Cinema and the world of television present fantastic opportunities to find out more about the field of psychology from different perspectives. Prepare yourself to discover some fascinating things about your favourite films and TV serials.
Bridget Jones is a well-known name for romantic comedy lovers. A box office success, Bridget Jones is a different kind of leading lady: She has real issues, insecurities, and doubts. This turned her into a global icon, and any woman…
Today, we’re going to talk about a movie that came out over a year ago. French cinema, which has always shed light on social issues, now brings us this Éléonore Pourriat film. I Am Not an Easy Man is a…
The last two films by Bilbao filmmaker Álex de la Iglesia premiered right around the same time. The Bar and Perfect Strangers premiered in 2017, although they had a very different impact. While the former made a modest profit, the latter became the…
Spotlight is an amazing film due to how it tells the story and how well it represents journalism. It stems from the idea that if you don’t clean a carpet periodically, it’ll start building up dust. The “carpet” that the…
Norman Bates is the protagonist of one of the most iconic and celebrated films in the history of cinema: Psycho (1960), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Anthony Perkins brought to life this frightening and complex character, who’s become the personification of a…
Despicable Me is an animated movie from Universal Pictures. Its main character is Gru, the evilest villain of all time. All Gru has ever wanted is to feel accepted. In order to make his dream a reality, he decides to become a…
There is a pretty clear tendency in our society to ignore what happens outside Western culture and the Western world. You could almost say that, on a large scale, people in the Western world know almost nothing about the reality of other…
The Reader is a 2008 film directed by Stephen Daldry starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, and David Kross. This movie is an adaptation of Bernhard Schlink’s homonymous work. The Reader helps us reflect on many things. We all know that the Holocaust…
Living as part of a community is natural for human beings. At one time, we did it for survival. We needed to defend ourselves from animals and rival tribes and produce enough food. Cities and towns offered protection for their…
Ed Wood was a movie director, screenwriter, actor, and producer who wanted nothing more than to see his creations on the big screen and go down in movie history. In a way, he achieved that, but probably not in the…
Black Panther is one of the latest Marvel movies. Viewers and critics have reacted to the film in many different ways. Some people have nothing but good things to say, while others just the opposite. Although its reviews have been…
Quentin Tarantino is a director who has managed to create his own brand. When we go see one of his films, we know it’s going to have violence, music, fetish actors, close-ups of female feet, and plenty of tributes, among other…
American History X hit the big screen in 1998. Tony Kaye directed this North American film starring Edward Furlong and a barely recognizable Edward Norton. The movie takes place in modern day United States. In the movie, immigration has changed the…
Voldemort, whose real name was Tom Riddle, is the main antagonist in the Harry Potter saga. From an outsider’s perspective, he’s quite different from Harry. However, if we delve deeper into their characters, we see that they have a lot of…
Much has been said about Stephen Hawking’s life, his illness, his great sense of humor, and his contributions to physics. The Theory of Everything is a 2014 film by James Marsh. In his film, he tries to bring us closer to the British…
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), according to many people, is filmmaker’s Guillermo del Toro best work. This film represents how much he loves fantasy. The movie was really successful. It won numerous awards, including three Oscars: Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best…
What would happen if your friends and acquaintances had access to your social media accounts all of a sudden? What do we hide in our cell phones? Perfect Strangers (2017) is a Spanish film directed by Álex de la Iglesia…
It’s difficult to describe what it means to see Call Me by Your Name and how difficult it is to put all the emotions this film makes us relive into words. And I say relive because Call Me by Your Name is more than…
Our families are the starting points that, in many cases, influence us beyond our childhood. In this sense, the film August: Osage County captures a family that’s far from idyllic. This family seems perfect from the outside, but only those on the…
There are many songs, TV shows, movies, and books that can help us when it comes to starting over after a divorce. Under the Tuscan Sun, starring Diane Lane, is one of them. Lane also acted in many films such as Nights in…
