Misery (1990) Movie Review: Misery is Alive!
Stephen King’s 1987 novel Misery, inspired from King’s battle with substance abuse, is widely regarded as one of his most…
Hush (2016) Review: The deaf mouse Vs The wounded cat!
Hush is not the kind of film that makes a whole lot of sense. Take the antagonist’s motivations to kill Maggie for instance; its darkly funny to think about it from the audiences perspective. Was he just having fun? Why would he choose to kill random people in the middle of nowhere. He isn’t shown to be psychologically inept, even though he feels and acts so. But director Mike Flanagan, very cleverly keeps the…
A Fanboy’s perspective of ‘Fan’
There is a crucial scene in ‘FAN’ when Gaurav (Shah Rukh Khan) gets caught on the train for traveling without…
Fan (2016): Only SRK could have done it!
Fan (2016) Review: The stupendous achievement of ‘Fan’ is that Shah Rukh Khan underplays the character of a stubborn Superstar…
Death by Hanging [1968]: A Brilliant, Provocative Work of a Anti-Authoritarian
The way director Oshima satirizes the government officials may make viewers to accuse Oshima of treating them as farcical puppets rather than human characters. It is a tone, which may alienate a few, but I feel it’s the best way to observe the cogs of imperialist society, whose so-called ‘good intentions’ are just a hypocritical veil.
Involuntary [2008]: About Rule Breaking, Actions and the Consequences
An avalanche that caused no physical damage but introduced serious emotional instability in a marriage was the subject Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure dealt with. It is commendable to see Ruben’s command over his subject; he understands unconscious human behaviour better than most contemporary filmmakers. As Force Majeure grew on me over the time I couldn’t wait to see what he did with his other films. So, the first film I checked out was his 2008…
The Invitation [2016]: An unsettling housebound thriller!
The Invitation hides most of it’s characters behind mysterious shadows which don’t peel off layer by layer but are slowly scratched until they are completely ripped-off from their existence.
The Jungle Book (2016): Hello, Childhood!
Back in my childhood, whenever my father came to pick me up from school he used to buy me a…