Category Archives: Reviews

Review: Prometheus (2012)

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

In the warm and pleasant summer of 2012, I left Ridley Scott’s Prometheus with a sense of majestic confusion. The film had cast a spell of bewilderment that has been hard to untangle in the intervening years. This was in … Continue reading →

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Review: Doctor Strange (2016)

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Marvel Studios’ recent cinematic endeavour, Doctor Strange feels like a beginner’s course in surrealism. It holds the audience’s hand so tightly that to let go would mean instantaneous disengagement. As a result, most of the psychedelic scenes lack potency and the … Continue reading →

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Review: Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Sartaj Govind Singh

When the dust settles on the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Captain America: Civil War will be remembered as a momentary triumphant footnote that will be eventually be surpassed by ever increasing bigger instalments. This is a depressing state of affairs because … Continue reading →

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Review: Django Unchained (2013)

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Django Unchained is Quentin Tarantino’s most persistently fascinating film. His examination of the self-appointed persona in this picture is particularly potent and powerful because of the implications of the characters and the commentary it has on the portrayal of slavery … Continue reading →

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Concise Review: Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004)

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Sartaj Govind Singh

If Kill Bill Volume 1 was an excessive, dramatically deficient and ultimately pointless exercise in directorial flexing. Then Volume 2 is the complete antithesis, emotional, inherently dramatic and once again indicative of Quentin Tarantino’s primary strength, which is providing fascinating … Continue reading →

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Review: Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Kill Bill Volume 1 ended my adoration of Quentin Tarantino. The primary reason for this is because the film felt like an excessive exercise in directional flexing as opposed to being thematically and narratively interesting. In fact, one could argue … Continue reading →

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Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Avengers: Age of Ultron is the stuff comic books are made of, big, broad, and even a little clumsy in its commendable depiction of the super team. The first picture was a sugary treat of seeing the team fight, form … Continue reading →

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