‘Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are.’ – Carl Schmitt The journey through the human experience tends to come back to the notion of justice. It is as simple as everyday conversations in the form of throwaway lines like, ‘That isn’t fair’ or ‘How can people get away with […]
Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying, based on the 2005 book of the same name by Darryl Ponicsan is a character-rich comedy-drama that rises above its flaws on the back of strong writing and a great cast. Larry ‘Doc’ Shepard (Steve Carell) is a Vietnam veteran whose son was killed in action in the Iraq War. […]
R-Rated comedies and Christmas are often great money spinners for Hollywood. So, the next logical step is to make a Christmas set sequel of an R-Rated comedy, leading to a pointless film. Christmas is that magical time of year that brings families together. The downside is Christmas brings the crazy mothers of the first Bad […]
Paddington Bear is back for another positively charming romp through a beautifully stylised London! This time around, his adventures introduce him to a carousel of colorful figures, ranging from his array of neighbors to a seemingly unsavory bunch of prison inmates. Some brilliant cameos from the likes of Sanjeev Bhaskar, Richard Ayoade, and Joanna Lumley […]
Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle-class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium. – Cyril Connolly The dark comedy has had a special place in the cinematic realm that draws on the juxtaposition that comedy is not merely pratfalls or the latest stand up comedian wanting a movie career. They cut a fine […]
Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos shot to mainstream fame in 2015 with his first English language feature The Lobster, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay alongside three awards at Cannes. His latest film, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, won Best Screenplay at Cannes this year and is sure to be in the running for […]
Dean Devlin is best known for being the writer on Roland Emmerich Hollywood films in the ‘90s. Now after a long career of writing and producing Devlin has moved into the director’s chair and makes his debut with the incredibly silly Geostorm. In the near future Earth suffers from extreme weather events that leads to two […]
