The Great Beauty (2013): Life and Lies
Riot of beguiling imagery that switches between past and present, gorgeous and grotesque, ‘The Great Beauty(La grande bellezza)’ is a wondrous journey through Rome that is enthralling and creepy in equal measure. Paolo Sorrentino scrupulously tries to reinvent Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita with his immersive sense of direction that strips down the Rome to show superficiality and hollowness amidst its alluring visuals that are hard to take eyes off.
The Martian (2015): Gravity meets Cast Away
Given that Ridley Scott resume consists of two of the greatest Sci-Fi thrillers, Blade Runner & Alien; epic & grandeur films like Gladiator & American Gangster; disastrous epics like Exodus & The Counselor; The Martian (2015) falls somewhere in the middle which comes as a commercially viable Sci-Fi film for all age group that educates you on science well enough to make it sound smarter & cooler.
Paper Towns (2015) Movie Review: To Fake Towns and Beyond!
Jake Schreier, who directed the fabulous little indie called “Robot & Frank,” has dived into the famous John Green book…
Bakita Byaktigato (2013) Review: Of fantasy and Realism..
How would you react if you were told that there exists a parallel world, along with yours, which is only far better, happier than the world you live in; and there is some sort of magical portal to reach it? Would you believe it? Do you, in general, believe in magic realism or parallel universe or alternative reality? How do you, in fact, draw a line between imagination and reality?
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) Movie Review: Not as W[i]CK[e]D as it seems!
In the realm of the young adult/teen movie adaptions, we have the 2nd installment of this saga, in which young…
Pawn Sacrifice (2014): Complex as Chess
Boris Spassky shudders and says his agent after he wins the first match against his arch-rival Bobby Fischer. What cost Fischer that certainly drawn match was his unconscious blunder move of sacrificing his pawn. But if we take a closer look at the life of Bobby Fischer, the above quote sums up his psyche of how earnestly he took the game of Chess.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007): An Intense Family Drama
“Older people make good grandparents, no matter how they were as parents.” A Chinese father visits his estranged daughter living…
The Overnight (2015) Movie Review: Uncensored, Unpredictable, and Unapologetic
Patrick Brice’s comedy will make you believe that relationships and people are stranger than fiction. What starts off as a normal get together slowly turns wilder, weirder and to be truly appreciative of the art of indie film-making: It astonishes. If you can’t intake and see overly exposed shots of fake penises or you don’t enjoy people talking about things that only outward and insane people do, this is probably not for you. Brice’s The…