Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ****1/2

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ****1/2

 This is not a review. This is a Public Service message to anyone who calls themselves a movie aficionado: –    ‘Please do not make the mistake of not watching Mad Max: Fury Road, for whatever preexisting bias you may have against action films.’  To...
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) ***1/3

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) ***1/3

  This review is devoid of any comparisons that may unintentionally occur in the minds of people who grew up loving the detective series on television. I will accept, i was one of them and when i first saw the trailer, i was filled with nothing but rage. The only...
Goa – Part 2

Goa – Part 2

After 2 hours of what i can only describe as intense female aggression at its worst, which is almost always visible in the Mumbai locals i managed to reach the Vasai Road station to run after my train in full Bollywood style. Of course, there is always the guarantee...
Kill/Dil (2014) 1/2*

Kill/Dil (2014) 1/2*

I don’t think i have been this supremely impressed by an actor and so immensely depressed by a film in a very long time. If it were not for the extreme efforts of Ranveer Singh, I would have just bestowed the film with no stars and be done with it. He of course...
Boyhood (2014) ***1/2

Boyhood (2014) ***1/2

The film’s catch is quite simple. Shot over period of eleven-years, showing the growth of the young boy and his sister to adulthood. Directed by Richard Linklater who over the past decade has become one of my favourite film-makers this film has been one of the...