While in many TV series poverty might feel like a very unpleasant condition, Paul Abbott's Shameless provided a distinctive perspective that struck a chord with audiences from all walks of life.
In short, The Last Jedi felt like it was a film desperately trying to course correct The Force Awakens' lack of progress and in doing so drastically changes things, sometimes in seemingly spiteful and heartbreaking ways. It's the boldest Star Wars film yet and it represents the end of the Star Wars that we (the older generation) have come to know and love - in more ways than one.
True Detective Season 1 got us hooked on its plot twists and mystery, but it didn't do anything beyond that. True Detective Season 2 is where Pizzolato's talent for writing dark, melancholic and deeply human noir unfurls. Just like in his debut novel Galveston.
Hollywood doesn't come out with many literary comedies anymore, or films that center around the extracurricular adventures of middle-aged professors, but it did both back in February of 2000 with 'Wonder Boys.' A film criminally overlooked by moviegoers.
I think it says a whole lot when a director has to explain what his film is trying to say; and Aronofsky certainly had something to say once the audience had enough to time to compose themselves after seeing Mother!...do we believe him?
'This is Us' wrapped up its six-year run last week, a culmination of fantastic, unique storytelling that spanned about 75 years and four generations, and did the near impossible; it nailed its endgame.
'The Favourite' is a slog of a story to get through that's only alleviated by some superb performances by its leading females, particularly Rachel Weisz.
All in all, The Strain has always been a mixed bag of good and bad and season 4 is no different. In terms of pacing, story telling, and character building, it was definitely the weakest season of them all but in a world where we rarely get proper endings to series, they did a more than serviceable job of tying up loose ends and giving the characters that needed it, proper endings.
While probably shaky from a factual standpoint, 'Vice' is a hell of an enjoyable watch for something so darkly disturbing because of its real-life implications.
My affinity towards the melancholy sparked my curiosity to understand if there is actually a psychological explanation as to why we gravitate towards sad films.
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