Seldom do we see a sci-fi flick that is never loud, no too flashy and without complex back stories. Ex Machina manages to break all those stereotypes as it proves that futuristic ideas supported by technical wizardry can make it quite the engaging encounter we seek!
This new edition of Star Wars picks the plot where it was left 30 years ago - on how good and bad are flip sides of the same coin and as the balance tips in favor of one, the other fights back. A new wine in an old bottle taking new characters while staying true to its roots.
Losing to one’s fears or overcoming them is a choice that every individual has to make & this decision sometimes sculpts their lives. The Good Dinosaur explores this motto in a way such that it would make sense to a grown-up, but falls short of achieving the same with respect to its primary audience, the kids.
A masterfully crafted piece that worries the living soul out of the viewers by placing two well defined characters in a helpless situation, Room is one of those haunting and moving films that benefit from award worthy brilliance on and behind the screen!
Creed has all the fantastic elements that go into making a sports-action movie. It goes on to cement the fact about making such movies, borrowing the original Rocky’s template and blending it with the right emotions and drama to make a noteworthy sequel to the series.
With a steadily paced beginning, well placed character introductions and strong yet impressive dialogues, ‘Hateful Eight’ promises to be an exciting roller coaster, but never really takes off as it keeps skidding down a slippery slope at a laborious pace as it is disfigured by the inexplicable use of violence and further dampened by a dated plot.
Point Break is one of those that can market itself just by using the marvelous stunt sequences on show. However, a bunch of daredevilry cobbled together don’t make for an engaging film and as a result the overall movie falls flat.
A typically charismatic Bond, frenetic action, stylized villains – now that’s what we get to see in any other action movie nowadays. The surprises, the intensity and the unforgettable endings that separated the Bond legacy from the others to carve a niche are sorely missed as ‘Spectre’ looks more of an ordinary, uninspiring and jaded action flick!
Sicario is a great example of how even a film with a straight-forward plot can be made suspenseful with detailing & an apt use of Camera, Music, Editing, debate-evoking dialogues involving contrasting characters that have a sense of intrigue about them
Bridge of Spies is not so much about the Political side of Spying or of handling trade of prisoners during the Cold War as it is about the need for a relentless character to negotiate things in calm amid all the chaos and pressure & the appreciation of one! The veterans involved are in full form in getting that translated to screen to perfection.
