"I, Patty Jenkins, hereby choose spectacle over substance." Wonder Woman 1984, co-written and directed by Patty Jenkins is a better instalment for me. Mind you, it's a better film, in respect to the previous installment, just not a good one. It breeds a beastly ideology at the heart of the film and never learns how... Continue Reading →
Dune
How to be afraid of even discussing, let alone, criticizing the content of a magician's work, in Dune. The writer and director David Lynch's Dune is a potential candidate for the ultimate list of films that remains to be desired. I don't know how to describe the film. Let's just talk about the result, then.... Continue Reading →
Babe
How to surprise and delight and inspire everyone by going back to the basics, in Babe. The writer George Miller and not the director Chris Noonan’s Babe, an adaptation of the book “The Sheep Pig” by Dick King-Smith, is simply a good film. Proper understanding of characters and the world they are wrapped around. Just... Continue Reading →
Castle Rock
Castle Rock is basically a mixture of all the mythological saga that we have witnessed. It's just that this religion has Stephen King as the God. Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, the creators of this show are crazy fans of the Stephen King novel. For it is only their love for the stories, the characters,... Continue Reading →
Star Wars: Episode 5 – The Empire Strikes Back
While the fourth one, the introduction, was so self-obsessed, this one feels like a team working together both on and off screen. Irvin Kershner, the director, was handed over this sensitive torch that not only reflects George Lucas's vision but now also is the breadwinner to those believers, fans of the well established system, religion... Continue Reading →
Star Wars: Episode 4 – A New Hope
Lucas has a mythological tale in his bedroom diary. A page turner is its secondary quality, the first is that we have never seen a book like this before. The creator George Lucas opens a new school for his mature audience. Arguably he has invested everything of his and still has kept himself away from... Continue Reading →
Star Wars: Episode 9 – The Rise Of Skywalker
The Rise Of Skywalker is ambitious and lofty in its speech. If that fuels you enough, you are at the lucky side of the door. You then don’t have to reminisce what goes on backstage. J. J. Abrams, the co-writer and director, is a jedi of every Star Wars film that we have encountered. His... Continue Reading →
Marvel’s The Punisher
Following follows the first two season. Lightfoot's almost R rated take of this beloved character of comic books, holds no bar on glorifying its protagonist to its peak with all possible tactics. The mean street themed anti-hero of ours may resemble a lot to its companion Murdock, but as far as morality and sanity clause... Continue Reading →
Stranger Things
Following follows the first three season. The Duffer Brothers are gushing out over 70s fantasy films in this splashy trend setting love letter to the now-teenagers and the ones back then. Ergo, the affection received by the fans comes flooding in, not for the razzle dazzle that this world thrives for but the accuracy it... Continue Reading →