Monthly Archives: March 2018

Review: Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Pacific Rim Uprising is an excited adolescent of a movie that breathlessly dashes about the place with sugary notions of family and identity in the manner of the most well-intentioned Power Rangers episode. The sequel takes place ten years after … Continue reading →

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Review: Jodorowsky’s Dune (2014)

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Jodorowsky’s Dune is a heartening and often amusing experience that hoists the weight of the auteur theory on its shoulders with vivid and sobering clarity. Frank Pavich’s documentary charts the early career of Chilian-French director- Alejandro Jodorowsky and his subsequent … Continue reading →

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Brief Consideration: Icarus (2017)

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Icarus initially starts out as a story that examines the effectiveness of the American anti-doping system with an amateur cyclist undergoing the same doping regiment as Lance Armstrong, under the tutelage of Grigory Rodchenkov- the former director of Russia’s national … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Films | Tagged 2017, Documentary, George Orwell, Greek Mythology, Grigory Rodchenkov, Icarus, Lance Armstrong, Netflix, Russia | Leave a comment