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A bundle of fun. It’s not as spoofy as Scream, but is still self-aware and does a good job of surprising by following the genre template and subverting in just the right dosage to come through as its own identity. The writers are hardcore fans of the genre or have a done a good deal […]
MoreThis is such a Bollywood movie in all the right ways. Indie dysfunctional family drama with all the summer blockbuster seasoning to cover it up. I can see also the parallels people are making with the F&F franchise, which took four or five films to finally figure out that it’s the family aspect that people […]
MoreI’m a sucker for a good whodunit, or should we dig deeper — the whydunit genre. The challenge with these is the verdict often relies on the aftertaste. That’s the rub with this one. 75-80% of this was a decent ride, but the climax and reveals let it down. A lot. The whodunit part seems […]
MoreThe tone of this was just odd. Seemed they weren’t sure which genre it is and shoved Saved by the Bell in the blender with more traditional slashers and hoped for the best. Can understand why the directors’ filmography sees a burst of releases and then none. From a writing standpoint, for the time, I […]
MoreA been-there-done-that crime thriller by Soderbergh set in the 1950’s that’s got the nuance and craft you’d expect from the director, a cast that’s no less than superb, an underlying lens on an industry that flourished in the time period and yet it feels like a mid-season episode from a show, where we haven’t had […]
MorePure genre film. Delivers on the premise. Nothing less, nothing more. I think it’s a very cool title that leaves much to bloom in anticipation. Does it deliver on that, I guess so. Just about. Although I enjoyed the ride, it left me a little underwhelmed with the desire for something more than the genre-trope […]
MoreSometimes a logline as a sell gives away too much and that’s what I felt reading the premise (after watching the film). It still holds back enough but gives you more than one would hope to keep all the suspense intact. This is a tough one in that sense. What would a trailer look like, […]
MoreThe super-hit jodi of Namaste England fame is back! — (I’m kidding guys) On the one hand, nobody watched that film and rightly so. It was abysmal. Many will also not watch this one too because of the recent track record of these stars. That on the other hand, is a shame. I say that, […]
MoreWhat if someone obsessed with the Saw franchise films (read Jigsaw killer murders) and 80’s cop thrillers made a film that was a bastard child of the both. Voila. A cop-killer on the loose is easier to digest than a nihilist judging you for your sins willy nilly. I’d perhaps have been a little happier […]
MoreSuperb. This is how it’s done. I did see a couple of scenes in my rewatch that were stolen directly from the nobody-watched-it masterpiece “The Way of the Gun”, but since that was also directed by McQuarrie, I guess we can let it fly. source https://letterboxd.com/jun6lee/film/jack-reacher/1/
MoreThis review may contain spoilers. A lot of good ideas, some executed well, some okay, some badly. This feels like a mixture of a few things on the proverbial decision-making table. 1) Complicated merely for the sake of smarminess. — Cool films like Inception and The Matrix always have cool people explain things in a […]
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