Official Trailer: Lost Girls follows Mari Gilbert (excellent performance by Amy Ryan), a mother of 3 daughters, who works multiple jobs to take care of two younger daughters who live with her. Her elder daughter, Shannan, goes missing one night. Mari realizes something bad may have happened to Shannan when calls to her go to voicemail. There was a 911 call from Shannan on that night from a gated community
Link to Part 2: COVID-19, WFH, and Virus Attack Movies COVID-19, doesn’t seem to be slowing down yet. India has extended the lockdown for 2 more weeks till May 3, 2020. If you are WFH, make sure you stick to fixed time. With commute time saved, great opportunity to spend time with the family, and do things you have been postponing to later time (assuming they don’t need you to
Official Trailer: Sethum Aayiram Pon I hit upon this movie in Netflix two days back, I was little bit wary of watching this considering the title, a reference to death, and COVID-19 crisis we are going through. Synopsys sounded interesting so dived in. I expected a tear jerker. But I was in for a pleasant surprise. Director Anand Ravichandran ventures in to a subject Kollywood avoids. Most of the characters’
Novel Corona Virus, COVID-19, doesn’t seem to be slowing down yet. With its special characteristics, it seems to be mutating fast. While this is highly concerning, what is more concerning is how it has captured the imagination of the population. Virus spreads faster through WhatsApp, as the joke goes. Thanks to WHO, international travel has been curtailed in most of the companies which has resulted in many big guys twiddling
Two movies. Two different directors. Directed by women directors, Madhumita (K.D. engira Karuppu Durai) and Halitha Shameem (Sillu Karupatti). Released in a space of a month. Both the directors clear on what they wanted to say, and had given us two beautiful movies on human connection and love. Directed with grace and elegance, strong writing, and a fantastic performance from the cast. Official Trailer: Sillu Karupatti Sillu Karupatti is an
Official Trailer: Bong Joon Ho tackled Climate change and social hierarchy in Snowpiercer, an engaging movie where train compartments are used effectively to show the social divide while it speeds around the world impacted by global warming. By the time Bong Joon Ho made Snowpiercer, he was already famous, made his stamp with Memories of Murder, and The Host. With his latest work, Parasite, he has pushed himself a notch
Living in cynical times with the nation taken over by CAA-NRC rhetoric, lethal mix of politics with religion Othering and dividing the population, what could be more satisfying than watching movies that gives you hope and make you feel positive. As Amelia Wren and James Glaisher soar up in the skies to fly higher than anyone else in history and advance scientific discovery overcoming challenges, it did provide a ray of
Jack Ryan and Family Man, both series from Amazon Prime, are fast paced spy thrillers, edge of the seat dramas. In both protagonists are catapulted into deadly cat and mouse game with terrorists, interesting twists and turns that work most of the time. Focus is not just on action. Both the series takes the time to show various sides of the conflict. Villains are not shown as one-dimensional, invests the
Official Trailer: I was impressed by the uniqueness of the sound design that accompanied the visuals when I watched the trailer. I loved Lijo Jose Pelllissery’s earlier movies Angamaly Diaries and Ee.Ma.Yau. So, naturally I was looking forward to Jallikattu. This director has a special talent with directing crowds. If you have watched Angamaly Diaries and Ee.Ma.Yau, you know what I am talking about. Even with so many characters, and
Official Trailer: What if your behavior doesn’t conform to society’s norms? How you will be perceived if you insist on a specific brand and color of bedsheet the next day after a traumatic event, say rape? What if no one believes your story because your behavior doesn’t conform? That is the situation Marie Adler, the teenager, faces in the latest Netflix’s mini-series Unbelievable. When Marie reports about her rape to