Any film that has such a high budget that approaches such lofty themes are going to be much loved by critics, who secretly miss the days when fairly expensive films had the cinematic thrills without any dumbing down, and are going to fawn all over any film that represents this long-gone ambition of the mid-budget film.

Someone rightly said,”Beauty lies in simplicity.” But I wonder,”So does horror.” Denis Villeneuve has an ability to create a gradual foreplay of horror from the simple scenes. Be it a …

A blanket of clouds flow like water over mountains as the mist covers the landscape as far as eyes can go. The greens of surroundings are damped to a shade …

‘Successful war films are usually those with a backstory of the soldiers. Conversations amongst soldiers and the despair on their faces as they see a corpse of someone they just …

2019 was an innovative year for Indian cinema. It leaves one underwhelmed when it comes to the deliverance of brilliant cinema that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the films that came …

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