The Seed of the Sacred Fig introduces the audience with unrelenting sharpness and horror. The film had to be filmed clandestinely. The renowned Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof had already been apprehended on several occasions by the dictatorial Islamic regime. He, his great cast, and the crew almost lost their lives to portray this heartbreaking account. […]
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Dealing with a deadly ailment and being in the twilight of his criminal career, a father seeks redemption by looking for a daughter he abandoned and, at the same time, finds love. Absolution has an unnamed Liam Neeson in a tight spot performing a character study instead of cutting the scene with his trigger finger
Boneyard includes there the murder angle, the creepiest aspect apart from the title, is that the killer in question is likely alive and well walking this Earth even as you read this. For those of you unfamiliar with the West Mesa murders, do catch up whether you watch this cliched cop drama or not. The
After the hilariously botched robbery of Boston’s selfish mayor on an election night, the two bumblers who work in unqualified jobs “the bums from Quincy” get into serious trouble. The film does not stop at staggering twists with the story and other exciting details as seen in Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s other movies. In
It was heartening to witness Alec Baldwin as an enraged Boston cop for the first time. Of course, this was not the last time viewers saw the actor in an angry or violent role, as almost two decades into the future, we see Baldwin again playing a hot headed character, only this time behind the
Catching Dust is a gripping and riveting thriller which ensures that no viewer breathes without anticipation. An abused woman suffocated by an overbearing spouse in the deserts of nowhere resorts to strange people to help her escape from the oppression. Issues of domestic violence, arguments between spouses, and ulterior motives are presented in the film
It is not a spoiler to say that George Clooney’s and Brad Pitt’s characters live to see another day at the ending of Jon Watts’ film, Wolfs. This seems deliberately misleading because even a sequel is being written about which has already been announced, however, that is just a clever ruse by Apple TV+ for
Joseph Gordon-Levitt makes all the right moves in a stunning performance of a classic detective trying to solve a murder mystery in Greece. The Killer Heat is a motion picture which is based on a short novel by very famous Norway writer Jo Nesbø. You get all the qualities of an old detective novel. It
A straight at the corruption Boston policeman loses most of his hearing on the frontline yet remains very active in his professional skills and manages to deal with violent criminals as in Die Hard. The Silent Hour is a finely elongated thriller directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist, Session 9) and bespeaks of the suspense
It’s a fact – Joker: Folie à Deux has a plethora of musical interludes that most people thought were peripheral to the story. This is the bold and controversial continuation of the origin story of a nemesis of Batman, for which a plethora of Oscar nominations was received in the year 2020 and even won
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