For the Indian audience who has seen Drishyam (including remakes), the official adaptation of The Devotion of Suspect X, Jaane Jaan, might not feel as shocking or surprising as it was originally. I am not accusing the Jeethu Joseph movie of plagiarism. In fact, if you look at the element Jeethu Joseph has borrowed from… Continue reading Jaane Jaan Review | A Well-Crafted Thriller That Stays Close to the Characters
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Friday Night Plan Review | This Breezy Slim Version of Kapoor & Sons Is Enjoyable in Parts
The movie Friday Night Plan narrates the events happening in the life of two brothers in a span of 24 hours. It’s not a movie that you might necessarily say is fresh, and there are a lot of inspirations you can see from all those Hollywood teen comedies. But somewhere, I felt a relatability element… Continue reading Friday Night Plan Review | This Breezy Slim Version of Kapoor & Sons Is Enjoyable in Parts
One Piece Season 1 Review | A Consistently Exciting Adventure With Well-Fleshed-Out Characters
One Piece, the new live-action version of Eiichiro Oda’s Manga series available on Netflix, had created curiosity in my head as I was interested in knowing how they have managed to recreate the eccentric visual sensibilities usually associated with Manga anime series. As someone who had no clue about the series beyond the title (my… Continue reading One Piece Season 1 Review | A Consistently Exciting Adventure With Well-Fleshed-Out Characters
Guns & Gulaabs Review | Despite the Initial Sluggishness, Raj and DK Manage to Land Their Black Comedy Smoothly
Unlike the other creations of Raj & DK, their first collaboration with Netflix, Guns & Gulaabs, takes way too much time to enter that space which you generally associate with their creations. For almost the first 4 episodes of the series, my expectations about the series were going down as the narrative felt very disjoint… Continue reading Guns & Gulaabs Review | Despite the Initial Sluggishness, Raj and DK Manage to Land Their Black Comedy Smoothly
Kohrra Review | A Social Critique With the Flesh and Bones of an Intriguing Thriller
Kohrra, the new Netflix crime thriller series, is one of those thrillers that starts off as a whodunit and then slowly transitions into that character exploration tale which eventually takes the shape of a social critique. Made by Clean Slate Filmz and co-created by Paatal Lok fame Sudip Sharma, who also wrote Udta Punjab, the… Continue reading Kohrra Review | A Social Critique With the Flesh and Bones of an Intriguing Thriller
Lust Stories 2 Review | The Mirror and the Grandmother Win Your Heart in This Mixed-Bag Package
Like any other anthology that has been released on OTT platforms in the post-corona scenario, Lust Stories 2 is also a mixed bag of contents. While Konkona Sen Sharma’s segment soared above the others in terms of the way it approached many layers within a minimal time, Sujoy Ghosh’s attempt to add a fantasy layer… Continue reading Lust Stories 2 Review | The Mirror and the Grandmother Win Your Heart in This Mixed-Bag Package
Scoop Review | This Legal Drama Is a Series Brimming With Pertinence
In those very final moments of the series Scoop, Jagruti Pathak, the central character of the series, asks her ex-Boss Imran about why she was chosen to be the scapegoat in a case that pretty much exposed the connection of the Mumbai Underworld with the Mumbai police. The reply Imran gives her somewhere gives us… Continue reading Scoop Review | This Legal Drama Is a Series Brimming With Pertinence
Extraction 2 Review | This Sequel Is Definitely Bigger but Not at All Better
2020’s Extraction, which many people watched as it was one of the first movies to release during the pandemic, was fun to watch mainly because of how it was designed as a portfolio for stunt coordinator turned director Sam Hargrave. Even though the story aspect of it was pretty simple, the quality of the action… Continue reading Extraction 2 Review | This Sequel Is Definitely Bigger but Not at All Better