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.
Daenerys Targaryen is a strong and mature woman whose behavior we should reflect on. After seven seasons, she’s become one of the most iconic characters in Game of Thrones. The young woman with white blonde hair has managed to establish…
If you grew up in the 90s, you were probably fascinated with dinosaurs. “Dinomania” was a fad that broke records among the young people of that decade and was propitiated by the premiere of the Jurassic Park movie saga. The…
Coexistence between twins can be quite particular and curious, which is why it’s such great material to create drama and comedy films. Twin relationships are so recognizable and so interesting that they have their own subgenre in the film industry.…
Midnight in Paris is a beautifully filmed movie that has captivated the hearts of many. Directed by the famous Woody Allen, the film won the Academy Award for best original screenplay and got nominated for multiple other awards. Midnight in…
This is a small curated selection of psychological thrillers, that focuses on the best films that have premiered recently. It’s worth noting that we wanted to look at the best recent psychological movies, or in other words, movies that were…
Maleficent was all the rage in movie theaters around the world in 2014. Most of the audience applauded the revamping of a rather iconic Disney character. However, the praise wasn’t unanimous. The excessive sappiness within the film was noted: the…
People have recently been talking a lot about past songs, movies or books that, from today’s standpoint, are no longer innocent or politically correct. What should we do in these cases? Do we stop listening to those songs that slowly…
The Mission a 1986 feature film directed by Roland Joffé that was both a critical and commercial success. It has an amazing soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, a brilliant cast (Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, and Robert De Niro), Oscar-winning cinematography, and great…
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…
