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Room [2015]: When a Mother is your Whole World

Room [2015]: When a Mother is your Whole World

Room is an achievement in film-making. It is a movie that delves with every emotion known to man. It delves in the psyche of a kid, for whom, earth in an alien planet; for whom, his world was a small cramped up wooden garden shed; for whom, a wardrobe was his bedroom, his imaginary dog was his pet and his mother was his everything. At the same time, the movie skillfully showcases a mother deep anguish and constant struggles

Titli [2015]: A Terrifying Investigation of the Dog-eat-Dog World

Titli [2015]: A Terrifying Investigation of the Dog-eat-Dog World

Titli is not a story of a dysfunctional family, because calling these set of ruthless people dysfunctional will be an understatement. But even in this relentlessly downbeat tale of ghastly inane characters there is a coming-of-age film that’s just looking for proper wings to fly away from the gun & the hammer. The title character Titli is not a butterfly because not even in it’s lightest moments you see any glimmer of beauty. But he is a spider who is hanging by a very thin thread of lies, betrayal and double-cross, and yet he is trying hard, not fall off.

6 Interesting Facts about Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant

6 Interesting Facts about Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant

The Revenent is one of the most anticipated films of 2015, which is set to release in the Christmas week of the year. The film has eyes on it from all corners of the world after Innaritu has become a hot favorite following his triumph called Birdman. Many believe that this film will get rid of Leonardo Di Caprio’s Jinx at the Oscars. Here are 5 trivias about Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu’s upcoming film The Revenent:

I Wish (2011) Review: A Heartfelt Tale of Two Siblings
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I Wish (2011) Review: A Heartfelt Tale of Two Siblings

As much as “I wish” benefits from everything accounting, it benefits most from the splendid performance by the kids and adults alike,and its writing & direction by Hirokazu. What is even more commendable that all the kids perform oblivious to the fact that cameras are around them. Hirokazu seems have written the small episodic stories and fused them together seamlessly that constructs to form a single entity at the end. O

Signs of Life (1968): Windmills of Herzog’s Mind

Signs of Life (1968): Windmills of Herzog’s Mind

Werner Herzog, along with Wim Wenders and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, is one the most successful and internationally recognized filmmakers of the New German Cinema. Two things helped Herzog to kick start his experiments with filmmaking; an encyclopaedia entry about film making which he stumbled upon at the age of 14 and the 35mm movie camera he stole from the Munich Film School. Herzog’s films are known for having a driven protagonist who are on the verge of madness, and that begun with his very first film.

The Martian (2015): Gravity meets Cast Away

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.

Pawn Sacrifice (2014): Complex as Chess

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.