In his composition Civil War, writer-director Alex Garland shows how the United States is enmeshed in a war with numerous rebel groups that are ferociously engaged in an effort to topple the government.
While Monkey Man pays verbal and visual homage to John Wick while using oblique political commentary to set himself apart from similar action thriller fare, the criticism is largely superficial.
The War of the Worlds purposefully employs a range of characters to look at how various humans respond to an alien invasion.
The 1944 film The Most Beautiful, one of Kurosawa’s first features, was created expressly as a propaganda piece on behalf of the Japanese military regime that was in charge at the time.
The engrossing slice-of-life series Flying Witch provides a peaceful look into the lives of witches.
Damsel breaks with fantasy film conventions by providing a story that doesn’t conform to expectations from the outset.
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. demonstrates a deep awareness of the story’s status as a cliched device.
Urasawa came up with the idea for Pluto by reimagining Astro Boy’s storyline as The Greatest Robot on Earth and setting it in the framework of a murder mystery.