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
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Reviews of all the major English movies released. Up to date and articulated reviews based on the quality of entertainment of each movie. Visit here and decide which movie is going to make you feel worth spending your time and money.
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
It Ends with Us Review | A Middling Relationship Drama That Deals With Domestic Abuse
It Ends with Us, based on the best selling book of the same name by Colleen Hoover, is a story that ultimately talks about domestic abuse and how women should make stronger decisions to make it stop. While the events that lead up to the climax have an approach that doesn’t necessarily demonize the abuser,… Continue reading It Ends with Us Review | A Middling Relationship Drama That Deals With Domestic Abuse
Trap Review | A Middling Psychological Thriller With a Solid Josh Hartnett
Trap, the new M Night Shyamalan film starring Josh Hartnett, has an enticing premise. When you watch the trailer of Trap, that feels like the perfect example of how to pitch your script to any producer. And when I saw the film’s trailer, I was disappointed because I thought they had revealed the entire film.… Continue reading Trap Review | A Middling Psychological Thriller With a Solid Josh Hartnett
Deadpool & Wolverine Review | An R-Rated Laugh Riot That’s Thin on Plot but Thick on Entertainment
Out of the Marvel movies, Deadpool isn’t the one where the audience anticipates a solid plot in order to be entertained. It is the fun we get because of the foul-mouthed fourth wall-breaking pop culture-rich meta-humor in the writing of those movies. With the Fox and Disney merger facilitating the availability of several characters from… Continue reading Deadpool & Wolverine Review | An R-Rated Laugh Riot That’s Thin on Plot but Thick on Entertainment
Twisters Review | A Passable Disaster Film With Predictable Beats
Being from Kerala, tornados are not something I can relate to, and hence, the idea of a movie about the science behind tornados sounded compelling to me. Twisters, the latest Hollywood disaster film, is a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 movie Twister, which was also about tornados. While the insightful information about tornados and the… Continue reading Twisters Review | A Passable Disaster Film With Predictable Beats