Amazon Prime : Mahesh Narayanan’s ‘Malik’ (2021) Review
There have been countless films that are inspired by Francis Ford Copolla’s gangster saga ‘The Godfather’. The epic story of Vito and Micheal Corleone has always been a yardstick of […]
‘Mare Of Easttown’ (2021) Review
Mistakes. If the life of a human being has to be summarised in one word, it would be – mistakes. Since biblical times, our actions or inactions are often labelled […]
Amazon Prime: Jeethu Joseph’s ‘Drishyam 2’ (2021) Review
‘Drishyam’ (2013) is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable Indian films of the past decade, its story so engaging and protagonist Georgekutty so endearing that it was re-made into several […]
John Lee Hancock’s ‘The Little Things’ (2021) Review
Jared Leto has always been a sublimely gifted actor, from his early work in ‘Fight Club’ (1999), his doomed drug addict in the electrifying masterpiece ‘Requiem for a Dream’ (2000), […]
Zee 5 Original Film – ‘Nail Polish’ (2021) Review
The complexities of the human brain have always perplexed scientists. Per them, the human brain is capable of many superlative feats and the average human uses only 7% of it […]
Revisiting The Classics – Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’ (1974)
The old fashioned credits begin and over them we hear solemn music, then a solitary horn, lonely and mournful, foreshadowing what J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson) will feel by the end […]
Revisiting The Classics – Martin Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’ (1990)
Sitting down to explore the finest films directed by Martin Scorsese, most might think his seething black and white boxing biography ‘Raging Bull’ (1980) might top the list. Visceral, bloody, […]
Netflix and Chill: Antonio Campos’s ‘The Devil All The Time’ (2020) Review
“This movie boasts of a trailer that is much more riveting that the movie itself” Over the years, I have developed a particular penchant for crime thrillers and was lucky […]
Amazon Prime Original: Mahesh Narayanan’s ‘C U Soon’ (2020) Review
When I watched episodes of the Netflix series ‘Black Mirror’, I was horrified at the alternate realities presented, all fueled by technology, which inevitably ended in disaster. Watching ‘C U […]
Sony Liv Original – Rajat Kapoor’s ‘Kadakh’ Review
Consider this – On the lazy afternoon of Diwali, you’re all gearing up for a party. All decked up, tidied house and all of a sudden, someone ends up at […]
Apple TV+ ’s ‘Defending Jacob’ (2020) Review
The small township of Newton gets rocked by the news of a murdered teenager known as Ben Rifkin. Soon voices on the internet and social media point fingers at Jacob […]
Amazon Prime Original: ‘Paatal Lok’ Review
Mythology, is some way or the other, is connected to facts. Perhaps, distorted facts. Some say mythology was the brainchild of the sages. For a layman, it was far more […]
Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ (2019) Review
To begin, in this film in which Eastwood once again explores an underdog railing against authority, the nearly ninety-year-old two times Oscar-winning Best Director has made a very good film, […]
Leigh Whannell’s ‘The Invisible Man’ (2020) Review
Clint Eastwood once stated that half of his job was done with casting, that once the actors were in place, he could relax and just let them do their job […]
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