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I want to talk about Top Gun: Maverick as an example of a successful sequel based on theme rather than plot. Especially as we’re seeing more and more of these reboot-sequels like Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Blade Runner 2049, the Star Wars…

Joker director Todd Phillips took to Instagram to announce a sequel to his 2019 anti-hero drama. The photo shows the red cover of the script, with the title, Joker: Folie à Deux, written in bold. Just below, we see writing…

The ending of Good Time—which, in my opinion, is one of the best films of the 2010s—seems to throw a lot of people off. But I’m here to show you that a few key insights and clues from the movie…

Welcome to the best explanation of Tenet available on the internet. This article will scrutinize, resolve, and unriddle all of the essential details required to understand the acrobatic and elaborate story of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. What happened? Why did it…

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) clearly has a meta aspect to it, working as a commentary on the film world and the state of Hollywood (circa 2016) and movie audience tastes. It’s not a happy coincidence that Michael…

Tetsurō Araki, famous for his anime series Attack on Titan and his Netflix film Death Note, took a noticeably lighter turn with his latest creation: Bubble. Part love story, part existential struggle, Bubble tells the tale of post-apocalyptic Tokyo, which…

Welcome to our Colossus Movie Guide for The Batman. This guide contains everything you need to understand the film. Dive into our detailed library of content, covering key aspects of the movie. We encourage your comments to help us create…

I’ve been re-watching Tenet in order to write a longer, definitive explanation of the plot and themes. But one question keeps growing louder and louder in my head. Why did Neil die? I understand how. And I’ll explain that. It’s…

Every Batman movie that has ever existed has to have some subplot involving Batman’s secret identity. Usually the villain wants to know or already knows. Otherwise it’s a love interest who Bruce/Batman wants to tell. Matt Reeve’s The Batman is…

Here’s the one thing you need to know about Paul’s visions in Dune: they’re potentialities. Sometimes the visions come true, as in the fate of Duncan Idaho (Jason Mamoa), as Duncan does indeed perish in a Fremen hallway. Or Paul…

The “Epilogue” section of the Snyder Cut is over 20-minutes long. It’s full of moments of closure as well as moments of foreshadowing. In order to explain how Zack Snyder’s Justice League‘s main themes emerge, let’s dig into what these…
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