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Karolina Chymkowska

In books and in movies, I love the same aspects: twists, surprises, unconventional outcomes. It's an ongoing and hopefully everlasting adventure. When I don't write, watch or read, I spend my days as a veterinary technician developing my own farm and animal shelter.

THE LAST WAVE Explained: A Time of Dreaming

Many centuries ago, the spirits of the East and the West, the South and the North lived in harmony and unity.

MINDHUNTER Decoded: The Real Cases Behind Masterful Series

Mindhunter shows us the origins of the current FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), specifically the division within the NCAVC (National Center for the...

Movies Inspired by the True Murder Case of Leopold and Loeb

After the trials of Harry Thaw and Sacco and Vanzetti, this was the third trial that the press hailed as the “trial of the century.”

KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS Dissected: Simply a Masterpiece

Kind Hearts and Coronets, the original title of the film, was taken from Tennyson’s poem Lady Clara Vere de Vere:

Dissecting MAKING A MURDERER: Fascinating and Shocking

The text reveals details of the case involving Steven Avery.

MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD Explained

He built his vision consistently and with determination.

BADLANDS Explained: Dreaming and Killing...

Of all the films inspired by the story of Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate—Natural Born Killers, Wild at Heart, Kalifornia, True...

DONNIE DARKO Finally Explained: What is Real?

What exactly is Donnie Darko? A satire? A tragicomedy? A fantasy about time travel? The aberration of a schizophrenic mind? A dream? Or maybe all of...