Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Review | DCEU Signs off With a Bland Dead-On-Arrival Film

Looking at some of the dramatic elements in certain set pieces of the final DCEU movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, one could see that they were perhaps very enthusiastic about creating this movie when they wrote the initial drafts. But the making of the film feels like they had no interest in presenting it… Continue reading Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Review | DCEU Signs off With a Bland Dead-On-Arrival Film

The Killer Review | An Articulative Character Study From a Meticulous David Fincher

The Killer, the new David Fincher movie distributed by Netflix, is a very patient and meticulous articulation of the process and life of these assassins. Rather than emphasizing the stylizing of the modus operandi of our title character, Fincher’s film puts him in a peculiar situation and makes him face off with people who do… Continue reading The Killer Review | An Articulative Character Study From a Meticulous David Fincher

The Marvels Review | A Generic Superhero Film Saved by Its Brisk Runtime and Typical MCU Humor

The latest MCU offering, The Marvels, is a typical superhero film that gets saved by its minimal runtime and the signature humor of MCU films. It is a film that isn’t doing anything creatively inspiring to cause some changes to the exhaustion people are feeling towards the superhero genre. If you aren’t an ardent follower… Continue reading The Marvels Review | A Generic Superhero Film Saved by Its Brisk Runtime and Typical MCU Humor

Killers of the Flower Moon Review | An Engrossing Drama That Approaches a Real Story in a Character-Driven Way

The running time of the new Martin Scorsese movie Killers of the Flower Moon is roughly 206 minutes (three and a half hours). My admiration for the movie after watching it on the big screen was because of the fact that it never felt like a dull treatment despite the tempo of the narration being… Continue reading Killers of the Flower Moon Review | An Engrossing Drama That Approaches a Real Story in a Character-Driven Way

Expend4bles Review | This Multi-Starrer Garbage Is Actually a Cinematic Scam

If you want to witness creative laziness of the highest degree, then Expend4bles, aka Expendables 4, is the perfect example of that. This supposed to be action fiesta starring some of the top names associated with modern-day action flick ends up being a green screen garbage that works more like a sleeping pill. If someone… Continue reading Expend4bles Review | This Multi-Starrer Garbage Is Actually a Cinematic Scam

A Haunting in Venice Review | A Passable Atmospheric Whodunit With a Supernatural Layer

Kenneth Branagh’s new movie, his third adaptation of an Agatha Christie work, A Haunting in Venice, based on Christie’s book Hallowe’en Party, has a very different visual language from Branagh’s other two movies in the series. The supernatural element and the central character’s psychological space make the film less compelling visually. And if that tail-end… Continue reading A Haunting in Venice Review | A Passable Atmospheric Whodunit With a Supernatural Layer

The Nun II Review | Yet Another Insignificant Run-Of-The-Mill Conjuring Installment

It seems like the makers of The Conjuring franchise are not bothered much about the craft aspect of the movies in the franchise, and they are mostly interested in capitalizing on the popularity of the characters. 2018’s The Nun was one film that narrated a story around the demon Nun Valak. The very last-minute twist… Continue reading The Nun II Review | Yet Another Insignificant Run-Of-The-Mill Conjuring Installment

The Equalizer 3 Review | An Evolved Robert McCall Stuck in a Typical Equalizer Story

The Equalizer franchise is basically the one-man show where our hero, Robert McCall, with the burden of a past, is determined to give justice to the poor and the needy. The highlight of the Antoine Fuqua movies is the slow-motion bits that show the impeccable fighting skills of our common man hero. While everything in… Continue reading The Equalizer 3 Review | An Evolved Robert McCall Stuck in a Typical Equalizer Story