To Live (1994) – The Strength of the Human Spirit
To Live is a Chinese drama adapted from a novel of the same title. It’s considered one of the greatest movies from China, covering the decades of their revolution.
Frankenstein (2025) – The hunter becomes the hunted
Frankenstein is a horror drama based on a classic 1918 book of the same name by Mary Shelley. I’m not a fan of remakes because they usually exist for …
Hamnet (2025) – Shakespeare Before the Stage
Hamnet is a historical drama based on a fictional 2020 book of the same name by Maggie O’Farrell about a loss in William Shakespeare’s life. The event and the …
Train Dreams (2025) – A poetic call to realism
Train Dreams is a fascinating historical drama adaptation of a 2011 fictional novella of the same name by Denis Johnson. Most of the events unfold in the early twentieth …
Marty Supreme (2025) – Chase the stars, break the walls
Marty Supreme is a sports drama based on the life of a 1950s champion table tennis player, Marty Reisman. Screenwriters fictionalized much of the story for the Hollywood big …
F1: The Movie (2025) – A thrilling but flawed ride
F1: The Movie is a motorsport drama about a fictional former F1 star driver who comes out of retirement after three decades away.
One Battle After Another (2025) – Fast-paced, ambiguous narrative that thrills
One Battle After Another is an action drama that merges thriller and dark humor elements. If you follow American politics closely, the film’s parallels to recent politics are striking
LoTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) – Grand Opening to a Timeless Epic
Every 25th movie, I rewatch one of my favorites. This time, it’s The Fellowship of the Ring, a fantasy epic that restarted the journey originally set in motion by …
Beneath the City Lights – A Holiday Short Story
I wrote this short story for a fun event in a writing group I am in. My goal was to keep the story as genuine as I could for …