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The Gabby Petito Story (2022)
Doing a service to the abused women out there
To all those who are complaining that the filmmakers didn't have permission to make the movie, I think you need to shift your focus.
A few years ago in the US four women per day were murdered most often by a current or former partner.
Recently it's now five women per day. No one else is doing anything substantial to help stop women in this country from being murdered, nor stop the victim blaming, except movies like this which show what an abuser and victim look like.
It does a fantastic job of showing the different stages in a situation between an abusive partner and their victim.
Movies like this save lives much more than people who complain about little things.
Dirty John (2018)
Opened my eyes to hidden abuse
Ever wonder why women don't "just leave" abusive relationships? Watch this series and find out. Three women per *day* are murdered in the United States by someone they know. Most often their killer is a former intimate partner, the murder takes place within a month to a year after the victim leaves the relationship. This series explains how people like John use coercive control tactics (Google it) to manipulate and abuse victims using methods that are immoral but do not break the law. This film also illustrates how and why it's difficult for victims to obtain meaningful help from the police, why a restraining order causes more problems than it solves, and the terrifying reason, why a victim's lawyer may walk out on the case! It's not due to lack of bill payment. This happens every day, right under our noses. This could be happening to you, your sister, a co-worker, a friend, a relative, a next-door neighbor, and children suffer the most. Enlighten yourself.
Dirty John: The Dirty Truth (2019)
Eye-opening film about hidden abuse
Ever wonder why women don't "just leave" abusive relationships? Watch this series and find out. Three women per *day* are murdered in the United States by someone they know. Often their killer is a former intimate partner and the murder takes place within a month to a year after the victim leaves the relationship. This series explains how people like John use coercive control tactics (Google it) to manipulate and abuse victims using methods that are immoral but do not break the law. This film also illustrates how it's difficult for victims of coercive control to obtain meaningful help from the police, why a restraining order can escalate violence, and most frighteningly, why it's difficult for victims to obtain legal help; It's not due to lack of financial resources-something much more terrifying. This happens every day right under our noses. This could be happening to you, your sister, a co-worker, or a next-door neighbor. Enlighten yourself.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Sound was so over-the-top, felt like I was riding Space Mountain
Over-the-top with sound effects, storytelling and animation. Unless you majored in physics, at times the scienc-y part was not easy to understand right away. Not too funny, just a few chuckles here an there. Timely: had aspects of the Large Hadron Collider, alternate universes and even a joke about the artist, Banksy. Love the way they added likenesses of favorite and popular animated characters from decades ago. Sound effects and animation is where this film really shines and deserves all the awards.
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Multi-genre film that makes you think about the workings of the global economy
If you liked the films: Twelve Monkeys and Extreme Measures, watch this chilling, political thriller.
Like many others have said before, this film will haunt you. Superbly acted love story, tragedy, corporate scandal, human rights film all rolled up into one.
I cheered, I cried, and I even had to stop the film because it was so frightening (not gory) in certain places.
It made me reinforce my belief in such phrases as, "The is no such thing as a free lunch."
The title is a metaphor that is used in key places throughout the film that help you make sense about other aspects of life in a way that makes you feel as if you are about to uncover some of humanities worst secrets.