“Vikram lander’s descent was as planned and normal performance was observed up to an altitude of 2.1 km. Subsequently, the communication from the lander to the ground station was lost. The data is being analyzed” These were the words of ISRO chief K. Sivan at around 2.16 am to a room full of crestfallen scientists […]
Read More Mission Mangal REVIEW: A Brutal Simplification of a Sophisticated Scientific Triumph“Anime may depict fictional worlds, but I nonetheless believe that at its core it must have a certain realism. Even if the world depicted is a lie, the trick is to make it seem as real as possible. Stated another way, the animator must fabricate a lie that seems so real viewers will think the […]
Read More Spirited Away: The Grace of Immersive RealityFirstly, let me clear something out. This is not Fast and Furious 9. It’s a spin-off featuring franchise regulars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, an attempt to “fly solo” that has caused grief within the Fast Family. So furious are some of the old gang that they’ve vented their feelings on social media, while Vin Diesel, […]
Read More Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw REVIEW- Ridiculous and Proud of itWalt Disney used to talk about “the plausible impossible” – the effect that hand-drawn animation could produce through the art of exaggeration. It could turn the body into a piece of elastic and use this flexibility to make an action sequence more exhilarating than it could ever be in real life. Among Disney’s recent trend […]
Read More The Lion King (2019) REVIEW: The Questionable Necessity of a Spectacularly Realistic RemakeIf you have seen the trailer for The Perfection, you are probably pretty intrigued. You would also probably be wildly thrown off when you watch the actual movie. (If you haven’t, then trust me when I tell you to watch it first. It definitely adds to the experience and I’ll come to that later.) When […]
Read More The Perfection REVIEW: A Symphony of Suspense
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