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 […]
The Real Amityville Horror (2005) – Documentary
This is about the Amityville Horror story that has been the subject of numerous books, films, news articles, paranormal investigations, and more. The 1979 film The Amityville Horror (directed by Stuart Rosenberg) is the first film based on the incident. While the film is based on Jay Anson’s 1977 book, it is not yet clear […]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (REVIEW)
The dinosaurs are back with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Directed by J. A. Bayona), a sequel to the 2015 reboot of the original franchise, with a promise to have a sequel. If we look at the franchise as a whole, this is not the best of the lot; Jurassic World was comparatively much better than […]
Flavors of Youth (Shikioriori) – Anime Anthology
Netflix has announced that it will stream the anthology animated film Shikioriori (Poem of Seasons Woven Together) international titled – Flavors of Youth starting August 4, 2018. Directed by Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing, and produced by Noritaka Kawaguchi, the film will be premiered at Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 6. […]
“Unfriended: Dark Web” (2018) – Watch the Trailer
As a follow up to Unfriended (2014), the recently released movie trailer of the Unfriended: Dark Web looks dark and disturbing. Directed by Stephen Susco and produced by Jason Blum (Blumhouse Productions), the film is set for July 20 release. Considering the whole concept of Internet and personal privacy, as a key subject of discussion […]
‘Weekends’ – A Hand-Drawn Animated Short Film
Directed by Canadian filmmaker Trevor Jimenez, who is also working in Pixar, Weekends follows a young boy who shuffles between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Set the 1980’s Toronto, the film is a hand-drawn animated film. The film is animated and presented in such a way that it brings out emotions and the […]
Lust Stories – Exploring the forbidden emotion
Netflix original anthology Lust Stories is an attempt to present the forbidden emotion ‘lust’ just as a regular human need, and doing so casts light on Indian society and its moral complexities. While depicting lustfulness, this movie certainly does not have to be any soft-porn or erotic in nature. It’s more to do with human […]