Fun and wacky! Non-stop comedy! These words come to mind as you watch the No Hard Feelings movie starring Jennifer Lawrence. Directed by none other than Gene Stupnitsky who wrote several great episodes of The Office (American) TV Series, No Hard Feelings reflects his signature humorous style. That being said, it is a light-hearted movie …
Project Power movie had potential, no doubt about that. Unfortunately, it throws it away as it moves towards the second half of its run time. The movie starts with a promise, but as you move on, it becomes a badly produced superhero action flick. The directors of the movie Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman try …
The Menu movie is a satirical commentary on the relationship between the elite class and its superficial appreciation of true art in the gourmet cuisine world. The film explores severe world problems of the class divide, the unequal division of food, an artist’s constant tussle with capitalism, the subjectivity of art, the ethic of critics, …
Another one of Martin Scorsese’s finest. Killers of the Flower Moon movie is based on the book of the same name by David Grann. The movie tries to bring to light events, otherwise lost in oblivion, highlighting the Osage County murders and the formation of the FBI. The movie is adorned by some amazing performances …
Good Bye, Lenin! is a 2003 German drama directed by Wolfgang Becker. The film is a heartfelt ode to the old citizens of East Germany who reminisce about their peaceful socialist life and a son’s tireless attempt to manipulate reality for his bedridden mother. Alex and his sister Ariane have seen their mother (Christiane) enduring …
Like Funny Games and Dogtooth, Speak No Evil is a psychological horror that explores the dark side of Scandinavian culture. It has a social commentary on highly polite Scandinavians who find it troublesome to stand up for their boundaries and lack basic primal instincts to survive adversities. World cinema has often shown realistic portrayals of …
Directed by Abrar Alvi, Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam explores the longing and patience of an affluent woman for attention from his husband through the protagonist’s perspective. The Chhoti Bahu is the soul of the story. The plot runs in the flashback colonial Kolkata and the present 60s Kolkata. The protagonist is Atulya, who is also …
Luis Buenel’s Los Olvidados is one of the pioneers of Neorealism in Mexican and Latin American cinema. The film deals with Child Poverty, crime, loneliness, abuse, and helplessness amidst the slums of struggling Mexico. Unlike Robert Bresson and Vittorio De Sica’s minimalist style, Buenel can visualize and express the misery of poverty with a more …
Guillermo Del Toro once said ‘The most tyrannical thing we invented is nice, the tyranny of nice chokes me. I think we are all complex people; we are all paradoxical people. 9 am You are a saint, 9:30 you are a ****, 10:30 you are a great father,11:45 you are a bad son and that’s …
There could have been no magic that could have possibly resurrected Jurassic World all of a sudden in its third venture of the ‘World saga’, for the tone was already set. It could have gotten worse, but I am glad that it is very much on the same lines as the previous two installments. You …