Editor's Reviews
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While We Watched
"An underwhelming big dull dud. The documentary doesn't show anything new that we haven't already seen. This was targeted particularly for foreign audiences who have no idea what had been going on here. While We Watched is at its best when it shows a fading journalist cornered out of mainstream media and into the YouTube journalism while not portraying it as a hagiography and at its worst because it preaches to the choir about the long prostration that the Indian…"
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
"A fatuously trite and bromidic ballad that felt like an elegy being recited at my funeral. A movie that doesn't know why it exists. Tonally confusing and all over the place in terms of themes. Enough with the overusing of star-crossed lovers from class difference turning into mortal enemies. It has long overstayed its welcome. Except for Viola Davis, nothing is here to be worth the taking. Terrible."
Dolores Claiborne
"An average story done in the right way. Stephen King is often accused of writing women in a very shallow way, that is often as victims or damsels in distress. Here we go, a complex characterization of a mother-daughter relationship with resentment and hostility stemming from a dark repressed past buried deep inside the minds. Kathy Bates donned her Misery hat but with a protective grace for a daughter who hates her. Jennifer Jason Leigh was fairly new and was…"
The Baader Meinhof Complex
"This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth."
This Is Where I Leave You
"A crowd pleaser with no realistic nuances where everybody gets what they deserve. Tumultuous siblings and parents relationship and how a man fallen-from-grace navigates through that rough waters with a tinge of dry humor."
The Burning Girls
"I think it was Neil Gaiman who said that Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men. Well, this one is written by a woman. C. J. Tudor is a famous mystery thriller horror writer and from her book of the same name this has been adapted. A village and the skeletons it possesses by tormenting and subjugating free-spirited women hidden directly underneath the feet of…"
Apocalypse Now
"This is what happens when Coppola puts his own money into an obsession of his without writing a screenplay, just scribbling on the margins of his worn-out copy of Heart of Darkness by Conrad. One of the most amazing experience of mine would probably remain watching Robert Duval be the cigar-totting face of the Military Industrial Complex. Nonchalant, cartoonish, apathetic. While a skinhead Brando pouring water on his head and monologuing would be one of the most surreal experiences of…"
Room
"Showing our planet through the eyes of Jacob Tremblay. A difficult yet poignant story about the love of a child for his mother. The statue well-deserved."
The Squid and the Whale
"This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth."
Lessons in Chemistry
"The enigma that is Brie Larson has struck again. A treatise in feminist theory about strong, powerful, confident and resilient women and a girl, all of whom were stuck in the wrong era where sexism and casual as well as overt and explicit misogyny were the staple diet. As the main character of the show states- "I stand proudly with the overlooked workhorse of the kitchen, women and potatoes." A show that not only is about girlhood and womanhood, but…"
Good Night, and Good Luck.
"Was this movie supposed to make us feel bad about how journalistic integrity and objectivity has gone to the gutters lately? Because, congratulations! It did succeed."
Network
"How prescient a film could be for its time? An explosive Peter Finch with a cunning Faye Dunaway. But, seriously when has she ever disappointed? A commentary on the eye balls glued to the illusion of truth. It's like reading a book written by Noam Chomsky."
Ship of Theseus
"Has the potential to be Peter Singer's favorite movie. I have never seen anything in my life like this coming out of Bollywood. It's like reading a 500 page philosophy book. Anand Gandhi is a magician and Neeraj Kavi is a chameleon."
The Glass Castle
"For the fans of Arjun Reddy and Kabir Singh. How men don't deserve women and by that I mean both the abusive women and the forgiving, nourishing and persevering ones. This movie shows all kinds. Woody Harrelson does a brilliant job of an abusive bull-headed narcissistic stubborn father. Seriously Amazing job. Proves that he has a versatile talent. Brie Larson does her job for which she is known. Naomi Watts too was amazing. Couldn't believe it was based on a…"
All Good Things
"Shoddy screenplay and direction yet a testament to Gosling's range. I would rather go for The Jinx on this one."
Faults
"I did hear about deprogrammers but never watched anything regarding that. Not in a million years could I have guessed this surprise of a movie about cult deprogramming. Both Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Leland Orser act to their optimum level. Trippy, psychedelic and better than average without any shock value."
No One Will Save You
"Close Encounter of The Forth Kind. A terrifying take on Alien horror, that draws heavily from classics, such as- Signs by Shyamalan and contemporary brilliance, such as- A Quiet Place, Upgrade, The Box etc. It's the most interesting first contact movie I have seen since Arrival, but comparing it to Arrival would be blasphemous. What is the USP of this movie- There is not a single dialogue in it and it isn't a hyperbole, seriously there isn't a lick of…"
Alice, Darling
"Anna Kendrick continues to surprise me. Movies like this often slip through the cracks, shows that when it comes to choosing between good cinema with a simple story based on behavioral or character study or flair, most of the audiences choose flair over a decent drama. Alice, Darling asks a very simple question, because it is not a very complex movie. It asks if somebody constantly reminds you to detach yourself from the real you and manipulate and often use…"