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The Djinn is a 2021 supernatural horror starring Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe and John Erickson (be impressed with that star cast whoever they are). The movie was released in certain theaters but was then released video-on-demand. However, what impressed me about the movie was not the scares but rather young newcomer Ezra DeweyContinue reading “THE DJINN (2021) – SUPERNATURAL HORROR FAILS TO ENTERTAIN”

Jungle Cruise is a 2021 fantasy adventure film starring Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, Paul Giamatti and since the movie is set in a jungle, Hollywood’s go-to-guy for action in the jungle, Dwayne Johnson. The movie’s plot is simple with the captain of a small riverboat taking a group of travelers through the AmazonContinue reading “JUNGLE CRUISE (2021) – EMILY BLUNT AND DWAYNE JOHNSON ON A CRUISE TO NOWHERE”

The White Tiger is a 2021 drama film written and directed by Ramin Bahrani. The movie is based on Aarvind Adiga’s 2008 novel of the same name. The movie, like the book, provides a darkly humorous perspective of India’s class struggle in a globalized world as told through a retrospective narration from Balram Halwai, aContinue reading “THE WHITE TIGER (2021) – ARAVIND ADIGA’S NOVEL ADAPTATION FALLS SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS”

1917 is a 2019 British war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes starring George Mackay and Dean-Charles Chapman in starring roles. The plot seems simple – two soldiers are given seemingly impossible orders to reach 1600 soldiers of the 2nd Devon battalion, who are about to launch an offensive against the Germans, who lieContinue reading “1917 (2019) – A VISUALLY STUNNING WAR DRAMA SHOWING THE HORRORS OF THE GREAT WAR”

Wrath of Man is a 2021 action thriller film directed by Guy Ritchie, who teams with Jason Statham again after 16 years and the fourth collaboration between the two, with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Revolver before it. Jason Statham stars as Patrick Hill or “H”, who starts working for an armoredContinue reading “WRATH OF MAN (2021) – JASON STATHAM PUNCHING HIS WAY IS ALWAYS A THRILL RIDE”

The Pirates of Somalia is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Bryan Buckley. The film stars Evan Peters (famous for being the more popular Pietro Maximoff or Quicksilver), Al Pacino (famous for being Al Pacino), Melanie Griffith (famous for Working Girl and Buffalo Girls), and Barkhad Abdi (famous for being a pirateContinue reading “PIRATES OF SOMALIA (2017) – AN ENJOYABLE INSIGHT INTO LIFE AMONG SOMALIAN PIRATES”

Godzilla vs. Kong is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard, which continues the events from Godzilla: King of Monsters and Kong: Skull Island. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall and Kyle Chandler, who form the “mostly irrelevant human cast”. Five years after Godzilla defeated King Ghidorah, during theContinue reading “GODZILLA VS. KONG (2021) – THE MONSTER VERSE THROWS UP ANOTHER VISUALLY EXCITING BUT NON-STIMULATING PUNCH-UP”

Nobody is a 2021 action thriller starring Bob Odenkirk (of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fame). Plot wise it is one that seems done over and over again in Hollywood movies – an unwilling man with a dark past, forced to go to war against evil men who threaten him and his family. ShadesContinue reading “NOBODY (2021) – BOB ODENKIRK CONVINCES AS AN ACTION HERO AND GIVES JOHN WICK A RUN FOR HIS MONEY”

Boss Level is an upcoming American science fiction action film, available on the streaming platform Hulu from March 5th, 2021, directed by Joe Carnahan and stars Frank Grillo as a retired special forces soldier, Roy Pulver who tries to escape a never-ending time loop that results in his death. Mel Gibson is Colonel Clive Ventor,Continue reading “BOSS LEVEL (2021) – HILARIOUS TIME LOOP ACTION COMEDY IS A MUST WATCH”

Django Unchained is a 2012 Revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Set in the Old West and Antebellum South, it is a highly-stylized, heavily-revisionist tribute to Spaghetti Westerns, in particular the 1966 Italian film Django by Sergio Corbucci. The dark humor amidst such a tragic era where slavery is rife, is typicalContinue reading “DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012) – TARANTINO DELVES INTO THE BARBARIC SLAVE OWNING PAST OF THE UNITED STATES IN THIS HIGHLY ENTERTAINING MOVIE”

Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino with multi-star cast including Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany’s leadership, one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus (Laurent),Continue reading “INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009) – TARANTINO’S WORLD WAR 2 MASTERPIECE IS WORTH WATCHING AGAIN AND AGAIN”

Wonder Woman 1984 is the much anticipated sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot returns as Diana Prince or Wonder Woman and Chris Pine also makes a return from the dead (though not in the way most are expecting). Although an interesting take on the 1980s neither the performances nor the action is sufficient toContinue reading “WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020) – THE RETURN OF WONDER WOMAN IS A DISAPPOINTMENT”

Tenet is a 2020 film, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk, Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy etc.). Tenet was the most anticipated potential blockbuster of 2020, until the Covid-19 pandemic ran havoc across the world and shut down most theatres. Tenet got released however on August 26th, 2020. However, a lack of full theatricalContinue reading “TENET (2020) – CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S LATEST IS A MUST WATCH”

Disney’s Mulan is a 2020 action film based on the animated film from 1998 with the same name. Originally based on the “Ballad of Mulan”, a Chinese folktale, Mulan’s live-action version was aimed at becoming the first “blockbuster” of 2020, a year when the COVID-19 pandemic has ruined the release of several key films. MulanContinue reading “MULAN (2020) – AIMING FOR EXCELLENCE BUT FALLING WOEFULLY SHORT”

Fetih 1453 or “Conquest” 1453 is a Turkish historical war epic from 2012 that depicts the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks led by Sultan Mehmed II or Mehmed the Conqueror. The movie was a major hit however, being rightly criticized as “historically inaccurate” which in my opinion is an understatement. The movie wasContinue reading “FETIH 1453 (2012) – TURKISH EPIC ABOUT THE CONQUEST OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY MEHMED THE CONQUEROR FALLS FLAT”