of coming-of-age nostalgia, forbidden love, cultural clash, living fiercely, classic street racing, and vintage
Synopsis Clint Eastwood directed the war biographical drama film American Sniper which is based on the autobiography by Chris Kyle, alongside co-authors Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. The film was released in 2014 and it chronicles the life of Chris Kyle, a United States Navy SEAL sniper who gained legendary status for his unparalleled accuracy
Synopsis The Revenant is a breathtaking survival drama which is directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and it is based on actual occurrences and in part draw from Michael Punke’s 2002 novel of the same name. Revolving around the 1820s American frontier, the film features Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, a legendary frontiersman and fur trapper,
