Dhoom 3 is an Indian adventure flick which crowns a pretty successful series starring supercop Jai Dixit with his colleague Ali. With this post I officially inaugurate the new subcategory I named "Indian". This doesn't seem that the films reviewed here were all made in Bollywood because I sincerely don't think that Pan Nalin or Mira Nair made movies according to these rules. Dhoom 3 is a standard Bollywood production, as the whole series is, but this one is the best in everything. This movie's … [Read more...]
The Story of Papillon 2018, Another Thwarted Movie
Before watching the 2018 version of Papillon, where a Scorpio is played yet by another Aries, I was very excited. I imagined a modern vision of this rich and adventurous book, with an advanced filming technique. I thought it will be something memorable, especially since Charlie Hunnam and the acclaimed Freddie Mercury's recently impersonator, Rami Malek, have both a lot of entertaining potentials. Unfortunately, my disappointment was directly measured upon my expectations. I have been … [Read more...]
The Revenant, My Favorite Best Picture in 2016
The Revenant is a 2015 superb adventure drama directed by previous year's Best Director, Alejandro González Iñárritu. It is by far the most artistically beautiful movie in all the eight Oscar 2016 nominees. I regret now that I haven't begun the Oscars reviews marathon with this one, because it revealed itself to be my favorite in all eight. This is partially based on the novel with the same name written by Michael Punke in 2002. [source] The Revenant's History It is funny that in … [Read more...]