Napoleon Dynamite (2004): is Napoleon a good dancer?
Exploring the dance dynamics in Napoleon Dynamite, a comedy about being yourself – because who else can you be?
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Unknown (2011): the identity war
Identity is unpredictable in 2011 psychological thriller Unknown – and that spells trouble for its protagonists
Sphere (1998) explained: the abyss gazes back
Scientists find an alien sphere at the bottom of the ocean, but it opens a Pandora’s box of misery
Moon (2009) explained: echoes of future memory
A meaty read explaining the twists in sci-fi gem Moon – and what it says about isolation and us
Flatliners (1990) explained: hell and hallucination
How Flatliners draws on our fears of hell and isolation to weave its Gothic-inspired horror
Nope (2022) explained: karma written in the skies
Nope’s bombastic sci-fi horror stylings mask a subtler tale of family, grief … and storytelling.