‘The Babadook’ Creator Brings Her Next ‘The Nightingale’
The creator of The Babadook, Jennifer Kent, brings her second feature film, The Nightingale. The film will be premiered at the Venice International Film Festival where she is the only female filmmaker to have a film in the 75th edition of the competition. Set in the 1820s, The Nightingale follows a 21-year-old Irish convict named […]
‘The Truth About Alcohol’ – Documentary With A Scientific View
Human society has had a long association with alcohol for ages. Every civilization, nation, and culture has reference to some or other form of alcohol. The documentary film The Truth About Alcohol answers some key questions related to alcohol from the scientific point of view and underlines some of the worst sides of alcohol. The film […]
Joker Origin movie gets go-ahead
The much-anticipated untitled film on Joker’s origin with Joaquin Phoenix in the lead has finally got a go-ahead from Warner Bros. While it was always in talks, the arch-nemesis of Batman finally has got its standalone movie. The filming is scheduled to begin in September. In the most recent movie, the Clown Prince of Crime […]
Netflix Slasher Romina – Violent, Gore, Disappointing
Mexican production Romina is a slasher film now streaming on Netflix. Directed by Diego Cohen, the film has no story and runs one-dimensionally on a simple plot where six friends go on a camping trip, and most get killed by one of their school friends. I watched this movie because it was on Netflix. I […]
‘Shot Caller’ (2017) – An Impressive Prison Story (Film Review)
Ric Roman Waugh’s prison drama Shot Caller is a terrific thriller with not so unique storyline yet has its moments when it takes us through the power centers inside a prison and its far-reaching influence. Well, it is kind of generic when we have seen a good number of prison-related movies and series, but Danish […]
Calibre (2018) – Movie Review – A Netflix Original
This Netflix movie Calibre, starring Jack Lowden and Martin McCann in the lead, introduces us to a hunting expedition in Scotland that goes wrong with a troubling turn of events. Directed by Matt Palmer, the film is dark, gripping, and certainly a must-watch. Calibre is the kind of movie that teaches us to face the […]
Sacred Games: Netflix’s first Indian original series
Sacred Games, featuring Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Radhika Apte, is now available on Netflix. It is the first original drama series produced by the streaming media giant, while several others are in production to attract Indian viewers. The story of this crime thriller is based on the 2006 novel of the […]
Suspiria – Teaser Trailer – Remake of the classic
A remake of the 1977 film Suspiria, this upcoming horror film will retell the supernatural horror story involving witches in a boarding school. From the direction of Luca Guadagnino, this is an adaptation of the vision and direction of Dario Argento’s classic. If we go back to the earlier film, that has become a cult […]
Widows | Trailer | Starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson
Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) comes back with this high-octane bank heist thriller Widows. The film starring an ensemble cast, including the likes of Viola Davis, Liam Neeson and Colin Farrell, follows the widows of four deceased bank robbers and their attempt to take up the dirty job. The trailer shows some […]
THE FOREST (2016) – A film based around Aokigahara
THE FOREST is an American supernatural horror-thriller based on the disreputable Japanese suicide forest known as Aokigahara. However, the film never delves deep into the story behind the forest, but the tale of twin sisters – one of whom goes missing in the infamous woodland. There are few documentaries on the suicide forest in Japan […]