Are you just here about the two Jeannettes at the end of The End of Oak Street? If you just want to know about the two Jeannettes at the end of the movie, here’s what’s going on.  Jeannette Prime ran…

Brand New Day doesn’t hide its thematic concerns. Up front, it tells us Peter Parker’s inability to process grief creates self-destructive habits that begin a downward spiral. The question isn’t whether he can work through this but how? If that…

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 is essentially a commentary on movies and watching movies. The motif of filmmaking creates some…

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 look nice. If you ignore the garden, then slowly and inevitably other forces will act…

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 is a witch who behaves like a parasite, which is why Zach Cregger included multiple…

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 nonstop footage of rage and violence to establish the theme of animal instinct vs civilized…

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 the beginning to the end, narrative and thematic intention becomes clear.  Eddington Explained SolidGoldMagikarp And The…

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 scroll already informed us that three minutes ago he lost a fight for the first…

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 shocking, sad, horrifying. The camera zooms out to reveal a multitude of monitors broadcasting these scenes…