Author: Incluvie Writer
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“Keanu” Paved the Way for “Get Out”
Jordan Peele’s turn to horror with “Get Out” isn’t as unexpected as it may seem. He primed his fans for a disturbing and nuanced exploration of racism with his work on “Keanu” and “Key & Peele.”
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“Bury Your Gays” Trope in TV and How “Wynonna Earp” Defies it
I think that the happiness and survival of “Wynonna Earp”’s LGBTQ+ characters is incredibly refreshing in contrast to the prevalence of queer suffering and death in other television.
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Incluvie Film Festival Review of ‘Sleep No More’
This short film was an overall creative success.
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Hulu’s Gruesome Take on April Fools’ Day
In 2018, Hulu began a series called Into the Dark. These horror films, produced by Blumhouse Productions, feature stories based on holidays. April 1, popularly known as April Fools’ Day, is an absolute treasure box of ways to create a scare or two, so in 2019 the holiday received its very own Into the Dark…
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Involuntary Self-Isolation: Stranded On a Desert Island in “Sweetheart”
We all need some alone time now and then, but I think even the most introverted of introverts will be happy to have some real human contact when this is all over. Meanwhile, Sweetheart (2019, Netflix, directed by JD Dillon) provides a stark example of self-isolation to the extreme, while exploring the question of whether…
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Extreme Quarantine: “The Last Days” Shows Us How Much Worse It Could Be
Sometimes misery loves company, but sometimes we just want to know that at least we’re not as bad as that guy over there. Los Últímos Dias (The Last Days), written and directed by David Pastor and Álex Pastor, (available to stream on Hulu) is unnervingly prescient in this era of social distancing and quarantining. If…
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On a Fun, but Bumpy, Road with Onward
While the film didn’t hit me as emotionally as I wanted it to, I still enjoyed it. I simply wish there was a little more, particularly with the world building.
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NiuNiu – Film Fest Review
The film is a powerful narrative encompassing a theme that many people can identify with.
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The 100: Highlighting Humanity’s Successes and Failures in Overcoming Hateful Rhetoric
The 100 imagines a future where humanity’s overcome some of its most pervasive forms of prejudice—only to create new ones.
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The Lion King (2019) — Did Disney actually learn anything?
Disney has hopefully learned some lessons since 1994. Are those lessons reflected in the 2019 remake of “The Lion King?”