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Movie Review: The Body (El Cuerpo) (2012)
From Spanish director Oriol Paulo comes a taut thriller, The Body (El Cuerpo), one of the most original thrillers in recent times. This is a riveting movie that keeps its audience engaged from the first scene to its explosive climax. The movie’s inimitable success prompted unofficial remakes in Kannada and Tamil (Game / Oru Mellia Read more
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Movie Review: Aa Karala Ratri (2018)
Aa Karala Ratri(That intense dark night), considered one of the best Kannada movies of 2018 is a superb slow-burn small budget thriller. It explores the destruction caused when individuals give way to base emotions of extreme greed and selfishness. Kannada is a language spoken in Karnataka, a state in Southern India. The plot is set Read more
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Movie Review: Andha Naal(1954)
Andha Naal(That Day) is a hidden gem of Tamil, and Indian Cinema. Running only 114 minutes, the film is different from other movies of its time, featuring no songs, dance, stunts or fight sequences, focusing only on its riveting plot. The backdrop for the movie is a little known event in History, the bombing of Read more
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Movie Review: Only the Animals
Available on Prime Only the Animals is a hidden gem on prime. It is a non-linear, hyperlink film that has characteristics of several genres, drama, mystery and thriller. What begins as a mystery about a missing woman in a snow storm is revealed to the viewer as a mesmerizing commentary of the loneliness of the Read more
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Movie Review: Bandit Queen(1994)
I finally got to see the flickmore than a decade after its release. It was easily one of the most intense movie experiences I’ve had. Breathtaking in magnitude, unapologetic in narration or dialog, the movie is a masterpiece from Shekar Kapoor , famed director of Elizabeth. It is unfortunate that Seema Biswas, who plays the Read more
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