“The US has unleashed a media offensive aimed at discrediting the management of the Cuban government, through the manipulation and politicization of issues such as human rights and the fight against terrorism, as well as generating mistrust around the Revolution, for which it deploys today with...
When Graeber and his friends showed up on Aug. 2, however, they found out that the event wasn’t, in fact, a general assembly, but a traditional rally, to be followed by a short meeting and a march to Wall Street to deliver a set of predetermined demands (“A massive public-private ...
Charlize Theron headlines this popular graphic novel adaptation, a glorious mash of fight sequences and fantasy lore that plays the part of a modern-day actioner. The Old Guard follows a band of do-gooding mercenaries, led by Theron's Andy, who also happen to be immortal. Through the ages...
After the amazingly awkward Shiva Baby, director Emma Seligman and star Rachel Sennott reteam for Bottoms, co-writing the shockingly funny script about two unpopular high school lesbians (Sennott and Ayo Edebiri) who start a girls-only fight club so they can get laid by two queen bees (...
David Cronenberg directed this fantastic gangster flick that’s become iconic for a naked fight scene, but the movie around that is pretty great too. Naomi Watts stars as a midwife who uncovers a Russian prostitution ring that draws in the son of the godfather played by Vincent Cassel and an...
This fresh take on the Godzilla story (aka one of the best monster movies ever made) sends us to war-torn Japan as the country reels from the fallout of World War 2, but the people of Tokyo are about to face a new level of destruction in the form of the titular kaiju. It is up...
Nearly wordless from start to finish, this second film from writer/director Brian Duffield (who also wrote Underwater, see above) is definitely stronger in its first two-thirds as we watch the ever-stellar Dever fight off the invaders while dealing with her myriad sadnesses. The trumped-up ...
In one of the biggest movies of the summer, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for a third time as the Bad Boys of the Miami PD. InBad Boys: Ride or Die, Mike Lowery (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) fight to clear the name of their late former captain, who’s been framed...
The Kids Are All Right: Directed by Lisa Cholodenko. With Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska. Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.
2. Antagonists Create Conflict When we get under the hood of story to look at how the different parts function, we can see that the whole point of the antagonist is to create obstacles to the protagonist’s goal.These obstacles are what create the conflict. Although the word “conflict” ...