‘The Jungle Book’ earns over ₹ 74 crores in 1st week
The Indian Box Office has recorded a promising opening week for filmmaker Jon Favreau’s 3D live-animation adventure fantasy film The Jungle Book with a whopping 74.08 crore collection. The film which is almost running houseful in all metro cities is expected to gain momentum at the weekend. As expected, the dubbed version in Hindi and some other regional languages […]
Big Eyes (2014) – A Biopic, The Film, The Art
I recently saw the 2014 biopic BIG EYES, directed by Tim Burton, who is responsible for some of the best and most well-known films of all time, including Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Sleepy Hollow (1999), and Corpse Bride (2005). This Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee American film director never fails to deliver. BIG […]
Hush (2016) – Follows A Deaf-Mute Woman and A Stalker
If you like horror movies, you’ve probably heard of director Mike Flanagan’s films like Oculus and Absentia. With his latest film, Hush, a home-invasion thriller, he has once again demonstrated his artistry in introducing you to the world of horror and thrill in a very simple visual setting. Hush is a good old-fashioned horror film […]
Q’s Brahman Naman – Soon on Netflix
Qaushiq Mukherjee, aka Q, one of India’s most prolific and courageous indie filmmakers, is back with another bold yet entertaining film, Brahman Naman, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival this year and was also picked up by Netflix for the worldwide subscription video on demand service. Brahman Naman is a film set in the 1980s […]
THE SURVIVALIST (2015) – A Distressing Dystopian Vision
THE SURVIVALIST is a story about a man who has managed to confine himself in a forest for seven years in a post-apocalyptic world where starvation is rampant. The man now must face some more reality when strangers join him, amid distrust and scarcity of resources, thanks to his survival skills and crops that he […]
‘They Found Hell’ (2015) – Just An Idea, No Execution
They Found Hell is about a group of college students who become trapped inside an unknown place filled with horror and despair after inadvertently opening a portal to another dimension using a teleportation device. They must find a way out while being pursued by the inhabitants of this hell-like place. Every religion has a concept […]
The Jungle Book (Hindi) – India Release & Reception
For Indian moviegoers and fans of The Jungle Book, it was all nostalgic to relive your childhood memories with the cinematic release of Rudyard Kipling’s beloved story in this Walt Disney Pictures production from director Jon Favreau. Looking at the popularity, the movie gets its release ahead of the USA, and rightly so; theatres in […]
Freeheld: A True Story Inspired Film On Gay Rights
The film Freeheld is a dedication to the life and struggle of Laurel Hester who was a police lieutenant with the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office in New Jersey and her struggle for justice and equal rights. After being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2004, she fought with the then-existing system for her right to […]
Living on One Dollar (2013): A Must-Watch Documentary on Poverty and Hope
Living on One Dollar is an award-winning film that has been called “a must-watch” by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus. The film highlights the issue of poverty and the scarcity of food, water, and other basic necessities to such an extent that it might be emotionally draining for many viewers. The documentary follows the journey of […]
Rattle the Cage / Zinzana (2015) – Review
Recently, I got to watch this Majid Al Ansari-directed film Rattle the Cage, also known as Zinzana (meaning “prison cell” in Arabic), on Netflix and must say that this is one of the amazing flicks I have watched in recent times. So far, there are only a few movies sought in a single room throughout, […]