Mufasa: The Lion King Review | A Visually Spectacular Drama With Moving Philosophies

Mufasa: The Lion King from Barry Jenkins is a worthy prequel cum sequel that really does justice to the philosophical essence of the original. The film that talks about the life of Mufasa strikes a really good balance in being this live-action photorealistic animation film and a truly moving and motivating drama. Like how Lion… Continue reading Mufasa: The Lion King Review | A Visually Spectacular Drama With Moving Philosophies

Girls Will Be Girls Review | A Delicate and Effective Coming-Of-Age Adolescent Drama

Shuchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls is a very delicate coming-of-age story about a girl who goes through a harsh adolescent transition. While the larger focus is on this girl, Mira, the film does manage to give us enough details about her mother, Anila, to make the strained dynamic between the two a compelling one.… Continue reading Girls Will Be Girls Review | A Delicate and Effective Coming-Of-Age Adolescent Drama

Moana 2 Review | A Breezy, Passable Musical That Strives to Be a Fun Ride

I remember watching Moana back in 2016, and in my review, I said that despite the movie following a very generic template, unlike movies like Zootopia, it had a lot of fun elements to keep us hooked to the content. While the first movie was designed as an introduction to that whole world, the sequel,… Continue reading Moana 2 Review | A Breezy, Passable Musical That Strives to Be a Fun Ride

Venom: The Last Dance Review | A Hodgepodge Ending to Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock Stint

The third installment of the Venom franchise, Venom: The Last Dance, which concludes the character arc of Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock, feels like a hastily assembled superhero flick with this worn-out feel to its credit. From the opening monologue that has the evil guy Knull literally explaining to us what the fight you are about… Continue reading Venom: The Last Dance Review | A Hodgepodge Ending to Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock Stint

Smile 2 Review | Parker Finn Scales up the Gore and Craft in This Eye-Squinting Exercise

The major challenge with the film Smile 2 was the fact that the audience are now very familiar with the basic nature of the movie. The pattern of the curse was established by Parker Finn in the 2022 movie. And if the sequel had to be impressive, there was a need to do something beyond… Continue reading Smile 2 Review | Parker Finn Scales up the Gore and Craft in This Eye-Squinting Exercise

The Wild Robot Review | A Delightful Entertainer With Diverse Emotional Setups and Quality Payoffs

One of the things that made the latest animated science fiction film from DreamWorks, The Wild Robot, extremely satisfying was the way the screenplay of the film managed to create multiple emotional setups in the first two acts and then do the payoffs in a very convincing way in its final act. With several themes… Continue reading The Wild Robot Review | A Delightful Entertainer With Diverse Emotional Setups and Quality Payoffs

Joker: Folie à Deux Review | A Character Study With Too Much Melancholy and Too Little Folie

The title of the second part of Todd Phillips’ Joker is Joker: Folie à Deux. Folie à Deux means a scenario where two people share the same mental illness. So, from the title itself, it is sort of evident that they are trying to pitch the second installment as a love story. While the first… Continue reading Joker: Folie à Deux Review | A Character Study With Too Much Melancholy and Too Little Folie

Transformers One Review | An Impressive Origin Story That Can Resurrect This Jaded Franchise

Transformers One, the latest animated action film that serves as a prequel to the 2007 Michael Bay movie, actually offers a breath of fresh air to this jaded franchise that mostly went after scale. Unlike the Michael Bay films, which always depend on the visual spectacle angle of filmmaking, the animated version approach from director… Continue reading Transformers One Review | An Impressive Origin Story That Can Resurrect This Jaded Franchise