I still can't believe I chose to watch these two movies back to back last night. Yi Yi (2000) There is always a slight nervousness, a thought that it might not live up to the hype, when you pick up one of the most talked about movies of the 21st century. Add to that it was going to be my first movie...

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props for including “and then we danced” in your list. great film

Need to check this one out.

I had the pleasure of being invited to pilot a "debate" segment of The Take podcast for the first episode of the show in 2020. I was asked to defend the virtue of Dunkirk against 1917. it's all more than a little cheeky and a bit glib, but I do mean most of what I say here: https://www.flicks.com.a...

So with T-Men Anthony Mann perfected the crime procedural subgenre in 1947 itself.

The Little Drummer Girl Park Chan-wook directed a miniseries in 2018 based on a Le Carre novel, and I had no clue about it. Found about it while exploring Florence Pugh's filmography. Solid solid solid work all around. Editing alone is of the highest order here. The direction and the three leads, es...

Yes this was fantastic. Some scenes were absolutely breathtaking.

This didn't make me feel anything new, but it was definitely a film which moved me. The one take didn't scream for attention.

Even if there was detailed groundwork laid before TFA for the entire ST with unified creative vision at helm, it's anyway extremely tricky to tell one story over 3 films of consistent quality. Apart from LOTR, the only other instance I can think of is Bourne trilogy. That being said, TROS suffers h...

Even if there was detailed groundwork laid before TFA for the entire ST with unified creative vision at helm, it's anyway extremely tricky to tell one story over 3 films of consistent quality. Apart from LOTR, the only other instance I can think of is Bourne trilogy. That being said, TROS suffers he...

Dabangg 3 I haven't seen the first 2 but this one was boring. It started off great and I loved the masala elements but man That flashback scene did not need to be so long Dimple Kapadia is also in this and she is a good comedic actress and her scenes are funny. Why did you put yourself through this...