Simplistic, Minimalistic and Rustic…what sets apart this horror !

Roh ( 2019/Malaysian / Horror/ Netflix)  Director -Emir Ezwan  Cast – Farah Ahmad, Mhia Farhana, Harith Haziq, Namron, June Lojong, Putri Qaseh  Plot A poor widowed woman lives in the middle of a forest with her two kids leading a lonely bare bones life. When they take in a seemingly lost, bedraggled mysterious young girl […]

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Infidelity, hatred ,murder and twists is a good mix for a thriller !

Loving Adults(Danish/ Thriller/ Netflix) Director- Barbara Rothenborg  Cast- Sonja Richter, Dar Salim, Sus Wilkins, Mikael Birkkjaer The film starts with pearls like  “Almost all murders have something to do with love” and ends with “Love is more dangerous than its reputation“  These are the words of an investigator talking about one of his cases that […]

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Crisp, Pacy and Engaging !

The Weekend Away (2022/ Mystery Thriller/ Netflix) A girl, while on a weekend getaway with her bestie, gets embroiled in deep mess when her friend goes missing. Writer – Sarah Anderson Based on – Book by the same name and writer Director- Kim Farrant Cast- Leigton Meester, Christina Wolfe, Ziad Bakri, Luke Norris, Amar Bukvic […]

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Action, Dialogues, Swag and a Terrific Duo!

Vikram Vedha  (2022/ Hindi/ Masala entertainer/ Cinema Release) Writer/ Director – Pushkar Gayathri Cast – Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte, Satyadeep Mishra, Sharib Hashmi, Rohit Saraf It’s always a terrific feeling to watch a film with all the ingredients of a masala blockbuster aka adrenaline pumping BGM, claptrap dialogues, full on action and […]

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Folklore Myths Vs Science Give this Horror an Interesting Tinge

Dahan : Rakan Ka Rahasya (DisneyHotstar/ Horror/ Series) Director- Vikrant Pawar, Jai Sharma  Cast – Tisca Chopra, Saurabh Shukla, Rajesh Tailang, Pankaj Sharma, Rohan Joshi, Lehar Khan, Mukesh Tiwari Plot  IAS Avani (Tisca) seeks a posting to a strife ridden town where the superstitious locals headed by an occultist ( Saurabh Shukla), and a mining […]

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Captivating & Slow; Dark and Beautiful !

The Skin Of The Wolf ( Spanish/2018/ Netflix) Writer/ Director – Samu Fuentes Cast- Mario Casas, Irene Escolar, Ruth Diaz A raw and crude huntsman( Mario) lives a solitary bare-bones  life on brutish cold and unlivable mountain and sells wolf skins for a living. When he marries a woman as a solution to his solitude, […]

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This Thriller has a “Killer” Message 

Chup (2022/ Crime Thriller/ Cinema Release) Director- R Balki Cast – Dulquer Salmaan, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Sunny Deol, Pooja Bhatt Plot In a spate of ghastly murders, film critics are being killed in macabre manner.  The serial killer out there not only has a grouse but a message too. The film opens to a murder and […]

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Wins with its simple, honest & hard hitting stance ! 

Siya (2022/ Cinema Release/ Drama) Writer/ Director- Manish Mundra Cast – Pooja Pandey, Vineet Kumar Singh Siya is the story of rape survivor who fights for justice and rape stories are one of the most dreaded premises for me. But then Siya comes from a  production house and film maker Manish Mundra who has given […]

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Stirring, Subtle & Emotional ! 

The Fall Out( 2022/Drama / Prime Video) Director/ Writer- Megan Park Cast- Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler Few weeks back, saw this beautiful film about two teenagers coping with an unwanted pregnancy   armed with resilience and grit and bound by their camaraderie. And this teen drama also revolves around two girls , bound together in […]

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“Exotic setting, Period Era and the Cast add charm to this Classic Whodunit”

 Death On The Nile (Mystery/2022/ Disney Hotstar) Based on – Agatha Christie’s novel by the same name Director- Kenneth Branagh Cast – Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Tom Bateman, Letitia Wright, Emma Mackay, Sophie Okonedo, Ali Fazal A wedding party and a honeymoon cruise with dynamics as tense a bomb about to explode. That […]

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