There is charm in old movies and charisma in old actors. After seeing Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, I…
The trailer was intriguing and I saw it being praised a lot during award season so gave this one a…
Music is beautiful. It is open to interpretations. If the lyrics are little abstract, the listener makes it his or her own experience as much as it is the music artists. The notes and chords set it apart from just a way of conveying feelings for the lyricist or the musician. It…
I’d rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at a dinner table talk about me than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remembered who I was.
What motivates people to endure, to survive when there is an easier way out? Is this some crazy masochistic…
I have not read the book by Rudyard Kipling. I have seen the TV series only in bits and pieces. So The Jungle Book in its entirety was a new story for me, along with the first time experience of IMAX 3D, I must say I am thrilled. From Kaa’s eyes to the Elephant parade, from…
I had decided that I will write about movies for two reasons. I wanted to keep track of what I watch and its effects on me, and a reference, like a movie or a book, can be a good writing prompt. For the last few months, this writing reviews had stopped. I had become…
We can’t leave someone behind. We have to bring the boys home. This has been a theme for many Hollywood movies. It fills everyone with a sense of pride, nationalism etc. This is an instant effect. Probably that is the reason why these films are generally a commercial success. But this is about…
I am generally not very keen on seeing romantic movies. For most part, the story, the characters, the setting are similar. It leaves less room for experimentation, and even less for finding new enjoyment. All these concerns go out of the window if you get to see these movies…
You believe in second chances? Well… Ryan Reynolds must. Every day you don’t get a chance to jump ships from comic book houses and erase the green stain with shiny, sparkling red. And you know why is it red? so that the bad guys don’t see him bleed.
“Nothing can stay good in this world” — Superman.
At one point in the film, an exasperated superman utters these words. It is when he realizes that his dad’s teachings are not the only way of the world. On this realization…
