The Batman

The Batman, the latest DC reboot of the Batman franchise directed by Matt Reeves, is a movie that takes its own sweet time to establish its main character and his level of commitment. The Batman films have always had a better emotional value as the protagonist is not a superhero. His mask and vigilante characteristics… Continue reading The Batman

Uncharted

Uncharted, the latest Tom Holland film based on the video game of the same name, is pretty much like those Dwayne Johnson movies with too many set pieces and too little content. It’s not a film that fails to entertain you. But it clearly isn’t a film that is going to feel engaging. With a… Continue reading Uncharted

The Matrix Resurrections

At the beginning of The Matrix Resurrections, we have Purabh Kohli’s character asking the others what made the Matrix so great. It wasn’t the slow-motion one-man show of Neo. It was the combination of its philosophy, metaphorical representations, and, yes, the stunningly choreographed set pieces. When it comes to The Matrix Resurrections, it managed to… Continue reading The Matrix Resurrections

Red Notice

Red Notice starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, feels like an Abbas Mustan movie written by Ryan Reynolds. If you let Ryan speak his own line, there is a high possibility that even the most generic scene will look like a funny one. And Red Notice from director Rawson Marshall Thurber depends heavily… Continue reading Red Notice

Dune

Denis Villeneuve’s sense of minimalism in depicting grandeur is one of the signature things that set his movies apart from his contemporaries. In his films, the supernatural or the so-called scale factor essentially becomes a backdrop for the story’s emotional core. In Dune, the latest adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel, one could see similar… Continue reading Dune

Eternals

Chloe Zhao’s take on Eternals is a highly character-driven one. It is somewhere that risky step Marvel has taken to try out a new way of approaching its stories. Yes, the movie does miss the punch when you look at it as a superhero movie in the MCU. But the exposition-driven treatment isn’t entirely bad… Continue reading Eternals

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, the new addition to the Marvel cinematic universe, is typical for sure, but at the same time, it is highly entertaining. It is that classic origin story that prefers to establish the life of its central protagonist comprehensively. Hence, even the main conflict is also happening in… Continue reading Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings