Movie Review: Ford v Ferrari

Ford v Ferrari brings to life a David vs Goliath case with twists and turns (quite literally)

Lyrics and a new language #방탄때문에_한글배웠다

Today on twitter, we saw "#방탄때문에_한글배웠다" trending globally. That's the Korean language of Hangul and the trending hashtag reads "because of Bulletproof". For the uninitiated, Bangtan Sonyeondan (translated to Bulletproof Boy Scouts) or BTS is a Korean pop music group that has a crazed global fan following, called ARMY ( Adorable Representative M.C for Youth) What is with...

Why don’t we enjoy some sequels, seasons and remakes?

Writers and directors get a bad rap for taking things easy and not doing justice to the plot that audiences are invested in, but essentially, if they were to do everything the audience wants from a movie / series, wouldn’t we watch it with the same gusto as the next masala Salman Khan movie? Here...

GoT Archetypes

Disclaimers: *If you aren't following Season 8, you may not see how the character has travelled across archetypes. *I've only used characters that are alive at the beginning of Season 8. *Character illustrations are Twitter emojis.

How Netflix has virality at its core

Netflix's Bandersnatch released today. Its a one-of-a-kind film that is interactive with the viewer. With 5 possible endings, audiences are already going gaga over it and even calling it part video-game and part movie. The key words here being audiences going gaga.  The timing seems to be just right. It is an extended weekend for...

Mixed with some Venom

Watching Marvel's latest Venom has left me with some mixed reactions. And its not just me, for many non-hardcore fans like me, Venom was a mess. somehow it felt like some instances were seen and some concepts in the movie too close to others. Which ones did you think didn't cut it for you? And...

Recreating for Nostalgia

A lot of us are going to watch ‘The Mummy’ this weekend. But we all know, it's really not for Tom Cruise or the storyline and SFX. For most of us, it brings back memories of the Brendan Fraser movies that got us hooked onto the comedy/ horror/ adventure/ supernatural genre. It is also exactly...

Why Saif Ali Khan is my new fav personality

No,  I'm not smitten! But I watched the movie Happy Ending last evening and I'm thinking 'Saif is really cool'. I mean, sure he didn't have much worth talking about until recently, yet now he seems to be doing everything right! From Go Goa Gone to getting married to Kareena to looking great for his...

Animated formula

After watching Wreck-it Ralph the other day, a question struck me that kinda disappointed me, even though I can happily say the movie didn't. Could it be possible that Disney Pixar is now doing formulas? No, I'm not talking about the regular 'happy land-something goes wrong-complications-chase-villian perishes-happily ever after' type formula. I found something more...