A Raw, Real Story About Memory Still Alice, based on Lisa Genova’s novel, offers something most films on Alzheimer’s rarely do—a raw, inside-out view. Rather than focusing on caregivers or wrapping the disease in melodrama, it tells the story through the eyes of someone slipping into the fog, keeping the lens tight on the deeply…
The Truth Behind the Tiara If you’re the kind of person who’s grown a bit numb to the paint-by-numbers royal biopics, Spencer might be the jolt you didn’t know you needed. Pablo Larraín doesn’t serve up a historical checklist of Princess Diana’s life—he cracks it open and lets the feelings spill out. Kristen Stewart, in…
The Cost of Perfection Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky’s psychological rollercoaster, peels back the satin sheen of ballet to reveal something far more raw—obsession, fragility, and madness. Natalie Portman completely disappears into Nina, a ballerina driven to break herself in pursuit of perfection as the Swan Queen.With its 85% Rotten Tomatoes rating, the film doesn’t just…
What If the Storm Is Already Here? In this haunting 2011 film, Curtis LaForche—a quiet, loyal husband and father—starts seeing disturbing visions of a storm he’s convinced is coming. But as the story unfolds, it’s hard to tell if he’s seeing the future… or losing his grip on reality. Michael Shannon is absolutely magnetic as…
Shadows of Humanity: A Dystopian Tale In Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro crafts a quietly devastating world where science has taken one step too far, and the cost is chilling. The story centers on cloned humans, brought into the world just to have their organs harvested. They’re raised with a strange mix of gentle…
Why This Movie Hit Me Harder Than I Expected What happens when your memories start playing tricks on you—and your whole world feels like it’s slipping through your fingers? The Father dives straight into that terrifying space, pulling us inside the mind of a man whose grasp on reality is unraveling due to dementia. It’s…
Review: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Can a novel really hold the weight of someone’s darkest thoughts? The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath takes that bet—and doesn’t flinch. This book cuts deep. It stares mental illness straight in the face, wraps it in the everyday chaos of being a young woman, and hands it…
The Book I Almost Quit I’ll be honest—I didn’t expect The Grass Is Singing to get under my skin the way it did. I picked it up out of curiosity after learning it was Doris Lessing’s first novel, and because, well, Nobel Prize winners don’t usually disappoint. But I put it down pretty quickly—I just…
Leveling Up Self-Esteem Wreck-It Ralph’s a visual feast with its candy-colored landscapes and zany characters, but there’s more beneath the surface. At its core, it wrestles with real, raw stuff—identity, belonging, and learning to accept yourself, flaws and all. Ralph’s quest isn’t just to win a medal; it’s about figuring out where he fits in…
The Quiet Triumph of an Ordinary Life John Williams’s Stoner doesn’t announce itself with drama. It just sort of slips into your life, the way a quiet person at a party ends up being the one you remember most. The book traces the life of William Stoner, a farm boy from Missouri who ends up…