Film: Oxygen Starring: Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi Director: Alexandre Aja Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – French filmmaker Alexandre Aja’s most recent winded roller coaster Netflix film, Oxygen, turns a rotating mystery…
The Climb (film on BookMyShow Stream); Cast: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin, Talia Balsam; Direction: Michael Angelo Covino; Rating: * * * and 1/2 (three and a half stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY “The…
Film: Monster (Netflix) Starring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Ehle, Tim Blake Nelson, Nasir ‘Nas’ Jones, Rakim Mayers, Paul Ben-Victor, John David Washington, Jharrel Jerome, Dorian Missick Director: Anthony Mandler Rating: ***…
Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai; Cast: Salman Khan, Disha Patani, Randeep Hooda, Jackie Shroff; Direction: Prabhudeva; Rating: * * (two stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Smart villain is on a rampant spree hawking drugs, smarter cop…
Film: The Paper Tigers Starring: Peter Adrian Sudarso, Yuji Okumoto, Ron Yuan Director: Quoc Bao Tran Rating: **** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – With “The Paper Tigers”, director Quoc Bao Tran is searching for approaches…
Ammonite (film on BookMyShow Stream); Cast: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle; Direction: Francis Lee; Rating: * * * (three stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan play out an intense…
Film: Above Suspicion Starring: Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston, Sophie Lowe Director: Phillip Noyce Rating: ** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Directed by Phillip Noyce Above Suspicion is adjusted from a notorious real wrongdoing that occurred…
Film: Fried Barry Starring: Gary Green, Chanelle de Jager, Brett Williams Director: Ryan Kruger Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Written and directed by Ryan Kruger, Fried Barry is an involvement with abundance with…
‘Milestone’ (also known as ‘Meel Patthar’); Cast: Suvinder Vicky, Lakshvir Saran; Direction: Ivan Ayr; Rating: * * * and 1/2 (three and a half stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Ivan Ayr’s second feature film opens to…
Film: The Boy from Medellin Starring: J Balvin Director: Matthew Heineman Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin, better referred to by fans as J. Balvin and José to his companions,…
Film: The Unthinkable Starring: Christoffer Nordenrot, Lisa Henni, Jesper Barkselius Director: Victor Danell Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Disaster films regularly goes through a formulaic story style and attempt to incorporate a sentiment…
Film: The Outside Story Starring: Brian Tyree Henry, Sonequa Martin-Green, Sunita Mani Director: Casimir Nozkowski Rating: **** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – In his straightforward windy film The Outside Story, Casimir Nozkowski tries not to…
Photo Prem (Marathi film on Amazon Prime); Cast: Neena Kulkarni, Amita Khopkar, Vikas Hande, Chaitrali Rode, Pradnya Jawle-Edke, Sameer Dharmadhikari; Direction: Gayatri Patil and Aditya Rathi; Rating: * * * (three stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY…
Film: Sisters with Transistors Starring: Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Ciani, Delia Derbyshire, Clara Rockmore Director: Lisa Rovner Rating: **** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Director/Writer Lisa Rovner’s film Sisters with Transistors utilizes chronicled film, interviews with…
Film: Eat Wheaties Starring: Tony Hale, Elisha Cuthbert, Danielle Brooks Director: Scott Abramovitch Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Directed by Scott Abramovitch Eat Wheaties! is a brilliant and extremely commendable vehicle for Tony…
Film: The Disciple Starring: Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Deepika Bhide Bhagwat, Kiran Yadnyopavit, Abhishek Kale, Neela Khedkar, Makarand Mukund, Kristy Banerjee, Prasad Vanarse Director: Chaitanya Tamhane Rating: **** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview -…
Film: The Virtuoso Starring: Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish, Anthony Hopkins Director: Nick Stagliano Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – The Virtuoso, the most up to date passage in the hitman genre, directed by Nick…
The Disciple (film released on OTT); Cast: Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Deepika Bhide Bhagwat; Direction: Chaitanya Tamhane; Rating: * * * * (four stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Chaitanya Tamhane’s new film intricately weaves…
Film: The Mitchells vs. The Machines Starring: Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric André, Olivia Colman, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Blake Griffin, Conan O’Brien, Charlyne Yi Director: Mike…
Film: Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith Directors: Stefano Sollima Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Following thirty years spent on the edges of Tom Clancy legend Jack…