They’ve moved on with their lives, the acapella all-girl group Bellas, who made music lovers so happy when they first appeared on the big screen with Pitch Perfect in 2012. The first movie was based… Read More
Category: Cinema
Offbeat romantic tale in On Body & Soul
IT’s an odd love story, to say the least. Deer frolicking – or wanting to frolic — in a frozen forest, is the opening sequence of Body & Soul (Hungrarian title, A Teströl És Lélekröl),… Read More
The square, movie extraordinaire
https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2017/12/310521/be-there-or-be-square-review THE movie’s title, The Square, refers on a microlevel to a new public installation at a contemporary art museum, presumably in Denmark which curator, Christian (the handsome, 6′ 4″-tall Claes Bang) has just acquired.… Read More
“Murder on the Orient Express,” with Kenneth Branagh
Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” written in 1934, got a contemporary telling under British thespian-actor-director Sir Kenneth Branagh. The story is about the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who returns to England aboard… Read More
Glass Castle an eye-opener movie
THE GLASS Castle is a fascinating account of a homeless family, told through the eyes of the second eldest child Jeanette (played by Oscar winner Brie Larson of 2015’s Room fame). If you ever need… Read More
Aamir Khan’s Secret Superstar review
IN the hindi Deepavali opener, Secret Superstar, Zaira Wasim of Aamir Khan’s Dangal fame plays a teenager Insia who loves to sing, and is enthralled by the singing reality shows on the telly. The entertainment… Read More
Do You See Me? Italian movie review
THIS is a fun comedy about gender roles, stereotypes, and perceptions in Italy. The story is about a high-achieving female architect, Serena Bruno (played perfectly by Paola Cortellesi) who is respected the world over. One… Read More
Jennifer Lawrence gets spacey with horror in Mother!
THIS is not a straightforward telling of what is basically a horror story. For director Darren Aronofsky of Black Swan and Fountain fame, such a style for Mother! is par for the course. The movie… Read More
Rivetting movie watch with Iran’s The Salesman
AT its simplest telling, The Salesman is about a woman, Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti, About Elly) who is attacked when in the shower and how her husband, Emad (Shahab Hosseini, A Separation) deals with the incident.… Read More
Andy Serkis makes it happen, again with the apes
ANDY Serkis as Caesar in the final chapter of the Planet of the Apes sci-fi trilogy delivers wholesomely, yet again. “The War For the Planet of the Apes” is a tale about an ending, as… Read More