Orlando Bloom Takes A Hit In A Physically & Psychologically Taxing Sports Drama
The Cut is a heavy film. From the opening scene, which sees Nick (Orlando Bloom) in a brutal boxing match, the film is already layered with intensity. He loses the…
Pamela Anderson Stuns In Gia Coppola’s Melancholic Vegas Drama
Entertainers – true entertainers, the ones that command the stage with sheer force of will – have long been a dying breed, especially in Las Vegas. As the town has…
Japanese Action Comedy Needs Only 62 Minutes To Bring The House Down [Venice]
Broken Rage has put me in a difficult position. On the one hand, I want you to have the same experience with it that I did, and I went in…
A Timely Domestic Drama That Morphs Into Terrifying Political Horror
The Seed of the Sacred Fig begins as a chamber drama, taking place primarily in the apartment of one family. Iman (Missagh Zareh) is a faithful lawyer working for the…
VISFOT has its share of engaging and tense moments
Visfot Review 2.5/5 & Review Rating Star Cast: Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Krystle Dsouza, Priya Bapat Director: Kookie Gulati Visfot Movie Review Synopsis:VISFOT is the story of two men in…
THANGALAAN works due to its theme and Pa Ranjith’s execution
Thangalaan Review 3.5/5 & Review Rating Star Cast: Chiyaan Vikram, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Malavika Mohanan Director: Pa Ranjinth Thangalaan Movie Review Synopsis:THANGALAAN is the story of a brave man. The year…
Surveillance Thriller About A Missing Child Is The Great Kind Of Slow Burn [Venice]
There are different ways for a movie to execute a slow burn, but the ones I admire most withhold not their stories, but their identities. Stranger Eyes has a straightforward…
Character-Driven Comedy Gets Too Wrapped Up In Its Own Chaos
I’ll Be Right There could have been an overly-Hollywoodified, cheesy movie. The first 20 minutes of the film enticed and concerned me. While well told, the film had all the…
An Improved Sequel Engineered To Antagonize Joker Fans [Venice]
When Joker premiered here in Venice in 2019, one of the prevailing narratives was that the movie could be dangerous. The film’s embrace of Arthur Fleck’s perspective, the thinking went,…
Jeremy Saulnier’s Long-Awaited Action Movie Is A Nuanced Political Thriller
Netflix’s latest action thriller, Rebel Ridge, updates the genre with skill and attention while harkening back to the classic movies that inspired it. It stars Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond,…