Hello, hello! Well, it’s been awhile hasn’t it? The reason being is that I went on a trip to the other side of the world see my seester. And I also kinda went nutso with anticipation (not the good kind), days before said trip. Also laziness. Yep, these are my excuses. And oh, we may…
Triple Frontier (2019) boasts a talented and extremely good-looking set of actors, all of which have achieved massive star power with their filmography. Oscar Isaac has never disappointed me. He nails every role he is given. I still cannot forget how excellent Garrett Hedlund is in Mudbound. And I am still bummed that Charlie Hunnam did…
We all know there is a lot riding on Captain Marvel. The MCU’s first female-fronted superhero film, ever. And this film has had it rough, with trolls review-bombing it with fake negative reviews even before it got released. But Captain Marvel won’t be brought down and has since been enjoying the number one spot in…
Netflix has been blazing the trail in bringing back what has been referred to as a dying genre: the romcom, via the method of producing a lot of it And by a lot, I mean A LOT. Christmas, Valentine’s, coming of age romcoms….you name it, they got it. I am not sure if this method…
The moment I saw the trailer for Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, I knew this was made for me. As much as I love the good ‘ol standard caped crusader fare with their shiny suits, unerring sense of justice and Messianic Complex, I have always had a soft spot for misfits, oddballs and anti-hero superheroes. And…
My first introduction to the Teen Titans was the Cartoon Network animated series of the same name released during the year 2003. A couple of years back, my niece and nephew told me about how they were loving Teen Titans. And I thought great! I loved that show! But it turned out, it was not…
When Crazy Rich Asians came out, it was all anybody ever talked about. Every person I know has seen it. So much so that a friend had us over at his place to make dumplings. But unlike the opulent, Young family, who had an army of kitchenhands to do all the prep work, we had…
So while I was mucking about the interwebz, I managed to read the list of the highest box office killers last 2018, and saw how I missed quite a few of them. And as Mr. Jefferson would say: “So, what’d I miss?” #hamilton Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) They did an awesome job on the…
I usually am wary of sex comedies because they could easily venture towards the offensive route. Sex is a tricky topic to delve into, one that requires a degree of perceptiveness. So I came into Netflix’s Sex Education (2019) with not much expectations really. In my mind I was already categorizing this as one of those…
Franchise fatigue. This is what I felt after the third Transformers movie. The Bayhem can wear you down. So I wasn’t really keen on seeing another Transformers movie to be honest, especially since over the years, as each Transformers installment rolls out, the reviews seem to get more and more vicious each time. But I got…
The end of a year marks the spawning of year-end lists! Compared to last year, my list this time, feels populated by weird-ass movies. First Reform was weird in its own way. Sorry to Bother You was weird in a Terry Gillam way, and The Favourite was weird in the way that only Yorgos Lanthimos…
Roma (2018) I was not prepared for a black and white film to look so lush and enthralling, and to just pull me in, the way it did. But the real magic lies in the fact that Cuaron knows how to both tell and write a story. Roma tells such an earnest, heart-rending story…
Whilst standing in line for a ticket, I heard someone near the poster area ask: “A Spiderman cartoon?” “Why is there a Spiderman cartoon?” Why indeed? There have been 7 (and counting) big screen Spidermans in our lifetime. Do we really need another? The Bad News: At one point in Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, my sister…
To the 90s kids who grew up with the 1967 Disney Animated film, The Jungle Book, Netflix’s Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle might be a strange, dark, little pill to swallow. There is definitely no singing bears to be found here. The Bad News: I don’t know if it was intentional to have Mowgli the movie,…
The first Wreck-It Ralph was a hella good time. I had a blast. I cried in the right places, I laughed at the right bits. I thought that movie ended perfectly. So I was a little doubtful about the need for a sequel, but then I saw the trailers and it had me laughing. So…
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