The Hustle promises to reimagine the nature of high-stakes swindling. They achieve this by having a feminist retelling of 1964’s Bedtime Story. The film has women (the well-cast Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson) be the fraudsters, exploiting, as Hathaway’s character puts it, men’s inability to imagine that a woman is cleverer than they are. 1. […]
First things first. This is a charity film and 100 percent of its proceeds go to Paul Newman’s foundation for children suffering from life-threatening diseases. I had to keep reminding myself about this fact every time I thought the film could not get any more regressive and then it did. The Healer is the story […]
The Help is a southern melodrama that pushes for racial equality. As the tale of oppressed African-Americans, they are given their voice by a lone white do-gooder. Its moral universe is rendered in bright cartoonish strokes. The film’s journalist heroine is conveniently allowed to float free from the mores of culture (specifically 1960s Mississippi) she […]
America – you need a mirror right about now and where better to start if not art. One of the ugliest faces of US history – racial discrimination, is at large and the country is observing massive protests for justice. Here is a small but powerful list of artworks you can rely on for a […]
Netflix and its streaming content remains one of the few things resembling normalcy in the average American’s life. Times are tough. The reality is becoming unbearable, given the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd’s protests. This is why getting lost in the virtual world seems to be the best escape, and Netflix knows that too well. […]
Even as violence befalls the civilian protests breaking out from coast to coast, people are taking to newer ways to express their solidarity with the BLM movement. Walls all over the country are being covered in graffiti of BLM or Floyd’s last words, “I can’t breathe.” Meanwhile, the American entertainment and music industries also observed […]
American Son possesses considerable power in its premise. However, it wrestles with the aspects of transferring a stage play to the screen. Ultimately, the subject matter wins out. This yields in a brisk 90-minute Netflix presentation. However flawed, it highlights the struggles of melanized skin to fit into white molds today. 1. Quick review Netflix’s American Son is a […]
Not all of us are fans of anime and sitting for 5-6 episodes to know a story. As a solution, we have the movies which narrate the same story in a shorter duration. Most often, people get hooked by the story and end up watching the anime as well. In fact, you could also say […]
The Lovebirds is a new Netflix movie starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae. It follows a couple with a terribly relatable problem in one of the funniest romantic comedies of the year so far. However, it has been dubbed to be quite light on the “romantic” part of the equation. Another strong selling point: a […]
Wondering what to watch on Disney+ in June? Here is list of everything new on the platform from shows and films to documentaries. From behind-the-scenes of the making of Frozen 2 to a historical movie, addition of some animated classics and a score of documentaries including the latest Chasing The Equinox, there is a lot […]
Movies based on games are a hit for many reasons, they are action-packed, full of humor, and people love watching the characters of their favorite game come to life. Now, if we talk about the recent Sonic the Hedgehog movie, everyone who has played the game knew that it was going to be full of […]
In yet another case of a missing movie on Disney, here is the story of a beloved Russian princess Anastasia which remains missing from Disney+ even though its parent company Fox has long been acquired by the platform. Watch one of the first trailers of this Fox animation released in 1997: Once Upon A December, […]
