Books and Movies

 Hey guys! It's been a while since I've had one of these. So I went back to the theatre for the first time in about six months, and the film I chose was James Gunn's Suicide Squad. On social media, many people were lauding it for being one of the best comic book films ever made, and many were even calling it the best film in the DCEU. Well, I'm here to give my two pennies' worth on the film! PLOT: Amanda Waller puts together a "Suicide Squad", consisting of convicts, each with their very own special set of skills, to pull off an impossibly dangerous mission that affects the power of dynamics of the whole world. CAST: Bloodsport: Idris Elba Peacemaker: John Cena Ratcatcher 2: Daniela Melchior Harley Quinn: Margot Robbie Amanda Waller: Viola Davis REVIEW:  James Gunn has the sense of humour of a fourteen-year old edgelord. He does not do dark comedy like Edgar Wright or The Coens, he prefers the 'oh look there's blood and guts everywhere', brand

 Hey Guys! Today, I want to do something different. I'm not going to be talking about one single movie, or a series, or even a filmmaker. Today, I want to talk about the nature of cinema itself and the state it is in today. Keep in mind, I must tell you that I am just an 18-year-old who finds himself deeply in love with the art form. I do not claim to be a knowledgeable person who knows all about movies. Far from it, in fact, I know nothing about movies. All I know is that I love them, and with every film I watch, my love for the art of cinema deepens. So with that, let's begin. So recently, I have been reading quite a lot of what a certain filmmaker has been putting out, by the name of Martin Scorcese. You may know my friend Martin as the director of some truly brilliant films like Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990),  and many more. A few months ago, he voiced his concerns over the nature of the cinema industry today in a brilliant essay titled Il Maestr

 Hey Guys! In March 1993, a group of directors who were disgruntled by the distance cinema had from reality banded together to make films that went back to the roots of pure, simple, and plain visual storytelling. This was the Danish Dogme 95 movement. It was headed by a bunch of renowned filmmakers, most notorious of them being Lars von Trier ( Melancholia, The House That Jack Built ). This had elements of Truffaut's " Une Certaine Tendance du Cinema Francais " (A Certain Tendency in French Cinema), the article published in " Cahiers du Cinema " in 1964 that arguably kickstarted the French New Wave. With similar intentions, Trier set out to write a manifesto to make cinema a form of storytelling undilated by outside elements, to make it seem more authentic and true to life. He was joined by Thomas Vintenberg (whose newest film is the subject of discussion today). Together, they wrote the "Vows of Chastity", a set of rules that were designed to bring a

 Hey guys! So... I haven't done one of these in a while huh. Well, I just saw Wonder Woman 84 and it's the only superhero blockbuster comic book movie I have seen all year... quite literally. So given that, it's probably the best movie in that genre I saw all year. So, this is my spoiler-free review of Wonder Woman 84.  PLOT: After a mysterious stone that grants wishes appears at the Smithsonian Museum, gemologist and superhero Diana Prince must stop it from falling into the wrong hands, all the while battling demons both new and of her past. CAST: Diana Prince/Wonder Woman - Gal Gadot Steve Trevor - Chris Pine Barbara/Cheetah - Kristen Wiig Maxwell Lord - Pedro Pascal REVIEW WW84 is a pretty fun film. It's 2 and a half hours long, and almost the entire runtime is filled with fun jokes and pretty decent action scenes. It works like a standard comic book film affair. You have your pinnacle-of-good superhero, absurd action that's PG-13; it's the kind o

 Hey guys! So Tenet finally released in India this weekend, and I had a chance to catch it at the theatre. Not in Imax though (that luxury hasn't been made available here yet, unfortunately). Now, before watching Tenet, I went on a Christopher Nolan binge for a week. That is, I watched some of his most popular movies in order to ready myself for Tenet. I had heard it was Nolan's most ambitious picture yet, so I wanted to be ready for it. The films I watched were (in order): Inception, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Dunkirk, Interstellar, and The Prestige. Out of these, Inception and The Dark Knight were on Blu-Ray, Interstellar was in a theatre during a re-run, and all the others were through streaming. So how was Tenet? Did it live up to expectations? Should I make my way to the theatre to watch this picture?  Consider this a conventional review for Christopher Nolan's Tenet.  The plot of the film is as follows: John David Washington's The Prota

Hey guys! So, I've been a fan of spy media for almost my entire life. The penultimate fantasy being, of course, James Bond. Apart from that too, I would love the Mission Impossible franchise, Jason Bourne movies, and in general any other spy movie. It is an interest I still harbour, having graduated to more mature spy content as well, Bridge of Spies, Body of Lies, Zero Dark Thirty, and the like. However, as a child, obviously, there was a lot of content not aimed at children.  So when I wanted to read about my fantasy of being a spy and going on international adventures, I would find my solace in two book series: CHERUB. and the focus of today's blog post, Alex Rider. Alex Rider is written by author Anthony Horowitz. It is a worldwide bestselling novel series with 12 books and counting. The first book, Stormbreaker, was published in 2000, a bare two months after Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was. This was perhaps one of the only novel series that wasn't c