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2016
Explore our reviews of 2016 films, with SFAM ratings and stories worth discovering. This collection follows the film’s release-year category; review publication dates may be later.
Inferno Movie Review (2016) | Robert Langdon Burns in Inferno’s Mediocrity
Read the review →: Inferno Movie Review (2016) | Robert Langdon Burns in Inferno’s MediocritySkipping The Lost Symbol altogether Ron Howard was asked to do the Inferno movie instead. Unfortunately, Ron’s Robert Langdon franchise isn’t really doing so great when…
Queen of Katwe Review (2016) | Chess Prodigy Phiona Mutesi Finds a Great Movie
Read the review →: Queen of Katwe Review (2016) | Chess Prodigy Phiona Mutesi Finds a Great MovieMira Nair’s movie Queen of Katwe is a stunning sports biopic that rhymes with the life of Phiona Mutesi, the chess prodigy with an impoverished devastating…
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Review (2016) | Fantastic Plot
Read the review →: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Review (2016) | Fantastic PlotTim Burton‘s knack for the queer continues. This time he picks up Ransom Riggs‘s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children off the shelves. But the big…
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Review (2016) | MS Dhoni Movie Doesn’t Do Him Justice
Read the review →: M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Review (2016) | MS Dhoni Movie Doesn’t Do Him JusticeThe MS Dhoni movie tries to capture the unwavering sojourn of one of India’s greatest cricketing heroes, none other than the captain cool Mahi himself. Even though…
Storks Movie Review (2016) | Adorable Is Written All Over It
Read the review →: Storks Movie Review (2016) | Adorable Is Written All Over ItStorks movie is high on slapstick humour, chucklesome one-liners and an intelligently thought of oscillating story line. Even though Storks is like a constant roadrunner of…
The Magnificent Seven Review (2016) | Mediocre and Empty
Read the review →: The Magnificent Seven Review (2016) | Mediocre and EmptyThe Magnificent Seven is a stale tale left on the mercy of gun-power to prop it. We have seen so many cowboy movies hitherto that if…
Bridget Jones’s Baby Review (2016) | Sharon Maguire Revives Jones
Read the review →: Bridget Jones’s Baby Review (2016) | Sharon Maguire Revives JonesWhat a sweet movie! Bridget Jones’s Baby, a sequel that picks up crumbs that were left off in the year 2004, finds its original director Sharon…
The Shallows Review (2016) | Shark vs Human | A Survival Tale
Read the review →: The Shallows Review (2016) | Shark vs Human | A Survival TaleShark vs Human. That’s how I would like to outline The Shallows movie. For a survival tale it isn’t exactly great, but it is still somewhere.…
Pink Movie Review (2016) | Shattering Indian Societal Stereotypes
Read the review →: Pink Movie Review (2016) | Shattering Indian Societal StereotypesPink Movie is exactly what India needs today. A clean wipe off to re-enter rules on our societal slate. To bend the rules that traditions have…
The Light Between Oceans Review (2016) | Tears you Apart | Profound
Read the review →: The Light Between Oceans Review (2016) | Tears you Apart | ProfoundThe Light Between Oceans left me speechless. I hadn’t broken down to a good drama in days. The Light Between Oceans had me in tears and…
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