In the movie Tenet, after the high-speed car chase on the highway, Sator captures the Protagonist and his wife and takes them to a warehouse with a Turnstile. Initially, we are shown a bizarre conversation between Sator on one side of the room and the Protagonist on the other side of the room. Th...

In the interesting Netflix sci-fi/superhero movie Project Power people can gain a superpower for 5 minutes by taking a pill. The powers seem to be unpredictable and sometimes downright dangerous. But some characters, notably Frank and Art's daughter seem to get powers somehow related to who they ...

Towards the end of Scent of a Woman, Al Pacino's character Lt. Col. Slade makes a passionate speech defending the protagonist, Charlie Simms. In it, he says that Charlie's soul is intact and non-negotiable, and he knows this because someone "offered to buy it". Who is he referring to?

In the excellent 1962 movie The Manchurian Candidate one of the key characters is a rabble-rousing and bibulous US Senator called John Iselin. In the movie his claim to fame and the cause of his rise to being a vice-presidential candidate is based on his campaign against supposed communist infilt...

There are two movie versions of Richard Condon's book The Manchurian Candidate: the original from 1962 and the modern remake in 2004. What are the key plot and thematic differences between the two versions?

In The Silence of the Lambs, if Hannibal already knows Buffalo Bill and was willing to help the FBI, it seems easier to use a sketch artist and then release the photo to the public to find Buffalo Bill. Why didn't they do this?

In The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Mark Hanna says to Jordan: Mark Hanna: It's called cocaine. Right. It'll keep you sharp between the ears. It'll also help your fingers dial faster. Does cocaine really have these specific advantages?

Vinny was from NY City where suits are if anything more common than in Alabama.