Editor's Reviews
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Babylon
"In years to come this mostly criticized and polarized movie will be studied as the deconstruction of the inner workings of the rose-tinted Tinsel Town in a time capsule format excavated in the 21st century. Brad Pitt still manages to amaze somehow constantly since as far back as the 90s and yet here we are with that monologue feeling like a dagger to the heart and Robbie showing all sorts of colors in a show of what her training has been about lately. Although what stayed with me was the background score and the massive scale of production design."
The Pledge
"Less about the antagonist, More about the obsession of the protagonist who is after him. A rare avatar donned by Nicholson."
2001: A Space Odyssey
"Arthur C. Clarke's another work Childhood's End would be a great companion piece to this futuristic movie which was without a doubt way ahead of its time. I still can't believe he pulled this off even before we landed on the moon. And I fully empathize with those people who ran across the theatre aisles when it was released for the first time, shouting- "It's God!! It's God!!!" I would have done the same, except decades later we now know…"
The Big Lebowski
"Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher's kink. Jeff Bridges started a religion by the name Dudeism and Walter is the greatest John Goodman role I have ever seen. Opposite to the 'Eat The Rich' genre with a social satire that cuts deep. Never thought I get to watch a Coen Brothers movie like this. But then I also came across Burn After Reading."
Inside Llewyn Davis
"A pair of genuinely perfect bookends for the journey of rediscovery of a tortured artist's self and a forgotten talent in the eroding fading universe of folk songs. In between those Inside Llewyn Davis deals with grief and trauma pushing to a tipping point of self-destruction and revert to the point of origin in the cycle. This is without a doubt the greatest performance of Oscar Issac in his entire filmography, before he lost himself in the games organized by…"
Hunter Hunter
"Surprisingly fresh in implementation despite being a predictable slow-burn thriller. Was long waiting for a beast to pop up and surely enough, a beast I got."
Fight Club
"Has the power to shape the radical disposition it holds and at the same time has the power to push people on a misunderstood path of Incel. Made me a Fincher fan and not in a misguided, disaffected, MGTOW kind of way. The minimalist, anti-shopping-mall-wanderer kind of way. Like the movie suggested- "I would fight Gandhi.""
Little Miss Sunshine
"Probably among the most honest dysfunctional family portrayals on screen. Love the chemistry between Paul Dano and an unconventional Steve Carell as well as a funny no-holds-barred outspoken Alan Arkin and an adorable Abigail Breslin. Boy, I love it when Steve Carell plays serious characters. Toni Collette is as amazing as she has been in everything. Maybe Steve practised running like that for The Office in this movie. After watching Little Miss Sunshine, I felt like screaming while having a loud laugh."
Kung Fu Panda
"History remembers how an animated movie voiced by Jack Black sent ripples down to the offices of the Chinese Communist Party all the way over in China with its authentic use of China's national animal, its culture, architecture, spiritual symbols and martial arts, while at the same time full of ancient wisdom, knowledge and lessons in destiny, fortitude and body shaming, all wrapped up in tickles and giggles. And, did I mention a menacing villain? All hail the Dragon Warrior."
The Game
"I would have gone on a rampage at the end and that's saying something considering in India, we don't have a US-styled 2nd amendment. But, We all have experienced a better Fincher."
Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
"Thanks to Ayushmann Khurrana I came across this. More like- Don't F**k With Internet Sleuths and Podcasters nowadays."
Little Women
"Louisa May Alcott would have been proud. Girls, Women, Mothers, Sisters, Aunt, Wives, Lovers, writers. From all walks of life. Sublime experience. Sensible, tact and emotionally subtle. Greta proves her mantle."
Joker
"I am with David Fincher on this one. But, the performances and the production were superb. Can't deny it. A sudden segue from the Eat The Rich trope of the modern Anti-Neo-Yuppie culture in the second act and turning into a full-blown God Bless America from 2011."
Unbelievable
"While the this mini-series is flawless in terms of respecting the source material, the ProPublica story by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong it is based on is even more brilliant. Infuriatingly brilliant. I am really glad that I came across that story back in 2016 way before even the announcement of this venture. Kaitlyn Dever remarkably manages to steal the show from an amazing Toni Collette and a stoic Merritt Wever."
You Were Never Really Here
"The closest thing we have to The Taxi Driver in the 21st century. Remember that sabbatical between The Master and Joker? Yeah, this is it. There was no sabbatical. Folks who watched this the moment it was released didn't get, what the big deal was with his Oscar win since we have had the privilege of witnessing a mad role back in 2017."
Zodiac
"Less about the killer, more about the investigators... Authentic, nail-biting and has a tendency to get on the nerves. Remarkable display of the power of closure or the lack of it a case had on the people attached to it, whose meanings derived from the same antagonist."
Aligarh
""I have been waiting all my life for a movie like Aligarh to happen. It takes your whole journey to the next level altogether. Doing different roles and doing very good films is one thing, but challenging your own journey, your own craft in such a manner that that becomes an example for yourself more than anybody." - Manoj Bajpayee on Aligarh. It was the boldest choice taken by him in his entire career, since for an actor rising through…"
Inside Out
"Beauty of Pixar that can't possibly be imitated in Live-Action format."