Novocaine Review | An Action Comedy With Generic Beats and Fun Set-Pieces

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

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

Captain America: Brave New World Review | Olympus Has Fallen, but Not So Badly

If you look at the skeleton of the latest MCU film, Captain America: Brave New World, directed by Julius Onah, it kind of has a similarity with the second Captain America movie, The Winter Soldier. It is basically Captain America (Sam Wilson) realizing that a power structure he believed was genuine had some faults on… Continue reading Captain America: Brave New World Review | Olympus Has Fallen, but Not So Badly

Nosferatu Review | A Compelling Dracula Adaptation With Classical Filmmaking Precision

The latest horror film from Robert Eggers, the maker of The Witch and The Lighthouse, Nosferatu, is the remake of the 1922 movie of the same name. The 1922 movie was an unofficial German adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic story Dracula, and the makers of that film made some adjustments to avoid copyright problems. When… Continue reading Nosferatu Review | A Compelling Dracula Adaptation With Classical Filmmaking Precision

Kraven the Hunter Review | The Last Nail in the Coffin of a Universe Nobody Asked For

Sony’s Spiderman Univerese’s new film, and hopefully the final film, Kraven the Hunter, is out now in India, and it just feels like a dull and worn-out film. Much like the other debacles in the SSU, Morbius and Madame Web, this one also feels like that movie that got made just for the sake of… Continue reading Kraven the Hunter Review | The Last Nail in the Coffin of a Universe Nobody Asked For

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