The Shining: The Art of Horror

What springs to your mind when you hear about The Shining? Is it the river of blood flowing through the Overlook Hotel? Or the sinister Grady Twins tormenting poor Danny Torrance? Or maybe it’s Jack Nicholson crashing an axe through the bathroom door and shouting “Here’s Johnny!”? Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror strikes a chord with […]

IT Chapter Two REVIEW: A Deliriously Entertaining Sequel

When the opening chapter of a Stephen King book starts with a six-year-old talking to a clown who lives in a sewer, chances are things are going to take a turn for the worst. King’s book was bifurcated into halves, one hefty chunk going to its 1950s preteens living in a fictional Maine town, and […]

Dark REVIEW: Everything is Connected… The question is not how, but WHEN?

“The distinction between the past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” Dark opens with this quote from Albert Einstein. It’s an excerpt from a letter Einstein wrote after learning of the death of his good friend and collaborator Michele Besso; it was meant to help Besso’s family cope with their loss. The first […]

Mission Mangal REVIEW: A Brutal Simplification of a Sophisticated Scientific Triumph

“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 […]

Spirited Away: The Grace of Immersive Reality

“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 […]

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw REVIEW- Ridiculous and Proud of it

Firstly, 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, […]

Comic-Con 2019 trailer round-up

The SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION (Comic-Con International) is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the general public’s awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, including participation in and support of public presentations, conventions, exhibits, museums and other public outreach activities which celebrate the […]

SDCC ’19 Marvel Updates: Phase 4 & Beyond

Marvel Studios took the stage in Hall H to reveal the upcoming movies and TV shows from the studio – including Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and what’s planned for Disney+. President Kevin Feige was at Comic-Con 90-minute appearance in Hall H, where he announced that Avengers: Endgame has surpassed Avatar to be […]

Avengers: Endgame – A Perfect Denouement

Avengers: Endgame, which is now the most successful movie at the global box-office definitely deserves the spotlight. The culmination of 10 years and more than twice as many movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame promises closure where its predecessor, Avengers: Infinity War, sowed chaos. At the end of Avengers: Infinity War, our heroes were left in […]

First Man REVIEW: An intimate portrayal of a reluctant hero

“That’s one small step for man, but one giant step for mankind.” Neil Armstrong turned and set his left boot on the lunar surface at 02:56 UTC July 21, 1969, then spoke this world-famous epigram. Today, after exactly 50 years from that day, I bring to you the latest space movie and amazingly the first […]