Emerald Fennell’s ‘Promising Young Woman’ (2020) Review
Talk about a scorched earth film!! Talk about an unexpected, scorching performance from Carey Mulligan, who gives what I believe to be the years very best performance!! Mulligan has been […]
Netflix and Chill – Ramin Bahrani’s ‘White Tiger’ (2021) Review
Arvind Adiga’s ‘White Tiger’ is a satirical study of the huge class divide that exists in the country. It’s a scathing tale of one man who crosses barriers to overcome […]
Netflix and Chill: Rohena Gera’s ‘Sir’ (2018) Review
The past decade has seen a renaissance in movies. Not so long ago, movies were expected to have a 3-hour run time, a grand plot, songs, fight sequences and comedy. […]
‘My Client’s Wife’ (2020) Review
It’s an interesting journey for a film, especially when it goes from the script to the screen. Multiple factors weigh-in, as the transformation takes place from a spiral-bound notebook to […]
Netflix and Chill: ‘Paava Kadhaigal’ (2020) Review
I sat down to watch ‘Paava Kadhaigal’ because of the eclectic directors that came together for its making. I expected a classy concoction of clever punchline stories like those of […]
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 […]
Amazon Prime Original – ‘Unpaused’ (2020) Review
Covid-19 has rendered the world inoperative. In a year where a single strain of the virus, caught the whole world off guard and forced it to its knees, mankind learnt […]
Amazon Prime Original- ‘Durgamati’ (2020) Review
Horror-comedies are in vogue these days. Films like ‘Stree’ have shown that with the right dosage of comedy and horror, the viewers would lap up a supernatural or a fantasy […]
Bejoy Nambiar’s ‘Taish’ (2020) Review
The axe forgets but the tree remembers. This African proverb aptly sums up the motif that runs through the whole duration of ‘Taish’ – Revenge. It’s a sordid tale of […]
Netflix and Chill – Anurag Basu’s ‘Ludo’ (2020) Review
The game of Ludo represents the randomness of life. Nobody can predict the next number on the dice, as it’s being rolled by the player. Just like the arbitrary events […]
Netflix and Chill: Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Haunting Of Bly Manor’ (2020) Review
“A love story disguised as a ghost story.” Horror, for me, is not an easy genre to watch. I usually need company, daylight, the mute button and other tools that […]
Sundar Pal’s ‘Vilom’ (2019) Review
Vilom – The dictionary meaning of this Hindi word is Opposite. In the context of director Sundar Pal’s debut film, it signifies contradiction or to be more specific, it points […]
Netflix and Chill: Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ Review
There was a time Steven Spielberg was going to direct this, but it never seemed to jell, not even the great Spielberg could get the film off the ground. As […]
Netflix and Chill: Puneet Khanna’s ‘Ginny Weds Sunny’ (2020) Review
Let’s be honest, when we saw the title ‘Ginny weds Sunny’, a blatant, unapologetic rip off of ‘Tanu weds Manu’, we weren’t expecting much. “Unapologetic” is the right word to […]
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