Short Term 12 (2013) ****

Short Term 12 (2013) ****

One of the few things that i love about this time of the year is that i get to see some really good films. The last 10 days i have slowly but steadily been watching some of them but this is the first time i have felt like writing. For me, there are only two kinds of...
Thor: The Dark World (2013) **

Thor: The Dark World (2013) **

  I guess, I am one of the culprits in this vicious cycle of superhero films, reboots, re-re-boots, mixing worlds and what not. I am one of the many who gets intensely excited when a DC, Marvel film is about to approach, counting moments till Friday despite the fact...
Captain Philips (2013) ***1/2

Captain Philips (2013) ***1/2

Many years ago, when I was not this cinephile that I am supposed to be now, I was watching ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ for the first time with my little brother on the DVD player. I did not know anything about the film except that it starred George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad...
Gravity (2013) ****

Gravity (2013) ****

After months of being disappointed, yesterday I found my love for films again. The occasion was the screening of Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. For some unknown reason it was playing only in IMAX screens but for this particular film, I would suggest nothing else.   I don’t...
The Conjuring (2013) ***1/2

The Conjuring (2013) ***1/2

  I had gone to see this film a couple of weeks back when it released. But it is somehow, after my second viewing that I felt I wanted to write about it. I as a movie buff am not personally fond of horror film, like many of my friends who will take any chance...
The Wolverine (2013) ***

The Wolverine (2013) ***

  As has become my habit, I nowadays go to the movie theater with no expectations. Especially when I go watch a film based on a comic book character. They all seem to be a means to an end, the end being another film that will make more billions of dollars than the...