Aaron Schneider’s ‘Greyhound’ (2020) Review
Tom Hanks has enjoyed a solid history with the war genre, in fact, World War II has been very good to the two time Academy Award-winning Best Actor. Hanks was […]
The Cinemawala Shorts Review – ‘One Night Stand’ (2018)
Short films are wonderful. It’s an opportunity to tell a story within the limitations of a finite time frame. Within a defined boundary, it’s more of a challenge thrown across […]
Netflix and Chill – ‘Dark’: Season 3 Review
I’ve always been fascinated with the concept of time travel. Not that I claim to fully understand the intricacies of the laws of physics that involves travelling through time. But […]
Netflix and Chill: Anvita Dutt’s ‘Bulbbul’ (2020) Review
The fragility of the human brain is such that, it always tries to reason facts. It wants to substantiate the triggered effects with some kind of root cause. And when […]
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 […]
Netflix and Chill – ‘Chaman Bahar’ Review
If you’re into eating betel leaves, better known as ‘Paan’, then the term ‘Chaman Bahar’ is not new to you. For the uninitiated, Chaman Bahar is the sweetener that enhances […]
Amazon Prime: Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Gulabo Sitabo’ (2020) Review
For a densely populated country like India, the ratio between a landlord and his/her tenants are one-to-many. Landlords are often seen bickering with the tenants over rents, services provided, conditions […]
Netflix and Chill: Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Choked-Paisa Bolta Hai’ (2020) Review
Anurag Kashyap, the enfant-terrible of contemporary Indian cinema, is back with his latest offering ‘Choked- Paisa Bolta Hai’ on Netflix. Set in 2016, it’s based on a bank employee’s discovery […]
Zee 5 Original: ‘Chintu Ka Birthday’ (2020) Review
Birthdays are supposed to be a day of everlasting fun, especially for kids. Cakes, candles, balloons and gifts can make any kid go crazy on this special day. Well, Chintu […]
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 […]
Netflix and Chill – ‘Betaal’ Review
The word ‘Betaal’ means the devil. For the lovers of the Indian folk tale ‘Vikram and Betaal’, the stories that the Betaal told king Vikramaditya, hanging on his shoulders, were […]
Amazon Prime Original – ‘The Test – A New Era For Australia’s Team’ (2020) Review
The greatest thing about sports or for that matter, any competitive game is that it brings out the real characteristics of the people involved in it. Whereas individual game or […]
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, […]
TVF’s ‘Panchayat’ (2020) – Season 1 Review
TVF has been churning out stellar stories for some time now. It has made itself into a solid brand whose core competency is strong storytelling. Shows like ‘Pitchers’, ‘Tripling’, ‘Permanent […]
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