Novocaine, the new action comedy starring Jack Quaid, has a very peculiar central character, and it sort of starts off in that gentle manner similar to something like Baby Driver. The hero’s condition, the placement of empathy in the romantic relationship, etc., would really make you interested in the story. But after the main event… Continue reading Novocaine Review | An Action Comedy With Generic Beats and Fun Set-Pieces
Anora Review | A Well-Mounted Character Study With a Subtle Emphasis on the Class Divide
Anora, Sean Baker’s latest Academy Award-winning film, feels like a great film in its totality because it sort of uses its full length to show us the real state of mind of its title character. The film that has a stripper as the main character has this template rom-com structure in the beginning, and it… Continue reading Anora Review | A Well-Mounted Character Study With a Subtle Emphasis on the Class Divide
Be Happy Review | Another ABCD With Same Mediocrity but Smaller Budget
Directed by Remo D’Souza, the man behind the ABCD movies, Be Happy, the new Amazon Prime Video film is an ultra generic dance+ motivation drama that almost felt like something Remo D’Souza developed from a scrapped fourth installment of his dance franchise. With the predictability and template structure of the story making things extremely cliched,… Continue reading Be Happy Review | Another ABCD With Same Mediocrity but Smaller Budget
The Diplomat Review | This One Tries to Be In John’s Body of Work Rather Than Using His Body to Work
Even though the tone of the latest John Abraham starrer, The Diplomat, has that gallery-pleasing dialogue bazi element in it, it sort of feels fresh because it is taking an effort to walk away from the deafening patriotic tones we are seeing nowadays. The Diplomat, written by Ritesh Shah and directed by Shivam Nair, is… Continue reading The Diplomat Review | This One Tries to Be In John’s Body of Work Rather Than Using His Body to Work
Mickey 17 Review | A Middling Black Comedy With Impressive World-Building
Bong Joon-ho’s latest film after Parasite, Mickey 17, is a sci-fi drama with a very evident satirical, political layer. The film that has Robert Pattinson playing the role of the title character does a fairly good job of creating its world with the help of a humor-driven voiceover from the main character. But after a… Continue reading Mickey 17 Review | A Middling Black Comedy With Impressive World-Building
Pariwar Review | Dialogue Humor Makes This Mediocre Satire Bearable
Satire is a tricky genre to crack, as a little bit of untidiness or lack of clarity can make it easily look like a badly made comedy. Of late, most of the movies in Malayalam that try to pitch themselves as satire have struggled to develop the idea in a consistently engaging manner, and oftentimes,… Continue reading Pariwar Review | Dialogue Humor Makes This Mediocre Satire Bearable
Ouseppinte Osiyathu Review | Dileesh Pothan Aces This Well-Written, Subdued Family Drama
Ouseppinte Osiyathu is an interestingly staged drama that has the outer shell of a thriller. Even though an investigation is happening in the movie, which practically keeps us interested in the story, what eventually works in favor of the film is how it shapes the drama using characters. It is ultimately the exploration of the… Continue reading Ouseppinte Osiyathu Review | Dileesh Pothan Aces This Well-Written, Subdued Family Drama
Crazxy Review | A Mixed-Bag Single-Character Thriller That Is Racy and Preachy
Crazxy, the latest Hindi film starring Sohum Shah and directed by Girish Kohli, has aspirations to be a well-crafted single-character thriller. In fact, if you look at the way the movie transitions from the sophistication of a metro city to the recklessness of a barren land over the course of its story, you can see… Continue reading Crazxy Review | A Mixed-Bag Single-Character Thriller That Is Racy and Preachy