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Review: Toy Story 4 (2019)

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Even by Pixar’s high standards, Toy Story 4 seems like a daunting prospect. Not only was the trilogy responsible for the animation studio becoming a household name, but the films had become like a cherished memory. Viewed through the prism … Continue reading →

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Review: mother! (2017)

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Darren Aronofsky makes films that emotionally and thematically aim for the rafters; however, his recent film- Mother, endeavours for the stratosphere and beyond. The picture is a potently off-kilter Gothic infused Ibsen chamber piece about the battle between the ego … Continue reading →

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Review: Blade Runner (1982)

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Blade Runner is a haunting film that gracefully submerges any sense of genre convention in favour of something far more evocative. The primary genre at play is Film Noir, and the movie wields the frequent cinematic touches of the “dark … Continue reading →

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Review: Dunkirk (2017)

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Dunkirk is an audacious and brutal war picture that shell shocks with a furious invention and skilled cinematic craftsmanship. Told in a triptych structure: the film depicts the Dunkirk evacuation from the perspective of three Spitfire pilots who patrol the … Continue reading →

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Review: Pirates of the Caribbean- Salazer’s Revenge (2017)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

At this point, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has become the cinematic equivalent of a drunken man stumbling to a vague destination using the most inane route possible. As the series has worn on, its beating heart has resided … Continue reading →

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Review: Alien: Covenant (2017)

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

A covenant is an agreement that can be made between a nation or people. In the context of the new film from Ridley Scott, it’s the name of the colony ship bound for a distant planet to repopulate and start … Continue reading →

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Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Writer/Director James Gunn makes films with the eternal optimism of a nine-year-old, who desperately attempts to get two identical magnetic poles to attract one another. Often his movies contain contrary elements that depending on the subject matter and genre sensibility; … Continue reading →

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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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Concise Reviews: The Planet of the Apes Series (1968-1973)

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Planet of the Apes  The 1968 classic is an earnest science fiction film that is as concerned with its debates as much as the unravelling of its culture and society. The film is held together by a weighty central performance … Continue reading →

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Editorial: The Virtues of Black and White Film

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Sartaj Govind Singh

George Miller’s ferociously savage and visionary post-apocalyptic film Mad Max: Fury Road has been recently re-released in black and white. The new version entitled the “Black and Chrome Edition” is the director’s preferred cut of the film. With this in … Continue reading →

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