"Migration" has a sense of itself without getting too lost in its own trevails. This might be the writing of Mike White which is an interesting choice but definitely reflects in every character having both their own argument and point of view without being grating.

The essence of "Wonka" is the idea of optimism. By the time we saw him in both Tim Burton's version and the original Gene Wilder film, he had already become a icon of his own making. This new film from Paddington's Paul King takes the middle road and in doing so bridges the concept of the man/child. He is still relished in the idea that only chocolate can save the world.

The aspect of the hitman genre has to move with the concept of a knowledge that, for some, this is a job like any other. It requires finesse with intelligence and a morally dubious countenance. With "Fast Charlie", Pierce Brosnan takes on the role of Charlie Swift, a smooth if reflexively loyal triggerman with a sense of the elegant but not as much the smooth but he does his best.

The aspect of Disney animation has evolved. The new age of Disney animation constitutes an interesting parallel where with successes like "Frozen", there is the ability to do interesting swings. "Wish" stars Ariana DeBose as a new form of Disney heroine in a way: Asha but still with the outsider motif which has always been a stalwart in the lexicon.

After "Promising Young Woman", writer/director Emerald Fennell had some big shoes to fill. That film was subversive and a big swing, especially with its ending. It is the same with Fennell's new film "Saltburn" though it does take the same horror/thriller spin but with a much more devious character.

Alexander Payne sees his perspectives in slices of life and the motivations that precipitate it. "The Holdovers", set at a prep school in Massachusetts where kids whose parents decided to leave them there over the holidays for whatever reason, are saddled with a stuck-in-his-ways professor who must adjust his perspective in ways in order to see where he is going.

The context of an artist comes in the ideas that they want to convey. The rights to Leonard Bernstein's life is one of a necessity of a musician content in the possibility of himself and the vivacity of life but sometimes unable to control the more complex portions of social reality. Writer/Director/Star Bradley Cooper has created a beautiful at times, though disjointed at others portrait of this man, flawed in many ways, angelic in others and yet elusive.

The idea of apocalypse or at least the end of days is bent within a context of what people are willing to fight for but also the ruts they tend to get into. In "The Gravity", two brothers connected by a tragedy and comeuppance in their youth grow into a strife that holds them together as a cosmic event that might or might not destroy the whole world in a matter of days hangs over their head.

The idea of art trying to imitate life comes down to motivation of the characters. Director Todd Haynes is known for being able to take difficult subject material and either progress it back and forth over the line. This aspect of human nature or sexuality is his forte. "May/December" exists in a different realm than say "Carol" or "Far From Heaven" since the motivations figure in peripherally