Dear My Life

Header illustration for the film review essay of Nonnas (2025). Illustration created for editorial movie review purposes. 🎥 Film Overview Title: Nonnas  Director: Stephen Chbosky  Release: May 9, 2025 (Netflix)  Runtime: 103 minutes (1 hour 43 minutes)  Genre: Comedy, Drama, Biographical  Screenplay: Liz Maccie  Studio: Fifth Season, 1Community, Madison Wells, Matador Content  Country: United States  Rating: PG (suitable for general audiences)  Rotten Tomatoes: 82% (Critics), 75% (Audience)  IMDb: 6.8/10  Netflix: #1 Global Film (week of May 5-11, 2025)  Cast: Vince Vaughn (Joe Scaravella), Susan Sarandon (Gia), Lorraine Bracco (Roberta), Talia Shire (Teresa), Brenda Vaccaro (Antonella), Linda Cardellini (Olivia), Joe Manganiello (Bruno) 📖 Plot Summary Joe Scaravella works as a mechanic for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. His life is ordinary, predictable, and tinged with quiet loneliness—espe...

Header illustration for the film review essay of Too Beautiful to Lie (2004). Illustration created for editorial movie review purposes. 🎥 Film Overview Original Title: 그녀를 믿지 마세요 (Geunyeoreul Mitji Maseyo)  International Title: Too Beautiful to Lie / Don't Believe Her  Director: Bae Hyung-joon  Release: February 20, 2004 (South Korea)  Runtime: 112 minutes (1 hour 52 minutes)  Genre: Romantic Comedy  Screenplay: Bae Hyung-joon, Park Yeon-seon  Country: South Korea  Rating: Suitable for ages 12 and above  Audience: 1,204,000 admissions  Awards: 40th Baeksang Arts Awards - Best Actress (Kim Ha-neul)  Cast: Kim Ha-neul (Joo Young-joo), Kang Dong-won (Choi Hee-chul), Song Jae-ho (Hee-chul's father), Kim Ji-young (Hee-chul's grandmother), Lee Young-eun (Choi Su-mi, Hee-chul's sister), Lim Ha-ryong (Uncle) 📖 Plot Summary Joo Young-joo is a woman with a complicated past who's trying to start fresh. On a train to Busan, sh...

  Header illustration for the film review essay of Chef (2014). Illustration created for editorial movie review purposes. 🎥 Film Overview Title: Chef  Director: Jon Favreau  Release: March 7, 2014 (SXSW premiere), May 9, 2014 (US theatrical)  Runtime: 114 minutes (1 hour 54 minutes)  Genre: Comedy, Drama, Road Movie  Screenplay: Jon Favreau  Studio: Open Road Films, Aldamisa Entertainment  Music: Lyle Workman (score), various artists (soundtrack)  Rating: IMDb 7.3 / 87% Rotten Tomatoes (Critics), 85% (Audience)  Budget: $11 million  Box Office: $48.4 million worldwide  Cast: Jon Favreau (Carl Casper), Sofía Vergara (Inez), John Leguizamo (Martin), Emjay Anthony (Percy), Scarlett Johansson (Molly), Dustin Hoffman (Riva), Oliver Platt (Ramsey Michel), Bobby Cannavale (Tony), Robert Downey Jr. (Marvin) 📖 Plot Summary Carl Casper is a talented chef trapped in his own success. For years, he's worked at Gauloises, a...

  Header illustration for the film review essay of Shoplifters (2018). Illustration created for editorial movie review purposes. 🎥 Film Overview Original Title: 万引き家族 (Manbiki Kazoku) Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Genre: Drama, Crime Release Date: May 13, 2018 (Cannes) / June 8, 2018 (Japan) Runtime: 121 minutes Language: Japanese Country: Japan Cast: Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka, Kairi Jyo, Miyu Sasaki Awards: Palme d'Or (Cannes 2018), Best Film (Mainichi Film Awards), Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film Nominations: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film Box Office: $72.6 million worldwide 📖 Plot Summary On the margins of Tokyo, the Shibata family lives in a cramped home, surviving through odd jobs, an elderly woman's pension, and petty theft. Osamu teaches his son Shota the art of shoplifting—not as a game, but as necessity. During one excursion, they encounter young ...

  Header illustration for the film review essay of Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Illustration created for editorial movie review purposes. 🎥 Film Overview Title: Four Weddings and a Funeral  Director: Mike Newell  Release: May 13, 1994 (UK), March 11, 1994 (US limited), April 15, 1994 (US wide) Runtime: 117 minutes  Genre: Romantic Comedy, Drama  Screenplay: Richard Curtis  Studio: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films  Music: Richard Rodney Bennett  Rating: IMDb 7.1 / 92% Rotten Tomatoes  Awards: BAFTA Award for Best Film, Golden Globe for Best Actor (Hugh Grant), BAFTA Best Actor (Hugh Grant), Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay  Cast: Hugh Grant (Charles), Andie MacDowell (Carrie), Kristin Scott Thomas (Fiona), Simon Callow (Gareth), James Fleet (Tom), John Hannah (Matthew), Charlotte Coleman (Scarlett), Rowan Atkinson (Father Gerald) 📖 Plot Summary Charles, a cha...