“Abducted in Plain Sight” and “Girl in the Picture” are way better than many of the popular fiction movies. Btw, both these documentaries mention kidnapping, rape and violence against women, and so I did warn you. I have been hooked onto the documentaries on Netflix and I am not surprised…

Though the latter wasn’t supposed to be a thriller as CBI, it beats CBI anytime

Of all films, why a copy of “Forrest Gump”? A pre-review. It has been 4 years since we last saw the talented Aamir. After the disastrous “Thugs of Hindostan” (even the poster was unbearable to watch which had stalwarts like Amitabh dressed like one of the pirates in “The Pirates…

The title says it all. Thank you, OTT-forward-button. In fact that’s the best thing debutant female director Ratheena has done to her film, give it the most appropriate title. As they say in Malayalam, “puzhu ezhanju ezhanju pogunna reethiyil” (like how a worm wriggles to move ahead), that is how…

Recently released 12'th Man is copied from multiple sources What I cannot fathom is that after two incredible movies Drishyam and Drishyam 2, Jeethu Joseph is back to making films using stories and sources from other films. I had already published a post mentioning how he had made the Hindi…

Watch it for the comedy, fast forward the rest True, this is supposed to be an action thriller but I suggest just skipping past those dreadful things we are used to watching over and over again, the usual stuff, blood and gore, indefatigable superhero actors, the songs, the usual exploitation…

Too much adulation for a film that is flawed though it has some nice touches too So what’s flawed about “Lunchbox”? An insult to the organization of the Dabbawalas. Though the director has also partially captured the life of the Dabbawalas and tried to show their lot it fails miserably…

An unbelievable sci-fi film from Egypt I had no idea I was going to watch a science fiction film and that too from Egypt. This was my first Egyptian film and all I knew was that it was a thriller. Honestly I wasn’t prepared for what I was about to…