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Nice movie. Good to watch The 2021 film Akhanda was a major commercial success and a blockbuster. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna and directed by Boyapati Sreenu, it grossed over ₹150 crore worldwide against a modest budget, marking it as one of the biggest Telugu hits of the…

WOW! I kept waiting for the director to get something set up and then GO in that direction...But, I waited, and waited.. And nothing. A big nothing burger of a movie, this is a LOVELY IDEA, but the execution lacks a construct to keep ones interest. The acting is top notch to be sure, but, it seems wasted on a nowhere script and a confused director. Not being able to choose between going the way of "haunted audio files" of the inner dynamics of family tumoil when tragedy strikes, it could have been something if a story was anywhere to be found.…

Try as I might, I still don't understand why Joan Collins ever made it in Hollywood. She has all the natural acting talent of a lettuce, and here she struggles to even manage that. Luckily, however, there are better actors on hand for this quirky heist drama and they manage to deliver something just a bit different. Former professor 'Wilkins' (Edward G. Robinson) has invited the recently released 'Paul' (Rod Steiger) to Monte Carlo. Their meeting au bord de la mer quickly establishes that they have some sort of past and that neither have a franc to their name. 'Wilkins' has a daring plan to re…

Despite the presence of an half decent supporting cast, Dana Andrews doesn't really do much with this disappointingly formulaic western. He is the eponymous federal marshal who has apprehended 'Conners' (Tom Drake) after coming under fire en route to visit 'Nona' (Jane Russell). With his charge safely locked up and protesting his innocence, 'Reno' realises that the townsfolk are scenting blood, and that they don't really care for judicial process - they just want to hang the man. Increasingly egged on by 'Yates' (Lyle Bettger), the townspeople are becoming both restless and hostile - but is ev…

**The Room Next Door (2024)** _Directed by Pedro Almodóvar_ This may be the first Pedro Almodóvar film that really disappointed me. Not because it's badly made, Almodóvar doesn't know how to make an ugly film, and The Room Next Door has his usual rich visuals, the gorgeous color palette, the meticulous design. But on the whole, it lacked the probing emotional intensity we associate with him. For a director who built his reputation on raw feeling, on characters whose emotions spill out messy and uncontained, this felt restrained to the point of distance. The film follows In…

Everyone likes a good rollicking pirate action drama, right? Well, yes, if in fact it's a pirate action drama. "Sandokan" has all the trappings, great sets, exotic locations and even mildly interesting characterisations. Regrettably, it's primarily a platform for yet more historical revisionism, as Sandokan, the "Social Justice Pirate", fights the evils of slavery, racism and colonialism. If that all sounds a tad boring, that's because, in this reviewer's estimation, it is. Rather than building an exciting, action-packed, swashbuckling tale, we get a simperingly neurotic social justice them…

**_“It’s a madhouse, a madhouse!”_** This isn’t linked to the “House” franchise that featured four movies between 1985-1992 (with a relaunch flick announced). The setup is standard for horror, going back to “Dracula” and “Psycho”: A person or people arrive at a mysterious remote manor and soon find themselves in a life-or-death situation. The main variable is the nature of the antagonist (which I won’t reveal in this case). I suppose it could be filed under cabin-in-the-woods with the understanding that the ‘cabin’ is an eerie mansion. Although it only cost $2.5 million, the manor and …

It's always a shame when you can see the potential in something but it never quite gets there. The biggest single problem with "The Yeti" is it takes itself far too seriously, for what is, at the end of the day, a monster flick. If they had made the scares and deaths more in keeping with a black humour vibe rather than tragic, this would have been far more enjoyable. What's also missing is the sense of creeping dread, of pursuit, of trying to escape from something monumental and foreboding. Limited upsides include the makings of a decent script, creative characterisations, reasonable a…

Now I appreciate that this was one of the shorter stories submitted by 'Dr. Watson' to the 'Strand' magazine, but even so - trying to condense it into twenty minutes was still going to be quite an ask. It all starts when the gentlemen receive a visitor at their Baker Street lodgings. Judging by his entrance, he could have come straight from a performance of 'Phantom of the Opera' but after a few seconds of deduction, 'Holmes' (Eille Norwood) informs his colleague (Hubert Willis) that this is none other than King Wilhelm. To what did they owe the honour? Well HM is about to get married, but he …

I thought that this was a great film! So many of the shots were amazing, but personally it felt like it took too long to really get going. The first hour had me a little uninterested and after that it quickly gained my attention!…