Belle, looking at Beast’s transformed conventionally good-looking face, looks in longing, and asks, “How would you feel about growing a beard?” My heart swelled.
Category: Film Reviews
Kong: Skull Island: Unabashed skin-deep entertainment
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts isn’t one to take his material too seriously. That’s why just as one of the innumerable harrowing creatures gobbles up one of the travelling party, you’re shown the shot of a man biting into his sandwich.
Logan: A gritty, deserved farewell to a beloved mutant
Sometimes, the greatest battles you have to fight are those that take place within you. Unlike many other superhero films, Logan gets this.
Lion: A sincere adaptation of an incredible true story
For almost the entirety of the first half, the film plays as a highly stylised regional film, with all the characters talking in Bengali and Hindi. There’s little of the unconvincing English-speaking employed in Slumdog Millionaire.
Moonlight: A beautifully contemplative tale with subtle, powerful messages
I cannot think of another protagonist who has so little to say throughout a film. When he does talk though, his pain spills through lines so delicate that you want to wrap him up in a blanket and hide him somewhere, just so the world can’t hurt him any more.
Sudhir Srinivasan 