Movie Review – PIG – Confusing Intent My Rating – 2.5 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – PIG The basic plotline of Michael Sarnosky‘s PIG is very simple and at first glance, a bit ridiculous. But that one line is not important in the grander scheme of things. This is a movie about love…
Movie Review – Free Guy – Great Quirky Fun My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Free Guy Ryan Reynolds has made a glittering career based on this stuttering, unsure type of comic-action hero, who always comes out a good guy in the end, and this one’s no different. The premise…
Movie Review – Gunpowder Milkshake – Fun to watch My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Gunpowder Milkshake Scarlet: You are an incredibly impressive young woman. There’s not a single person on Earth I’d rather kill people with. Sam: Thanks, Mom. Mother – Daughter conversation from Gunpowder Milkshake This was quite…
Movie Review – Malignant – 2021 – Tense Horror Movie My Rating – 2.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Malignant Malignant is directed by James Wan – of The Conjuring, Insidious, and Saw fame is a let down of sorts. Where the others by him have some amount of relatability to them, this one…
Movie Review – The Green Knight – Intense Movie My Rating – 4.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Green Knight This is probably director Davide Lowery’s best work till date, for Dev Patel, it certainly is. Be warned, that though this is a historical fiction which encompasses mythology, history, Knights, Kings, Monsters etc.,…
Movie Review – Beckett – Not So Intense Drama My rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary – Beckett I am unsure how to say this, but John David Washington looks distinctly uncomfortable in this movie! Despite the tension-inducing storyline, he mostly emotes like the CGI version of himself. For most of the latter…
Movie Review – The Suicide Squad – Delightfully Fun! My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Suicide Squad Thinker: This is suicide. Rick Flag: Well, that’s kind of our thing. The Suicide Squad Well, this is, after all, a Superhero movie and over-the-top sequences are expected but James Gunn makes it…
Movie Review – Jungle Cruise – Exhilarating Fun! My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Jungle Cruise Frank Wolff : Hey, McGregor! Had a girlfriend once, she was cross-eyed. Didn’t work out. We could never see eye to eye! from Jungle Cruise I’ll start with a disclaimer first – This is a…
Movie Review – No Sudden Move – Well Made Crime Drama My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – No Sudden Move Mike Lowen: You know what I love? When characters you’ve long since forgotten in this great novel called Life show up at the end and the whole story gets filled right…
Movie Review – F9 The Fast Saga – Absurd but Enjoyable in parts My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary – F9 The Fast Saga The Biennial edition of this long-running series is finally out, first in cinemas and now available for streaming. Word is that this is the second last edition before…
Movie Review – Midnight in the Switchgrass – Average Thriller My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary – Midnight in the Switchgrass Watching two Bruce Willis starrers back to back – Out of Death and this one, has convinced me that he is probably saying yes to a lot of movies without looking…
Movie Review – Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard – A Laugh Riot My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Sonia Kincaid: I would make a great mother, don’t you think? Michael Bryce: Oh my God, a child would be so lucky to have you as its host. Sonia Kincaid: Thank you….
Movie Review – The Tomorrow War – 2021 – A rather Ordinary Movie My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Tomorrow War This is the end. Within the next few weeks, the human species will disappear from the face of the earth. We are literally living on borrowed time. Colonel Muri…
Movie Review – The Ice Road – Gritty but Average Entertainer My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Ice Road Mount up. Use the head now if you have to. We’re on a Bull Run! Goldenrod from The Ice Road Liam Neeson, the gruff, unsmiling hulk of a middle aged man…
Movie Review – Spiral – A Rather Forgettable Movie My Rating – 2.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Spiral William Schenk: John Kramer was right. The spiral: a symbol of change, evolution, progress. From Spiral Spiral is the much separated sequel of the Horror franchise Saw (2004), one that was directed by the masterly…
The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It – Movie Review – Spine Chilling Scary My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It The supernatural thriller series – The Conjuring is back with its third installment – this time, tellingly, titled The Devil Made Me…
Movie Review – The Woman in The Window – Fairly Disappointing My Rating – 2.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Woman in The Window The movie is based on the 2018 bestseller novel by A J Finn of the same name, and since I haven’t read the novel I wouldn’t be able to…
Movie Review – Wrath Of Man – A Guy Ritchie film My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Wrath of Man Guy Ritchie, the ‘Guy’ who made the landmark ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels‘ – a landmark film that likely made Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese proud! British Gangsta noir, a…
Movie Review – Those Who Wish Me Dead – Exciting Watch My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary – Those Who Wish Me Dead Angelina Jolie stars in this thriller and is one of the major attractions for many to watch this one. Based on the novel of the same name, by Michael…
Movie Review – The Courier – Well Made Spy Thriller My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Courier 1960’s – height of the Cold War scenario when the two superpowers of the World at that time, US and Russia, almost came to the brink of a Nuclear war. Cuba was boiling…
Movie Review – Without Remorse – Pulsating Revenge Drama My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary – Without Remorse This movie is the latest addition to the Jack Ryan universe from Tom Clancy’s much acclaimed series. Clear and Present Danger and The Hunt for Red October were the other big screen adaptations from…
The Virtuoso Movie Review – A rather dull affair My Rating – 2.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Virtuoso Anthony Hopkins, that brilliant Academy Award winner and fantastic Actor, plays a rather significant role in this thriller. Why? I have no answer, there isn’t much scope for him to display his acting prowess,…
Movie Review of Nobody – Wholesome Entertainment My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Nobody Well, Rambo is back! looking like the average Joe, minus the chiselled six-pack abs and that lazy drawl… This is Nobody, who has a secret past and is now trying to live a normal middle-class life. He…
Hollywood Movie Review – Godzilla vs Kong – Average Movie My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary – Godzilla vs Kong In the year that has been 2020-2021, the world has been ravaged by a pandemic of epic proportions, pushing all normal life out of line. The movie industry has also been greatly…
Movie Review – Knives Out (2019) My Rating – 4 out of 5 Starring Daniel Craig, this is a thrilling whodunit which is gripping, engaging and pacy. It’s a fitting tribute to mysteries of the Agatha Christie genre, down to the fact that a Private Investigator is called upon to solve a…
1917 Movie Review – Touching Movie Well Made My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – 1917 Sam Mendes boasts an awesome repertoire of movies – Revolutionary Road, Road to Perdition, Spectre, Skyfall and now adds the much awarded 1917, a story based during the First World War. In the battlefields of Northern France,…
Movie Review – Uncle Frank – 2020 – Amazon Original – A rather well made movie My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Uncle Frank Frank: You gonna be the person you decide to be, or are you gonna be the person everyone else tells you you are? From Uncle Frank Once in…
Movie Review – Judas and the Black Messiah – Absolutely Brilliant! My Rating – 4.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Judas and the Black Messiah This film is another one from the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement – set specifically in 1968-1969, which delves into characters and incidents from those tumultuous times of American history….
Movie Review – I’m Your Woman – Amazon Original – 2020 – Nice and Steady My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – I’m Your Woman I came across this movie while casually browsing through Amazon Prime, and though the cast sounded largely unfamiliar, the director Julia Hart (of Fast Color, Miss Stevens,…
Movie Review – The Little Things – An Engrossing Thriller My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Little Things Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon: It’s the little things that are important, Jimmy. It’s the little things that get you caught. Denzel Washinton in The Little Things This is a throwback to old times…