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One Battle After Another Explained | What Time Is It? To understand One Battle After Another, I want you to think about a garden.  If you put time and effort into a […]

Weapons Explained | Naruto Run Down The Street Weapons | Quick Explanation If you want a quick, practical explanation of Weapons in terms of story, let me get th […]

28 Years Later Explained | A Trip To The Bone Temple The 28 movies all use the opening prologue to introduce the core thesis of the film.  28 Days Later uses the […]

Eddington Explained | The SolidGoldMagikarp Of It All Eddington has so much going on that it’s easy to feel lost. Thankfully, our First Rule of Film Analysis holds true: i […]

Superman Explained (2025) | Superman Is Human Alright, let’s explain James Gunn’s Superman. Our standard Opening-Closing framework will do the tri […]

28 Weeks Later Explained | Alice In The Window In our analysis of 28 Days Later, we discussed the film’s emphasis on the duality of humans. We can be incredibly c […]

28 Days Later Explained | The Chimp Watching TV 28 Days Later opens with a montage of collective violence. Riots, police brutality, people on fire, mobs running […]

Bring Her Back Explained | Oliver Eats The Knife Many people will walk away from Bring Her Back thinking it’s primarily a story about grief. That makes sense. Piper a […]

Mission Impossible—The Final Reckoning Explained Sure, Mission Impossible — The Final Reckoning is a loud, blockbuster-y popcorn movie. But that doesn’t mean it’ […]

Thunderbolts Is Cinema | The First Artistic MCU Film There are people who complain Marvel movies aren’t artistic. Of course, there are others who scream back that Marvel m […]

Sinners Explained | Preacher Boy Plays The Blues The Main Theme Of Sinners Ryan Coogler uses the opening shot of Sinners to establish the film’s primary theme: f […]

The Amateur Explained | Charlie Flies His Plane What Is The Amateur About? The Amateur is strange, because it presents itself as a revenge thriller and a man […]

Death Of A Unicorn Explained | The Secret Of The Universe Death of a Unicorn conveys its major theme in the opening seconds of the film. Ridley, stuck on the plane and tired, […]

Melancholia Explained | Justine Is Depressed Melancholia has two layers. One is more obvious and familiar and shouldn’t surprise you in any way. The other is a b […]

Opus Explained | Alfred Moretti's New Album Opus is about a weird trend in modern society. Historically, negative press would create negative pressure that often […]

Sorcerer Explained | The Truck On The Bridge Typically, I like to walk people through the thematic meaning and machinations of a movie then use evidence from the […]

The Best Anime of All-Time This is a live list where I rank anime. Everything within a tier is arranged alphabetically. If something isn’t on the […]

The Best TV Shows of All-Time The best TV shows of all-time. According to me. Welcome! Shows within a tier are arranged alphabetically. If something […]

Black Bag Themes And Subtext | Polygraph of the Heart Black Bag uses the intelligence world as a backdrop to explore themes of loyalty, relationships, and marriage. It’s a […]