Shakespeare revolutionised theatre and brought shades of grey to its traditional forms. He portrayed human nature as a spectrum of thoughts, beliefs, and ideas. Modern theatre works along these lines, where the theatre is not simply a reflection, but a source of reform and awareness. The confusion in the hearts … Continue Reading
Ghostbusters: A Review
Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room. This movie doesn’t just pass the Bechdel test, it soars through it like an Andhra boy from Chaitanya, Narayana and Kota attacking the JEE. It is the collective orgasm of every pop culture-related feminist fantasy. It is the cumulative, screaming release … Continue Reading
BFG – Movie Review & Analysis
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“I is reading it hundreds of times, and I is still reading it and teaching new words to myself and how to write them. It is the most scrumdiddlyumptious story.’
Sophie took the book out of his hand. ‘Nicholas Nickleby,’ she read aloud.
‘By Dahl’s Chickens’
– The BFG
Suicide Squad: Spoiler-free Review
It’s no secret that critics have been slamming the latest DCEU effort for a good whole week now. And while I personally don’t feel Suicide Squad is the shoddy, tonal disaster that most of these critics are making it to be, it’s really hard to recall one single area where … Continue Reading
Star Trek Beyond: Spoiler-free Review
For aficionados of space sci-fi franchises such as myself, this is it! 726 Episodes. 13 Feature films. 50 years of being a pop culture phenomenon – that’s Star Trek for you. Part of the charm of watching these new reboots comes from experiencing the five decades-old series return to life … Continue Reading
The Legend Of Tarzan: MTTN Review
“Tarzan, you look funny!“ – Chief Kubo to a suited up Tarzan.
As children, we grew up with stories that taught us bravery, courage, kindness, and morality. They enchanted us with tales of different lands and their peoples, of peace and war, of nature and its progeny. ‘Tarzan of … Continue Reading
Udta Punjab: Spoiler-free Review
“Drugs di maa di!”
You already know what’s in store when a film arrives with a tagline such as that one. But what you probably didn’t know is that Abhishek Chaubey’s vivaciously spirited visualization of the fast-moving drug scene in Punjab is nothing short of an appalling masterpiece – one … Continue Reading
Shakespeare Retold: A Review
Manipal’s Kalamanch presented a pair of one-act plays in, ‘Shakespeare Retold’, held in the Library Auditorium. The first play was a direct adaptation of The Tempest and the second- Gulaab- was an indianised version of Macbeth. Shakespeare’s stories are undoubtedly beautifully stitched together with a deep understanding of our race, … Continue Reading
Take 2- Aaina’s Main Production
Carefully hidden within our minds is a box: a box of uncharted thoughts, broken dreams and crushed hopes that we seldom touch. However, it doesn’t take much to crack open this box, revealing those prolific moments which lead us to disillusionment. It is quintessentially this box which makes us human. … Continue Reading