Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods Cast: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt Review Author: Tony Synopsis: After crash-landing on prehistoric Earth, only two survivors must navigate the hostile terrain and fend off vicious creatures to ensure their survival. I’ve always had a soft spot for schlock in my genre films, so when Hollywood decides to splurge on a B-movie […]
Napoleon can be a good war epic, but the character development made Napoleon hateable and not interesting!!! Real Rating: 3.5 Cannons What I Like: -The battle scenes were epic, director Ridley Scott executed some mind blowing effects that will keep you engaged The So So: -The acting was good in certain aspects, but as for […]
A Real Pain, directed by Jesse Eisenberg, tells the poignant story of Jewish cousins David and Benji touring Poland to honor their grandmother. The film’s beautiful piano soundtrack enhances their emotional journey, revealing old tensions and family history. Despite minor shortcomings, it offers engaging performances and is worth watching, earning a rating of 6.5/10.
The first major precursor of the upcoming awards season is right around the corner! The 82nd Golden Globe Awards announce their nominations next Monday, December 9th, giving us our first glimpse at which films and performances will be honored this year. Who are the early frontrunners? What snubs and surprises might we see? Let’s look […]
The Disney Renaissance was packed with a catalogue of excellent movies that are being zombied back as tolerable live-actions. With a few notable exceptions. When we say a movie hasn’t aged well, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is generally what we mean. As nostalgic as it was this week to dust off a childhood favourite […]
This filmic narrative needs to be counted among the classics of Japanese cinema
Kazuya Shiraishi proves that the frame of the samurai and the Edo society can still be utilized to deliver refreshing narratives.
With domestic violence being a crisis that should be declared a global pandemic, it is surprising that no organization exists to assess whether couples planning to become parents are truly fit for the role. The issue is not about financial stability or kindness alone. Raising a child is not easy; it requires certain prerequisites before […]
It’s always great pleasure seeing such movies where from the opening scene you’re thrown into strange atmosphere of weirdness, tempting and seductive world from where you don’t really want to come back, no matter how uncontrolled the environment is. But in the end when the film over, you will feel a strong feeling of appreciation […]
From director Tim Mielants and based on the book written by Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These is an adaptation with heart about a situation involving layers of uncertainty. The story is woven in a way that is thought-provoking. It weighs the choices a man must make when faced with secrets. The film is set in areas around County Wexford and County Wicklow in Ireland. The season of the film gives off a chilly feeling and thecinematography feels cold as […]
A direction by Pablo Larrain with emphasis. A performance by Angelina Jolie that is stunning and emotional. Maria is a spellbinding film about the talent of an artist with a screenplay that displays honor and courage, Maria takes the appreciation of art and opera to a level that is truly committed. It is more of a reflection piece where […]
Directed by RaMell Ross, this is one of the most spellbinding literary adaptations that will be remembered for ages. Nickel Boys is based on the Pulitzer winning novel written by Colson Whitehead. Nickel Boys is a revelation in the eyes of an authenticity—it weaves its audience into the journey of its main characters. Revolving around rough times in the 1960s, it is in an in-depth exploration that is remarkable. Ross […]
A serious yet poignant documentary that explores the parallels between the historical portrayal of witches & mental illness during & after pregnancy.
Frank (Robert De Niro) and Molly (Meryl Streep) meet accidentally in a bookstore in New York whilst Christmas shopping. Months pass, and their paths cross again as they both travel into the city from their suburban neighbourhoods on the same train and so they strike up a conversation. They also find that there is a […]
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) on Amazon is a $60 million budget action-comedy film directed by Guy Ritchie which bombed at the box office but is doing rather well on streaming. The film is based on the book Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien […]
Out of the many features premiering this Fall movie season, few have peaked my curiosity quite like Justin Kurzel’s “The Order”. Based on the 1989 non-fiction book “The Silent Brotherhood” by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, Kurzel’s period crime thriller sets out to tackle some potent subject matter. And with Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, and […]
My sister, years back, discovered some old movies of us on holiday. I distinctly remember me and my dad, walking over a wooden bridge and me bouncing up and down on it “Look how pissed off you made him!” laughed my sister, as there in the fuzzy world of the past, my dad looked back […]
For my next film at the London Film Festival, I decided to go with The Balconettes, mainly because, looking at the creative team, I saw that it was co-written by Celine Sciamma, who is one of my favourite directors working today, reuniting with Noemie Merlant. The general premise of the film sounded intriguing to me […]
The scary part is the lack of control. When you’re asleep, anything can happen. Your mind can dream up things wonderful and terrible. You can talk out loud. You can get up and move and walk with zero conscious control over your limbs. Recently, I fell asleep at my desk while working on a job […]
Told from multiple perspectives, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster is a multi-faceted drama about a lack of understanding in our world.