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Warfare (2025): The Horror of War

War has always been fertile ground for cinema. Warfare (2025), by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, ventures into these paths by telling a specific incident during the Second Battle of Ramadi in 2006. American forces were fighting for control of this key city in central Iraq. But Warfare does not aim to be an action film or a thriller that leans on real events to take the audience on a rollercoaster of visual effects and endless gunfights—no. Warfare seeks to be a testimony, a kind of tribute, and a recounting based purely on memory.

Captain America: Brave New World

Posted on April 4 by Hugo Pagan Soto

In 2011, the world saw Chris Evans portray the iconic Captain America for the first time. Steve Rogers became one of the pillars of the Avengers franchise and helped Marvel dominate the box office for more than a decade. When Evans’ journey ended, the studios chose to pass the torch to the Captain’s adventure companion. It was time for Sam Wilson a.k.a. Falcon to put on the Captain America suit and wield the iconic shield.

A Real Pain: A Deep Exploration of Grief

Posted on January 23 by Hugo Pagan Soto

Jesse Eisenberg delves deeply into the theme of grief with A Real Pain (2024), his second feature as a writer-director. Known for his talent in front of the camera, the filmmaker proves his skill behind it with a polished film carrying a powerful message. A Real Pain draws strength from the performances and a script that turns mundane situations into extraordinary moments.

Heretic: An Intense Experience

Posted on December 31 by Hugo Pagan Soto

If there is one film genre that thrives in confined spaces and is grounded in a single location, it is horror. Heretic by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods serves as the perfect example to support this premise. The directors confine us to a house and, for much of the runtime, to a single room. Using this creative device, they manage to maximize tension and keep the viewer captivated, eagerly awaiting the story’s resolution. Of course, many other examples across different genres also take advantage of the virtues of shooting in a single location, from my perspective, none fit as seamlessly into this ecosystem as horror does.

Anora: A Cinematic Journey Through Emotion and Resilience

Posted on December 31 by Hugo Pagan Soto

Anora is the latest example of how director Sean Baker creates protagonists drawn from the most neglected and marginalized characters in our society. The strength of his characters stems from this fractured world, the hostile environment, and the inevitable hardships that accompany the individuals he portrays on screen. Now it’s the turn of Ani (Mikey Madison), a sex worker who crosses paths with the son of a Russian oligarch, and her world changes unexpectedly overnight.