The Art is Alive Festival Wrap-Up: Cults, Canines, and Crystal Lake
Mother of Movies dissects the Art is Alive Festival 2025. Featuring a look at ‘How to Start a Cult in 5 Easy Steps’, ‘The Commission’, and ‘No Dogs Die’.
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Mother of Movies dissects the Art is Alive Festival 2025. Featuring a look at ‘How to Start a Cult in 5 Easy Steps’, ‘The Commission’, and ‘No Dogs Die’.
In Code 3 (2025), Rainn Wilson plays a paramedic on the brink of quitting, forced through one last 24‑hour EMS shift. Mother of Movies unpacks the burnout, dark comedy, and semi‑realistic chaos.
Bugonia (2024) sees Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone fuse bees, biomedical greed and conspiracy zeal into a brutal cosmic horror satire. Mother of Movies digs into the hive.
One More Shot (2025) review: A dark, witty Australian comedy where one bottle of tequila offers a chance to rewrite the millennium. Emily Browning shines in this Groundhog Day meets Sliding Doors chaotic romp.
Shell (2025) review: Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson star in Max Minghella’s directorial debut, a darkly comedic body horror film that skewers Hollywood ageism and beauty culture through grotesque transformation. People become lobsters. It’s stranger than it sounds.
Jingle Bell Heist (2025) on Netflix looks like a sparkling Christmas heist-rom-com, yet Mother of Movies uncovers shallow ethics, limp romance, and a caper built on coincidences, not craft.