Silver Screen Sleuth

Knives out is a Hollywood movie produced by Ram Bergman and written and directed by Rian Johnson. It has a stellar cast of Daniel Craig, Ana De Armas, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Katherine Langford and many more. The movie was inspired from Agatha Christie’s works and was developed around mid-2000s. It has been 5 years since its release and the third instalment for the film was announced recently. So let us take a look back at this visually appealing and brain-racking movie. The movie is set in Massachusetts, USA and revolves around a wealthy murder mystery writer Harlan Thrombey and his mysterious death and Benoit Blanc who comes to investigate his death. Now that a premise is set, lets dissect the aspects of the movie and analyse it. Plot and Storyline:   The movie follows the classic plotline of whodunit which is intertwined with mystery and social commentary and to lighten the mood, well placed comedy. The movie has plot twists till the very end of the movie but it’s not tha...

The movie is the directorial debut of Prashant Neel and is the movie that changed the trajectory of the Kannada film industry. The movie is an action packed thriller that dives deep into the underworld in rural Karnataka. The movie was released in 2014, along with changing how India saw the Kannada film industry. The movie also bought back Sri Murali as a household name.  The movie had an intense and raw storytelling and performances. The movie was later remade with a few script enhancements and more budgets into Saalar - The ceasefire. The storyline of both the movies are almost the same but a few characters were removed, some were added and the amount of SFX and VFX had increased substantially. Talking about Ugramm, there are few positives and negatives to the movie. Discussing the positives, they are -  1. The movie has an amazing narrative structure and it absolutely grips its viewers with its intensity. The character Agastya, played by Sri Murali, is a guy who is hiding f...

Here is a list of some of the most underrated movies of all time.  1. Come and See, this is a 1985 Russian, German, Belarusian, English and Serbian movie that depicts the wars brutality and its often misunderstood for its unflinching portrayal of the horrors and conflict and its impact on innocence. 2. Once Upon a time in America, is a 1984 Hollywood movie that tells the tale of a crime with the themes of friendship, loyalty and betrayal. The movie is often overlooked due to its complex narrative and nuanced character structure. 3. Whatever happened to Baby Jane is a 1962 psychological thriller which was well ahead of its time. This film delves into the depth of sibling rivalry and mental deterioration. The movie is often misunderstood for the dark humour that was portrayed in the movie along with a distressing view on fame and aging. 4. The man who would be king is a 1975 that tells the tale of adventure, ambition and pride. Adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s book of same name, ...

The Archies is a 2023 Bollywood movie written and directed by Zoya Akhtar, it is co written by Reema Kagti. The movie has casted star kids like Suhana Khan as Veronica Lodge, Agastya Nanda as Archie Andrews, Kushi Kapoor as Betty Cooper, Vedang Raina as Reggie Mantle and Mihir Ahuja as Jughead Jones in the lead. This would approximately be the 4th or the 5th movie i had watched this week and this movie destroyed one of my most favourite comics of all time. However, we cannot undermine the effort put into this movie.  It is made like the typical Hollywood Musical with a little bit of Bollywood touch to the backstory and to the flow of the story. The music has been sung by the cast itself and the backdrop and sets were really aesthetically pleasing and it felt the comics came to life with that but it was just the sets. I cannot quite put my finger into it but there was something off with movie. Maybe it could be the actors who portrayed the characters, the cliche dumb friend who has ...

So I just finished watching Jawan: Extended Cut on Netflix. And there is a lot to cover honestly. This article contains spoilers, so beware. So I disseminated the whole movie into 3 parts and I'll discuss them separately. Plot and storyline  Characters  Music So coming towards the plot and storyline of the movie, the story was typical Atlee plot and there were a lot of similarities between his previous stories and this one. Atlee has something for double roles and it could be seen in his earlier hits - Bigil and Mersal. The story was actually good, looking through the glass of social responsibility a citizen should have. The movie talked about 3 issues India faced in the years free from colonization that did not gain the importance it should have like - farmer suicides, Corporate investment in elections, Bofors Scandal and Gorakhpur Tragedy. Bofors Scandal was not properly addressed but the essence of it and the main outline of it had been mentioned in the form of Vijay Sethup...