Life is full of ups and downs. Most of us feel sad as a normal reaction to loss, life’s struggles or an injured self-esteem. But when feelings of intense sadness last for many days to weeks, and we are unable to go about our daily lives with the same ease as we used to, then […]
Are You A Dog Person or A Cat Person? Find out by taking this fun and easy quiz… Do you enjoy staying outdoors? (Y / N) Would you feel uncomfortable/avoid keeping a litter box inside your home? (Y / N) Do you like going for walks? (Y / N) Are you non-judgmental and unassuming by […]
Movies starring relentless and ruthless martial arts artists do not necessarily translate into riveting films. In his seventh outing as director, Deepak Tijori makes an honest effort at adapting the successful 2011 Korean ‘Always’, but sadly lets the script fall prey to the dictates of Bollywood. A fortuitous meeting between a visually impaired Jenny Mathias […]
At 73, and after 47 years in the industry, the consummate Amitabh Bachchan has nothing left to prove to his fans. He’s done the gamut of roles—and emotions. Sujoy Ghosh, after having helmed the hugely successful 2012 thriller ‘Kahani’, now turns producer, leaving the direction to Ribhu Dasgupta whose only feature so far was the […]
‘Haunting, A-haunting we go’ is the motto of the master of shocker flicks James Wan, in this sequel to the 2013 ‘Conjuring’. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reprise their earlier roles of wife–husband paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren. The film begins with the couple conducting a séance in Amityville. While on the job, the psychic […]
The third, and latest, in the Housefull series (and I sincerely hope it IS the last), HF3 is aimed solely at those who have nothing better to do – even reading your daily newspaper for the umpteenth time would be a safer bet. The film begins with a geography primer. We are shown the London […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows There was a time, whenever the fate of our planet was in peril due to man-made situations, politicians and bureaucrats would bail us out. No more. Our guardian angels are now Hollywood studios who have stepped in by inventing eerie, gargantuan and ogrish creatures, who battle somebody, […]
Remember the spaghetti westerns of the early 70s- the ‘Trinity’ films and ‘Watch Out We’re Mad’- starring Italians Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer? Well, both the ‘Nice Guys’ too are as recklessly insane as Hollywood permits them to be. The story may look half-baked: set in LA in 1977 and following the mysterious death of […]