Author Archives: Sartaj Govind Singh

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is a lesser effort compared with its predecessor. Unfortunately, this is partly due to the astounding visual look of the original picture feeling rather cartoony and less impactful. Moreover, the violence in A … Continue reading →

Sicario is a haunting crime thriller that illustrates and explores the morally grey tactics that are employed when facing the Mexican drug cartel. The film considers that each side uses harrowing tactics. In the penultimate scene, Fausto Alarcon (Julio Cedillo) … Continue reading →

Hail Caesar opens with a narrator (Micheal Gambon) who dramatically sets the scene for the story of Eddie Mannix, (Josh Brolin) who is a problem solver for the studio Capitol Pictures during the era of 1950s Hollywood. At first, the … Continue reading →

Steve Jobs is a fascinating and magnetic character study of the renowned American inventor and technological entrepreneur. It succeeds in crafting a structure that feels immediate and inherently dramatic. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin conceives of each act as a build up … Continue reading →

The Dead Man’s Chest is a movie that can barely hold itself together. One slight cough and the film would come crashing down quite spectacularly. However, what makes it tolerable is in its surprising central virtue, which is a patently … Continue reading →

By its title alone, the twenty-fourth James Bond picture in the long-running film series announces its ambition. Primarily, Spectre is the name of the nefarious organisation that 007 encounters in many of his cinematic adventures. However, in the context of … Continue reading →

Planet Terror is an effortlessly nasty, sleazy and ultimately well-made exploitation film. However, what makes it transcend its source material is Robert Rodriguez’s excellent direction along with a screenplay, which is more than mere gruesome and shocking antics for midnight … Continue reading →

Pretentious visual showcase or a powerful illustration of the cinematic medium? These are just some of the disparate and contrasting opinions, which have been expressed about Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film- 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, the most pertinent question, which … Continue reading →