Wanuri Kahiu’s Look Both Ways splits the life of twenty-something, fresh-out-of-college Natalie (Lili Reinhart) and examines a ‘what if’ situation where she ends up with two different realities. There is never a right path, and the movie presents two perspectives of a young woman embracing life or taking risks. It’s…

The 2009 film Orphan, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, earned a place with one of the most chilling twists in horror. In the original film, Isabelle Fuhrman played the titular role of the parentless child who gets adopted by a family and haunts them. After 13 years, Fuhrman reprises her role…

“Jezebel! Slut! Sinner! Delilah!” A group of women in creepy masks chase after a young woman late at night. When they reach her, they kick her until she is ready to confess her sins. The young woman finally admits to…

Scott Man’s Fall follows two adventure buddies trapped on top of a 2,000-metre tower and the lengths they go through to survive the absurd nightmare. The movie shows the emotional stakes of the two young women and the thrilling tension that follows the climb that suspends them in the air…

Bedazzled jumpsuits, hip wiggles, and fans dying to get their hands on the King of Rock and Roll. In Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, a musical drama that puts the life of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) on screen. Grandness and theatricality are always present in Luhrmann’s movies, and this drama is scattered…

Jung Byung-gil’s Carter is a fast-paced, action movie that follows the titular character on a mission to save a kidnapped girl. Along with the movie’s head-spinning one-shot effects, the chaotic storyline and heavily choreographed action sequences make it an exhaustive watch. Byung-gil’s previous movies such as The Villainess also have…

Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey calls itself a prequel. It is set in 1719 in the Northern Great Plains and follows a Comanche hunter named Naru (Amber Midthunder). The Predator franchise, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch, turns 35 this year, and what better to go back in time to focus on…

Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives is a retelling of the 2018 Tham Luang Nang Non cave rescue that shocked Thailand and the world. When it was announced that Hollywood plans to adapt the rescue story into a dramatised movie, the responses weren’t positive. The rescue of the football team was an…

When a hasty marriage of convenience doesn’t blossom into a romantic union between two strangers, it turns into an absurd story that attempts to be a heartfelt story. Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum’s Purple Hearts introduces an aspiring musician and a marine, who hate each other but they realise they can help…