As I write the Soul movie review today, I am thinking how many times I have said this before – Pixar has a knack for picking the most fulfilling stories. Ascertaining it yet again, the animation studio walks in with another enriching and alluring tale addressing one of the major issues every soul across the …
Incendies movie is based on the 2003 play of the same name by Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad. In Montreal, twins Jeanne and Simon are given two letters by the notary following the death of their mother Nawal Marwan. A letter must be given to their father whom they never knew and believed to be dead …
If Southern Gothic is defined by peculiar characters and macabre goings-on set largely in the postbellum South, then The Devil All the Time neatly fits into this sub-genre. With twisted, unstable preachers, nescient young women, a corrupt sheriff, and a sexually deviant, murderous couple, we’re taken on a road that’s dark and winding. Like the …
The Dig (2021) slips us inside the archaeologist’s mind and elegantly converges past and present. Graceful imagery of the English countryside adorns the film; a romance grows while another is severed before it sprouts, and archaeology becomes about more than artifacts in and of themselves. The film successfully connects the distant past to the individual …
The documentary, MLK/FBI (2021), persuades us to take a closer look at the man and the icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his shaky relationships within the U.S. government. The documentary is rich with crisp archival footage that draws us into the unsettling story of the FBI’s attempt to gather evidence on Dr. King …
Mank movie (2020) is an immersive study of 1930s screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman), as he toils over the script of the now-classic masterpiece Citizen Kane. Things that stand out almost immediately are the movie’s noir-like visuals, brilliant cinematography, and reflective direction. Not to mention some of the finest performances given by its cast. …
Intriguing take on a Superman from a different world. Writing the Superman Red Son Movie Review about the movie that is based on a 2003 comic book series by Mark Millar. Yet another one directed by Sam Liu, the movie tries to do different, a universe you might find hard to become an instant fan …
Enola Holmes movie is such a big miss, unlike what was being prophesied by the trailers and a dispensable futile build up. Firstly, it is a spinoff nobody asked for. Secondly, the movie is not even remotely connected to any of the awesomeness of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Sherlock for that to matter. Let’s …
What comes to mind when you think of a loop story? The concept has been leveraged so many times and in so many ways that it is almost a challenge now to come up with something inventive without ending up extracting something from what has already been released. Palm Springs movie breaks that notion by …
The title should sum it up to be really candid. But, said no movie review ever. So writing The Lovebirds review, I will try to throw in some real reasons why this movie worked as a very light entertainer and why on numerous occasions it didn’t. The Lovebirds movie amuses you with some good humour …