Movie Review: Wakanda Forever (2022)

It was a dark and stormy night… well no, it was a pleasant and cool night but watching this movie, it was dark in the theatre and stormy in my mind because I have a very confused reaction to this movie as a whole. Compared to all the phase 4 movies, it was 100% better,…

Movie Review: The Batman (2022); flawed greatness incarnate!

FIRST AND FOREMOST: The movie was good. I want to say that right out the gate, for any hater who thinks otherwise – I expected mediocrity and was totally taken by surprise. This is hands down the MOST actually detective-y Batman I’ve seen since Adam West. That alone should say a lot. For a character…

Tomb Raider, 2018 [Movie Review]

Watched the Tomb Raider movie this past weekend. I’m admittedly torn about it how to react to it… Don’t get me wrong – I enjoyed the movie to the point where I would pay to watch a sequel, but there were problems. The gaming franchise was never anything too deep or profound – but it…

Star Trek by Michael Bay?

I had recently seen the trailer for the new Star Trek movie, Star Trek: Beyond – You can see it here if you so choose: I was unsure about how to react to it – you should know that after a modestly positive reaction to the first movie in the reboot, I was quite disappointed…

Where Star Wars: TFA messed up

Before anyone gets any ideas, I’m going to start this piece by briefly stating my stand on Star Wars in general and then move onto the meat of the article and thereafter you are free to assume whatever you want: I am a Star Wars fan, I watched all of the original three when I…

Tarantino is a Pokemon – A Hateful Eight review (no spoiler)

I just saw this movie yesterday, in a hall that was as expected, sparsely filled – not a hard thing to imagine with a relatively little publicised and nowhere near as popular by word-of-mouth Tarantino movie here in India. We have our fans of the film-maker but not all that many. SO! We come now…