Fukrey 3: With Nothing New to Offer, The Same Stale Dish is Served
After the success of Fukrey 1 and Fukrey Returns, comes the next in the franchise, Fukrey 3. The story continues from “Fukrey 2” where the fukra gang is trying to…
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Reviews, around here are as much an attempt to learn from the film as it is to do a report card on the film. Each piece on The Red Sparrow is objective, unbiased and honest.
Wes Anderson’s Imperfectly “perfect” Adaptation Of Roald Dahl’s “Henry Sugar”, On Netflix
Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl are a perfect match. Maybe too perfect a match. At least that’s the impression one gets after having watched the American director’s fantastically scruffy and…
Flora And Son, Apple TV +: Beautiful In Parts, With The Feel-good Vibe Readily Apparent, But Never Completely Comes To A Whole – Review
In a John Carney movie, music is ingrained into his DNA. The Irish film director takes the experience he had as a bassist for a rock band as well as…
Charlie Chopra And The Mystery Of The Solang Valley, Sony Liv Review – The Wamiqa Gabbi Show, For Better And For Worse
An Indian filmmaker gets express permission from the Christie estate to adapt one of the celebrated authors in an Indian context. Normally, that wouldn’t raise any eyebrows because the creative…
Sukhee: When the Potential of an Idea is Diluted by Poor Writing
A lot of films have been made in Indian Cinema showing women’s journey of regaining their self-respect and independence. Debutant director Sonal Joshi’s film “Sukhee” starring Shilpa Shetty Kundra also…
Sukhee: Sonal Joshi’s Directorial Debut Is A Simplistic Storytelling of Celebrating Womanhood – Review
In 2018, Shashanka Ghosh directed a comedy-drama called “Veere Di Wedding”, which told the story of four women reuniting after a long time for a friend’s wedding. They discover each…
Sex Education, Season 4: Building Bridges In Its Final Run, Within Characters As Well As The Audiences – Review
As a show, “Sex Education” had already surpassed the premise it started with by the time Season 3 rolled around. The conceit of Otis Milburn opening up a sex therapy…
Jaane Jaan, Netflix Review: A Japanese Adapted Suspense Thriller that Power Its Actors
Netflix’s newly released film, Jaane Jaan brings to the viewers a suspense thriller adapted from the book named In Devotion to Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. The plot centers around a…
Painkiller, Netflix: When an Addictive Drug Family of Opium Takes Down the Sackler Family
During the Opioid crisis, observations of increased and decreased abuse of opioids and opioid-based legal medication were seen in phases. The involved players spanned the country and every level of…
Jawan: Standard Atlee Mix of Hodgepodge, but the Chemical X is Definitely SRK
To criticise Atlee Kumar for taking inspiration from a myriad of movies is like criticising a dog for barking or a scorpion for stinging. You can criticise them, but nature…