Like with a partner in a long-term relationship, we stick by a franchise through health and sickness in the hope that what it lacks in freshness, it will provide for in depth and meaning. In the case of Ice Age, the least those of us who have remained loyal despite unmistakable signs of steady deterioration,…
Category: Film Reviews
The Secret Life of Pets: Enjoyable, even if not memorable
Imagine if jokes wore boxing gloves and jabbed at your face till you relented. That’s The Secret Life of Pets for you. Every scene is an opportunity for a gag, and every plot development an excuse for more gags. There isn’t a single inert moment in the film, which is both good and bad. First,…
The Legend of Tarzan: Some warm moments in a VFX-heavy action-adventure
John Clayton the third, not Tarzan, is a melancholy personality, like a beast in a constricting cage, and so, you can see why the invitation to visit the glorious wilderness of Africa would be torturously enticing for him.
Independence Day: Resurgence: A disaster film in more ways than one
A disaster film in more ways than one
Central Intelligence: Plenty of brainless laughs
It’s the sort of film you will enjoy a lot if you’re in the mood for hyperbolic humour
Sudhir Srinivasan 