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Laal Singh Chaddha review: A Faithful Adaptation that Never Quite Soars
Laal Singh Chaddha is a faithful remake of Forrest Gump but besides a couple of heartfelt moments it imports no language or perspective of its own.
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The Anatomy of a Game of Thrones Fan
He knows more about the Red Keep than Maester Pycelle, and can tell you what to feed a growing dragon. The obsessive Game of Thrones fan is creeping out of hibernation as we speak.
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Ram Setu Review: A Fast-paced but Ultimately Disappointing Adventure
Akshay Kumar’s fifth film of 2022 might just be the best of the lot – but it falls short of being a truly compelling action-adventure because of some weak plotting and unconvincing visual effects.
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Why Jon Snow Should Have Remained Dead on Game of Thrones
Maybe George RR Martin has a personal dislike for Jon Snow, which the writers of Game of Thrones inherited. It’s the only explanation I can think of to justify how many times the plot has swerved Jon, who can never retire his sulking expression for too long.
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Do Pakistan War Films Ask, “How’s the Josh?”
Bollywood is so hyped about war that even in the aftermath of the Balakot attack, producers were queuing up to register film titles. But what is the status on the other side of the border? Are war films as much of a sub-genre in Lollywood as it is in Bollywood?
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The Life of a Journalist in Four More Shots Please! (and Other Chick Flicks) is Fake News
Four More Shots Please! treats Damini no differently from the women journalists who have come before her in the chick flick genre. Like Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw, Damini is not just an unlikeable character – her many flaws are framed as aspirational.
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Loving My Love Handles Like Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham empowered her actors to act through their bodies. In the six years that I’ve followed Girls, it has made me not cringe at my own nudity.
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood Review: A Moving Drama Elevated by A Gentle Tom Hanks Performance
In A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, Marielle Heller isn’t fixated with viewing Fred Rogers as a mystery that needs to be solved. Instead, Heller, complemented by a pitch perfect Tom Hanks performance, is invested in mapping the extent of his influence through a tender tale of redemption.
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The Laid-back Romance Of Irrfan Khan
In Qarib Qarib Singlle, Irrfan Khan plays a loud 40-year-old romantic hero, an antithesis of the Bollywood Rajs and Rahuls. Over four rom-coms, Irrfan has created a brand of romance that is realistic, self-aware, and a reminder that romantic heroes can very well be ordinary people.
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Parasite Introduced Us to a World Where Family Trumps All. Capernaum Goes One Step Further
What if the tight-knit family in Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite turned on each other? What if impoverishment got the better of them and they sold one of their kids to get by? Nadine Labaki’s 2018 drama Capernaum, the highest grossing Arabic film of all time, asks these heartbreaking questions.