Actress Melanie Lynskey (1977)

An American film Don’t Look Up (2021), written and directed by Adam McKay in collaboration with David Sirota, follows the story of Kate Dibiasky. Dibiasky, a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University, makes a shocking discovery about an unknown comet. Her mentor Doctor Randall Mindy confirms this discovery: the comet will collide with Earth in six months, causing a global extinction event. NASA verifies the findings and invites Dibiasky, Mindy, and Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe (head of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office) to present their research to the White ...

FX’s Mrs. America (2020), a historical drama miniseries, debuted on Hulu in the United States on April 15, 2020 to high praise. It garnered ten Emmy nominations at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited Series and Writing. The series also received acting nods for Blanchett, Aduba, Martindale, and Ullman and Aduba ultimately won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. In January ...

As an American psychological horror television series, Castle Rock (2018–2019) draws inspiration from the stories created by Stephen King and his fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Set in the Stephen King’s multiverse, this series combines elements from the author’s most beloved works, weaving an epic tale of light and darkness on a small patch of Maine woodland. Throughout King’s literary career, the fictional town of Castle Rock has played a significant role, appearing in works such as Cujo, ...

Over the Garden Wall (2014) is an American animated miniseries on Cartoon Network, created by Patrick McHale. It tells the story of two half-brothers, Wirt and Greg, who get lost in a strange forest known as the Unknown. In order to return home, they must navigate the supernatural forest with occasional assistance from the enigmatic Woodsman and Beatrice, an irritable bluebird. Along their journey, they seek out Adelaide, who is rumored to hold the key to lifting a curse on Beatrice’s family and guiding the brothers back home. Wirt, the older brother, tends to worry and avoids ...

The American sports comedy-drama film Win Win (2011) was written and directed by Tom McCarthy. Mike Flaherty, a small-town attorney in New Providence, New Jersey, struggles to maintain his law practice while also coaching wrestling. He faces the challenge of keeping his financial problems hidden from his wife Jackie and their two young daughters, Abby and Stella. Mike sees an opportunity when he is assigned to represent Leo Poplar, a client with early dementia who has no known family. He convinces a judge to make him Leo’s guardian, resulting in a monthly stipend of $1,508. However, instead of taking care of Leo ...

The Informant! (2009) is an American biographical-crime comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns. It follows the story of Mark Whitacre, a rising star at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in Decatur, Illinois during the early 1990s. Whitacre’s wife Ginger urges him to blow the whistle on the company’s illegal price-fixing practices. In November 1992, he confesses to FBI agent Brian Shepard that ADM executives (including himself) had been colluding with competitors to manipulate lysine prices. To gather evidence, Whitacre secretly ...

The American comedy-drama film, Up in the Air (2009), directed by Jason Reitman and written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner, is based on Walter Kirn’s 2001 novel of the same name. The protagonist, Ryan Bingham, is employed at an American human resources consultancy firm that specializes in assisting with employment terminations. As part of his job, Ryan frequently travels around the country to conduct layoffs on behalf of companies. In addition to his work ...

The American television miniseries Rose Red (2002) was released, written by renowned horror novelist Stephen King and directed by Craig R. Baxley. Originally intended as a feature film, King first presented the idea to Steven Spielberg in 1996, envisioning it as a modern take on Robert Wise’s classic The Haunting from 1963. However, after a 1999 feature film remake of The Haunting was released, King’s script underwent revisions and was ...

The New Zealand film, Heavenly Creatures (1994), was directed by Peter Jackson and co-written by his partner, Fran Walsh. Set in 1952 Christchurch, the movie follows the story of two teenage girls: Juliet Hulme, a well-off 13-year-old English girl who moves to a new school, and Pauline Parker, a 14-year-old from a working-class background. Despite their differences, they form a strong bond over their shared experiences of childhood illness and isolation in hospitals. While Pauline is drawn to Juliet’s confident demeanor and beauty, she struggles with her own ...