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Sumeet Kaur
Berlin Syndrome movie review: Captured- Every woman’s nightmare
The Polaroid camera is an important prop in the film. In Andi’s words, Clare documents disappointment.
29 Jul 2017 2:32 AM
Dunkirk movie review: Individual survival versus national glory
Each PoV character is isolated against his vast, expansive background, compounding the loneliness of each soldier.
22 Jul 2017 2:51 AM
Spider-Man: Homecoming movie review — The Marvel factory spins another web
Holland is a breath of fresh air, and comes the closest to the comic book character.
08 Jul 2017 3:20 AM
Baby Driver movie review: An uncluttered jukebox with cars
Baby’s taciturn and withdrawn nature leaves him paranoid and suspicious; the fuss about Baby’s several iPods makes no sense to him.
01 Jul 2017 2:41 AM
Despicable Me 3 movie review: The villains save the day
The film is enjoyable, but forgettable; amusing, but not profound.
17 Jun 2017 2:03 AM
Wonder Woman movie review: Not quite my feminist
The most interesting aspect of the film is its setting in the early 20th century.
03 Jun 2017 1:36 AM
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales movie review— Old ship in a new bottle
The dialogues lack the bite to classify as humorous, hence, a recourse to sexual innuendoes, such as ignorant puns on the word “horologist”.
27 May 2017 1:50 AM
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword movie review— A caper disguised as an epic fantasy
One mindless fight scene in the streets of Londonium is followed by another, until they all become a blur in the viewer’s head.
13 May 2017 1:58 AM
The Zookeeper’s Wife movie review: The sanitisation of the Holocaust
The Jews are not given a voice; not once do they articulate their experience at the ghettos.
22 Apr 2017 1:57 AM
Ghost in the Shell movie review: A shell without a ghost...
The filmmakers seem to have tapped into the nationalistic fervour that is bubbling in every part of the world.
08 Apr 2017 2:14 AM
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie review: Why this obsession with nostalgia?
The armour is not given to them to wear; the morphing comes from within, based out of mutual love and respect for the teammates.
01 Apr 2017 12:42 AM
Life movie review: Old wine with a forced plot twist
Shot with dizzying camera movements to mimic the effect of zero-gravity, the film divests its characters of a three-dimensionality.
25 Mar 2017 2:08 AM
Beauty and the Beast movie review: A remake that’s not a happily ever after
This is a very self-aware attempt by Hollywood studios to make a movie: we have a script.
18 Mar 2017 2:32 AM
Logan movie review: Inside the heart of a reluctant hero
There are a few digressions in the film that, though dispensable, seem to exist to dwell on the quasi-familial setup.
04 Mar 2017 1:57 AM
Jackie movie review: History is a grand performance
Jackie focuses on Jacqueline Kennedy’s days around the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy.
25 Feb 2017 1:04 AM
Moonlight movie review: Lyricism unites with imagery
Juan becomes a father figure to Little and like every parent, strives to be just good enough.
18 Feb 2017 2:39 AM
The Great Wall movie review: What was Matt Damon thinking?
The Great Wall is unable to offer a coherent system within which the monsters should exist. Imagine the Mughals trying to slay dragons.
04 Feb 2017 2:30 AM
The Crew movie review: A soap opera up in the air
Nikolai Lebedev’s The Crew is a film about the honour and duty that bind the crew of every airline.
21 Jan 2017 1:50 AM
The Bye Bye Man movie review: Don’t think it, don’t say it, don’t watch it
The background score tries too hard to sound frightening, and as a result, only ends up making one laugh at the ridiculousness of it.
21 Jan 2017 1:48 AM
A Monster Calls movie review: A visually stunning pallid fantasy
The three stories represented in the form of beautiful water-colour paintings seamlessly blend the themes of mortality.
07 Jan 2017 2:03 AM
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The fact remains that over the past 37 years the anti-defection law has failed to fulfil the foremost objective for which it was enacted
Nothing defines love, or for that matter allows you to experience love in its elemental sense, than bittersweet separation and anticipation
That Russia was consistently 'provoked' has been clear as daylight since 1998 when the US Senate voted in favour of Nato expansion
If someone from such a background is elevated to the presidency, will it be such a bad thing when we consider India’s diversity?