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Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning – The Legend of Ethan Hunt

Don’t be fooled—there’s nothing final about this ending. I can assure you that Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning (2025) is not the end of this successful franchise. Perhaps it marks the closing of a particular timeline within the Mission: Impossible universe, but the studios will surely find ways to bring Ethan Hunt and his team back. Almost 30 years have passed since the first film in the franchise hit theaters under the direction of Brian De Palma, and now, with the eighth installment, the path is being paved for a generational handover.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: A Bold Act of Political Cinema

Posted on May 27 by Hugo Pagan Soto

In September 2022, the young Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died while in the custody of the morality police in Tehran. Amini was visiting the city with her family and was arrested for allegedly not wearing the hijab correctly. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) by Mohammad Rasoulof weaves a fictional story rooted in the death of Mahsa Amini and the protests that erupted across Iran, which led to further violence and fatalities.

The Monkey (2025): The Art of Macabre Humor

Posted on May 1 by Hugo Pagan Soto

With The Monkey (2025), Osgood Perkins continues building a legacy that positions him as a future cult director. For some, what he achieved with Longlegs—which I consider one of the best films of 2024—would have been enough. With his latest work, he confirms his sharp talent for telling macabre stories. He steps away from the serious and psychological tone of his previous film to deliver a black comedy that leans into supernatural horror to torment the audience.

The Last Showgirl: The Twilight of a Star

Posted on April 29 by Hugo Pagan Soto

In February 1990, Pamela Anderson was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month, and from that moment on, her world changed. Anderson became a sex symbol, and her image completely dominated the 1990s and the early 2000s. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that the model lived rent-free in the minds of much of the male population. In The Last Showgirl (2024), she plays a Las Vegas dancer at the twilight of her career. In many ways, this role serves as an analogy for Anderson’s own career.

SINNERS (2025): The Devil’s Blues

Posted on April 21 by Hugo Pagan Soto

As an art form, cinema has at its core the vocation to entertain the audience. Sinners (2025), by Ryan Coogler, fully embraces both audiovisual artistry and cinematic spectacle. The director and screenwriter crafts a work that invites critical analysis from multiple angles while delighting the audience on a journey reminiscent of those bygone summer blockbusters. Here, substance and style merge to create a genre film that plays with clichés and conventions to uncover its unique essence.