Nocturnal Animals (2016) ‘Mashup’ Review: A Hypnotic Fever Dream
“Enjoy the absurdity of our world. It’s a lot less painful. Believe me, our world is a lot less painful…
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Manchester By The Sea (2016) ‘Mashup’ Review: Devastating Tale of a Broken Man
Review by Rohitavra Majumdar Manchester By The Sea, directed by Kenneth Lonergan, is the cinematic expression of the term “Happy…
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Slightly Overrated Films: Arrival [2016]
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.
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The Edge of Seventeen [2016] Review – A Smart Teen Movie with Thin Sugary Layers
Director John Hughes’ quirky, yet grounded comedic spirit could be found in Kelly Fremon Craig’s feature-film debut The Edge of…
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A Monster Calls [2016] : An endearing tale of acceptance
A Monster Calls is an endearing, touching and beautiful tale of accepting one’s reality and understanding the fantasy. It’s a film that wants you to tackle your nightmares and to destroy or embrace them whenever necessary. It touches all possible human emotions without being too preachy about them.
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The Wailing [2016] : Bengaluru International Film Festival [BIFFES]
The Wailing : The rain of horror. Forget about most of the inflated but substandard horror films you been served…
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Wind River [2017]: Sundance Film Festival Review
In Taylor Sheridan I trust. The last two years have seen Sheridan provide some of the most tough, hard-hitting scripts…
Raees (2017) ‘Mashup’ Review: Caught Between Swagger and Substance
Raees (2017): Caught Between Swagger and Substance Review by Nafees Ahmed What works for Raees is exactly what doesn’t work…
The 10 Most Weird Films Of 2016
From featuring dead bodies that not only fart but fall in love to mothers giving birth to children without sexually conceiving them, 2016 had weirdness all abound on most of the divisive films of the year. While weird is mostly associated with bad, here are 10 films that play with the essence of weirdness in order to tell tales in their own fascinating way.