The context of "Hypnotic", the newest film from Robert Rodriguez, uses the aspect of perspective and perception as a progression tool of control. Using Ben Affleck as the lead brings the actor back to his roots. While many have spoke to "Inception" as a benchmark for this film, it actually leans more to "Paycheck", a film Affleck made in the early aughts with John Woo.

The concept of evolution and circular motion is an interesting motif but also the context of loss and how it creates impact. At certain points in its multi-film progression, "Guardians" has been able to create these feelings in certain moments but it sometimes ebbs and flows. With "Vol. 3" there is an interesting throughline but the ultimately the heartstrings that originally might have been there, don't tug as hard as they might have.

Finding an interesting entry point for "Evil Dead Rise" helps if there is a perfunctory understanding of the world, both in the essence of the Bruce Campbell -led structure and the more dark horror elements of some of the later adaptations. Producer Rob Tappert and Exec Producer Sam Raimi know that reinterpretation in certain ways helps to make any entry its own.

The context of "Chevalier" reflects in a concept of acceptance versus social justice and how perspective and perception both leads and deceives. After an interesting turn in "Cyrano" last year, Kelvin Harrison Jr. comes to the forefront as the lead character here showing both the depth, conflict (and artifice at times) that the character requires.

The aspect of remote horror combined with mythology can sometimes be played to good effect but only specifically if it has a reveal with a texture of exposition. With "The Tank" directed by Scott Walker, the basis of what transpires has the realm of creature feature but with a small amount more, there would have been a much bigger world for it to inhabit.

The context of an exorcism movie always paints back to the initial vision of "The Exorcist" which has its own mythology. The reason "The Pope's Exorcist" works on many levels is because it takes the existing history of the church and of Europe into the equation anchored by a solid and engaging performance by Russell Crowe.

The modern connotation of "Dracula" is bathed in mythos but ultimately the reference is correlated to Vlad The Impaler. With "Renfield", the texture is more integrated into the self help wokeness that would never even have entered the lexicon years ago.

With nostalgia the basis always begins with where the idea of the connection began. An interesting illustration of the Super Mario craze is that it stretches over generations which is both good and bad because there are many different interpretations. This partly explains why "The Super Mario Brothers Movie" is all over the place.

"AIR" as a movie is a specific exercise in a way but the reason it works is because the people making it have a certain freedom without being exploitative. It is a very specific story told with good actors in an almost compacted space with a sense of scale.