Movie Explanations

X explained (2022)

What is X about? The main thing to understand about X is that it's a metafilm. What does that mean? It means that the movie...

Movie Explanations

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 garden, it will...

Movie Explanations

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 that out of the way for you. Gladys...

Movie Explanations

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 primate forced to watch...

Movie Explanations

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: if you compare...

Movie Explanations

Superman Explained (2025) | Superman Is Human

Alright, let’s explain James Gunn’s Superman. Our standard Opening-Closing framework will do the trick. Superman opens with Supes crashing into the Arctic snow. The opening...

Movie Explanations

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 through the streets, hung bodies. It’s...

Movie Explanations

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 and Andy are dealing...

Movie Explanations

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’s empty. In fact, there’s a lot...

Movie Explanations

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 movies don’t have to be...

Must-read

Delete