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Dunkirk: Christopher Nolan’s Finest Hour
Dunkirk is the last stand of the traditional blockbuster, trying to save a ship being torpedoed by sequels and superheroes. It’s less film, more event.
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There’s an Indian Flavour to Get Out’s Everyday Racism
The casual racism and stereotyping in the Oscar-winning Get Out is part of everyday India. We assume Christians are alcoholics, Gujjus are food Nazis, Bengalis are over-sensitive, and Marwaris are kanjoos.
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Sympathy for the Devil: Creed II’s Most Compelling Character is the Villain
The latest film in the Rocky franchise brings back Ivan Drago, its most imposing, intimidating villain, only to show a softer, more human side to his character. Had this movie been titled Drago instead of Creed, he would have made a natural protagonist.
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Coronavirus Lockdown: Why Contagion is the Most Watched Film Today
In Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, a virus that originated in Hong Kong, after a bat defecated in a pig pen, is the cause of a pandemic that brings the world to a standstill. The 2011 medical thriller, stacked with eerie parallels to Covid-19, has turned into a prophetic disaster movie of our times – one that foreshadowed the depravity of mankind and the apathy of governments, in alarming detail.
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John Abraham’s Batla House is “Inspired by True Events”. Will it Acknowledge the Tough Questions Around the 2008 Encounter?
Batla House, the John Abraham-starring film, will no doubt open to praise and paisa, unfettered by the fact that, 11 years later, the actual encounter that saw two alleged terrorists and police officer MC Sharma killed, is still one of the murkiest cases in the annals of Delhi Police’s speckled history.
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Thor: Love and Thunder is A Big Smash With A Touch of Sensitivity
Taika Waititi’s Thor Love and Thunder delivers like his previous film. With lots of humour, tenderness and a deeply affecting love story at its heart.
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The Generic Superhero Movie Preview: Avengers Edition
This new cool superhero movie will blow your mind because it features all the famous actors in spandex unitards that you enjoyed watching in other superhero movies.
