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Less of a Stranger spends much of its story showing Jan Borysewicz fighting anyone who attempts to decide what his life should look like. His father doubts music can provide him with a future, the political system places limits on artistic freedom, and the music business eventually presents its own demands once Lady Pank becomes…
Netflix’s Who Is Martin Mull? is built around a question that sounds simple until the documentary begins trying to answer it. Martin Mull was recognizable to several generations as a comedian and actor, from Fernwood 2 Night and Clue to Roseanne, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Arrested Development, but those credits only explain part of…
Verity turns a ghostwriting job into a problem that no finished manuscript can solve. Dakota Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, who moves into the home of an incapacitated novelist, Anne Hathaway’s Verity Crawford, and becomes involved with her husband, Jeremy, played by Josh Hartnett. By the closing stretch, Lowen has more than one account of the…
The Thicket begins as a rescue story, but Elliott Lester’s Western gradually becomes something much more somber. Jack Parker sets out to bring his sister Lula home after she is taken by the feared outlaw Cut Throat Bill, eventually joining forces with bounty hunter Reginald Jones, Eustace Howard, Jimmie Sue and others who have their…
Seduced by His Lies begins with a problem that seems complicated enough on its own. Terri Thorne returns from an extended overseas work trip and discovers Marcus Keller living inside the townhouse she recently purchased. Marcus insists that he legally bought the same property, apparently making both of them victims of an elaborate real estate…
What’s Your Number? turns Ally Darling’s romantic history into a problem she thinks she has to solve mathematically. After reading a magazine article suggesting that women who have been with more than 20 men are less likely to marry, Ally becomes convinced that one of her former boyfriends must secretly be the person she is…
Tyler Perry’s Doing Life begins with two people who have every reason to believe their futures have already been decided for them. Anika is a single mother carrying the weight of her family largely on her own, while Carousel is serving time with a past that continues to define how people see him long after…
M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin spends most of its running time forcing Andrew, Eric, and their young daughter Wen to answer a question that sounds impossible. Four strangers insist that the family must willingly sacrifice one of its own members or humanity will be destroyed. Andrew sees an elaborate conspiracy, while Eric gradually…
Aaron Falvey’s Battle Cabin begins as a contained survival story centered on Kellan, a man trying to hold on to his pacifist beliefs after an EMP attack and the collapse of organized society have transformed rural New Zealand into dangerous territory. That position becomes increasingly difficult to maintain when his wife, Melinda, falls seriously ill…
Paul Greengrass spends most of The Uprising keeping Andrew Garfield’s protagonist grounded in the harsh realities of 1381 England. Ploughman is not introduced as a legendary warrior or famous outlaw. He is an ordinary farmer who has already endured enormous personal loss and gradually becomes caught up in a movement much larger than himself. That…
Mike Flanagan’s “Oculus” has found a fresh audience after arriving on Netflix in the US on September 24, 2026, but the movie remains just as effective at confusing viewers more than a decade after its original release. Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites play Kaylie and Tim Russell, siblings whose very different memories of a childhood…
“The Breadwinner” begins with Nate Wilcox believing he already understands what makes his family work. He earns the paycheck, sells more Toyotas than anyone at his dealership and assumes Katie’s ability to manage their three daughters and the house comes almost naturally. That confidence is tested when Katie’s Star Minder invention earns an opportunity on…
