DARC (2018) – Review – An Ultra-violent Gangster Drama
I was looking for some Liam Neeson kind of slick action thriller and got this ultra-violent crime thriller DARC, now streaming on Netflix. Director Julius R. Nasso brings this action-packed, blood-soaked revenge crime thriller that goes with the likes of the Taken film series or Keanu Reeves starrer John Wick series. DARC is actually dark […]
Love Per Square Foot (2018) – With Love, Romance and Humor
With Love Per Square Foot, Netflix ventures into the Hindi film industry to draw the Indian audience with what they like the most – Bollywood clichéd Rom-Com. Well, I say this on a positive note, as most Indians see life through a prism of happiness all-around. This film is full of emotion, love, romance, and […]
Revenge (Netflix, 2017) – Stylish, Intense and Bloody
French director Coralie Fargeat’s debut feature film Revenge is surprisingly stylish and slaughterous with a thrilling premise. It is an out-and-out revenge drama involving three men and a woman who survives a near-death to hunt those three who put her into a mess. Well, it’s one of those survival thrillers where you know that the […]
You Get Me (2017) – Movie Review
You Get Me, a Netflix Original produced by Awesomeness Films, is a romantic-psychological thriller involving a love triangle that takes a wrong turn with few uninspiring characters. Before we move to review the film or give more details of the storyline, let’s make it very clear that this movie caters to young college-going kids, so […]
Orbiter 9 (2017) – Spanish Sci-Fi Romantic Drama
Netflix‘s Spanish sci-fi film Orbiter 9 (Spanish: Órbita 9) follows a young woman Helena (Clara Lago), who is alone in a spaceship spending 20 years of her life from the day of her birth. Assigned with some secret mission by some unknown agency, her parents abandoned the ship, as a technical malfunction left them with no […]
A Quiet Place (2018) – Movie Review
Set in a post-apocalyptic earth, A Quiet Place deals with dreadful alien creatures that are now dangerous to the remaining human population, who are struggling to survive by turning quiet to everything. Yes, you make any sound and you’re a gone case. Those aliens use sound to track and kill humans. This Emily Blunt and […]
Les Affamés (aka Ravenous): Movie Review
Director Robin Aubert’s zombie apocalypse Ravenous generates more than enough interest for you to watch the film till the end than those many others in the sub-genre. This horror film (in French language – Les Affamés) banks heavily on the plot, environment and some great performance. The film has won the Toronto International Film Festival […]
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Che Guevara: Beyond the Myth (2017) [Documentary Review]
While director Tancrede Ramonet’s documentary Che Guevara: Beyond the Myth is yet another film on the iconic South American revolutionary, it still has its uniqueness with some previously unseen documents and little known archive footage. It certainly tried to show the events and episodes in the life of Che – away from the myth and legends that […]
On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace (2017)
Director Heitor Dhalia’s On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace is based on Michael O’Neill’s book of the same name – published by Taschen. This is an incredible documentary on the power of Yoga and how the practice can elevate our feelings and experience about life. Well, you need to be a little more spiritual or […]
The Ritual – Netflix Original Horror Scores Well
I have been a big fan of some of the Netflix Original films, and the latest one I watched is David Bruckner-directed The Ritual. The plotline of the film, in which four friends go for a hiking trip and encounter an ancient monster, is not unique to the core – but certainly has its moments. […]