When the title appears on screen and the tagline “No logic, only magic” follows immediately after a few opening frames, it is not so much of a clue as it is a rule. It tells you not to nitpick logic while watching this film. The only sensible thing about Om Bheem Bush (OBB) is that […]
It is the career-reinventing, epic poem of a film by a Chinese master; it is also, this new work by Jia Zhangke, a defining portrait of modern China or any country undergoing rapid change. A drifting love story with many possible titles, “Caught in the Tide” (a phrase that suggests ebb and flow) is made
In a moment the world can change, destiny can be rewritten, and lives can be forever altered. Blink is a movie that revolves around this concept, in which blinking acts as a symbol of unpredictable twists of fate. Srinidhi Bengaluru, the director who has a background in theatre, drew inspiration from the Greek play Oedipus
The first half hour of Prasanna Vadanam may deceive you slightly if you walk in expecting a thriller. Even though the film begins with a dying Surya (Suhas) being wheeled into an ICU, what follows is unexpectedly laidback. We see that the cheerful, good-natured Surya has healed himself and found a way to live normally
Thomas Walton’s rape-revenge thriller They Turned Us Into Killers appears to be well-intentioned. It seems like he is telling a story about people who have been sexually assaulted taking back their lives and getting even with bad guys. That’s a good aim, but unfortunately this film doesn’t succeed at everything. In fact, it falls short
When such films as Sexy Beast, Layer Cake, The Hatton Garden Job and the works of Guy Ritchie are taken into account, it can be seen that British gangster movies have become a genre of their own with a quite peculiar character some sort of an offshoot of the Ealing comedy with added thuggery, swearing
Kajal Aggarwal’s new film Satyabhama directed by Suman Chikkala has released in theaters now. The star heroine plays a powerful cop in this flick. Let us see how the movie is. Story: Satyabhama (Kajal Aggarwal) is an honest police officer who gives importance for nothing other than her duty. She even comes late to her
South Of Hope Street is a film that was written and directed by Jane Spencer. It has an unconventional approach, which makes it stand out. This is not one of those plot-driven films; instead, it is a dramatic science fiction mystery that creates a unique watching experience. It’s like Brazil overall but toned down a
Stimson Snead’s Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox is an extremely crazy science fiction comedy with some fresh ideas. Unfortunately the joke rarely ever lands, leaving the 110-minute run time feeling like a lifetime. The film stars Samuel Dunning as Tim Travers, a scientist who builds a time machine which sends him back one
There was a brief time in my life where people couldn’t seem to shut up about Anyone But You, and that was just when it came out. I don’t know if they put up billboards everywhere or if we were all obsessed with the lead actors or if we just needed something that reminded us
