Gehraiyaan Puts in a Surface-Level Effort to Portray Complex Relationship Issues and Childhood Trauma
Gehraiyaan (the depths) is Dharma Productions’ Amazon Prime movie which appears to be a family-drama/romance in the beginning but soon loses itself in the depths of pseudo-psychothriller/surrealism. The plot revolves around the frustrated, distraught Alisha (Deepika Padukone), who is in…
Why We Shouldn’t Judge What Other People Watch or Listen To
If you're a BTS fan, you must have had to deal with others who have opined, "BTS is trash." If you've grown up with Friends being your favorite comedy show, you must have felt frustrated with all the "Friends isn't…
Encanto is a Wholesome, Family-Centric Animated Film that Could Have Been More
Disney has been going through a rejuvenation process for quite some time now. We have seen representations of race not too far from mainstream in movies like Moana, Princess and the Frog, and Brave. Therefore, we might have already formed…
Don’t Look Up is a Satire (and a Climate Change Allegory) That isn’t Afraid to be Blunt with its Audience
Don’t Look Up is the latest satirical comedy by director Adam McKay (The Big Short, Vice). It has garnered polarized reactions from critics and audiences. The former has accused the film of having little important to say other and being…
The Matrix Resurrections Tries to Be Clever But Falls Apart in the Second Half
The Matrix Resurrections reminds me of that popular meme of a horse drawing that starts off great but gets progressively worse. It starts off with a clever subversion about the nature of sequels and how they are soulless cash grabs…
Hawkeye is the Most Consistent MCU Series So Far, Balancing Fun Character Dynamics with Inventive Action
When Hawkeye was announced, it was probably on top of very few people’s must-watch pile. That’s not to say that Jeremy Renner’s portrayal of the character hasn’t been interesting so far- it has more to do with the fact that…
Spider-Man: No Way Home is the Most Ambitious Peter Parker Story Yet Put to the Big Screen
When the trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home came out, it was pretty evident that Marvel was gunning for one of their most ambitious project of all time. Spider-Man: No Way Home is a movie that’s 14 years in the…
The Last Duel is a Historical Film That Plays with Different Perspectives and Explores the Nature of Truth
Ridley Scott recently blamed the box office failure of The Last Duel on millennials for being too glued to their phone screens. Whether or not that truly is the case, it’s a shame that The Last Duel didn’t get as…
Best Movies of 2021
Another year is now in the history books. 2021 had a lot more movies than 2020 did, and that made it harder to assemble a best movies list. This isn’t an exhaustive list: it’s skewed towards movies that I have…
Red Notice has a Paper-Thin, On-the-Rails Narrative that Never Quite Takes Off, Despite Some Fun Moments
Red Notice isn’t as much a heist movie as it is a cartoon, filled with outrageous sequences that are somewhat entertaining but also feel empty at the same time. It is one of Netflix’s most expensive movies yet, with a…
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