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…
Film: Things Heard & Seen Starring: Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer, Alex Neustaedter, F. Murray Abraham, Rhea Seehorn, Michael O’Keefe, Karen Allen, Jack Gore, James Urbaniak, Ana Sophia Heger Director: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer…
Without Remorse (film on Amazon Prime); Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Guy Pearce, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Brett Gelman, Colman Domingo, Lauren London; Direction: Stefano Sollima; Rating: * * (two stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY With remorse,…
Film: Bloodthirsty Starring: Lauren Beatty, Greg Bryk, Katharine King So Director: Amelia Moses Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – In Bloodthirsty, we investigate the narrative of one lady’s startling excursion into self-revelation and how…
Film: Trigger Point Starring: Barry Pepper, Colm Feore, Eve Harlow Director: Brad Turner Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Directed by Brad Turner, Trigger Point follows resigned special force officer Nicolas Shaw (Barry Pepper)…
Film: Vanquish Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ruby Rose, Patrick Muldoon Director: George Gallo Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Ruby Rose’s growth as an action icon has been reviving to see. Her parts in John…
The Current War (film on BookMyShow Stream); Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland; Direction: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon; Rating: * * and 1/2 (two and a half stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Fiction…
Film: The Father Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss Director: Florian Zeller Rating: **** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Adapted sensibly by Christopher Hampton from Zeller’s stage play, “The Father” endeavors nothing not exactly…
Film: Shadow and Bone: Season One Starring: Jessie Mei Li, Archie Renaux, Ben Barnes, Freddy Carter, Amita Suman, Kit Young, Danielle Galligan, Calahan Skogman, Sujaya Dasgupta, Simon Sears, Daisy Head, Zoë Wanamaker, Luke Pasqualino, Julian…
Film: Stowaway Starring: Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson Director: Joe Penna Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Joe Penna’s Netflix film Stowaway is an exceptional, sensible, and exciting space dramatization…
Last Moment Of Clarity (film on BookMyShow Stream); Cast: Zach Avery; Samara Weaving, Carly Chaikin, Hal Ozsan, Udo Kier, Brian Cox; Direction: James and Colin Krisel; Rating: * * and 1/2 (two and a half…
Film: Mortal Kombat Starring: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson Director: Simon McQuoid Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – After almost twenty years of endeavors to build up another realistic occasion uniting Earthrealm and…
Kathmandu Connection (series on SonyLIV); Cast: Amit Sial, Aksha Pardasany, Anshumaan Pushkar, Gopal Datt, Vikram Singh Sodha, Zakir Hussain; Direction: Sachin Pathak; Rating: * * and 1/2 (two and a half stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY…
Film: Funny Face Starring: Cosmo Jarvis, Dela Meskienyar, Barzin Akhavan Director: Tim Sutton Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Tim Sutton reliably makes flicks that have probably as bleak a reasonableness as it gets….
Another Round (Danish film with subtitles on BookMyShow); Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie; Direction: Thomas Vinterberg; Rating: * * * * (four stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Midlife crisis…