Sanveer Dhanju

Kabir Singh is a movie that should not have been made, but inevitably was.... and its success is quite unsettling. Put simply, despite being the school's top student and a well accomplished surgeon, Kabir is a tyrant. When Preeti catches his eye on campus, he impulsively and unilaterally decides that she will become 'his girl'. He begins dictating where she sits in class, who she can be friends with, what she should study, who can talk to her, and where she sleeps - and that's only the beginning of this film! The worst part is that the movie tries to play off his misogyny and violence as romance and ultimately rewards him in the end for it. The cinematography and music isn't bad, but that doesn't absolve this movie of its sins (and the damage it has done to the minds of young viewers). Indian cinema, be better...

Halo, The Series we got, not the one we deserve. After over a decade of anticipation of a live action adaptation, Halo The Series falls far off the mark of what could have been a spectacle among today’s landscape of Hollywood budget TV productions. While this series does a mediocre job of building multiple narratives that tie back to the story, it fails to showcase the nuances and minutiae of what make Halo something special. The Spartans feel like one dimensional body builders rather than the pinnacle of human achievement they should be. The Mjolnir armour feels like plastic pvc cosplay rather than the $3 Billion half ton exoskeleton it is (The thing is named after Thor’s hammer, it should feel like it!) And the set… let’s just say it’s lacking the FX and psaz that a Halo series should have. I won’t even get started on how silly the elites look at times, and how little of a threat they feel like. Overall there is much to be desired from this series, but for the uninitiated the series is a good introduction into the franchise. (Checkout Halo Forward Unto Dawn for a much better take on what this should feel like!)

For anyone who thinks they are not claustrophobic, this movie will really put you to the test! The Descent doesn't waste much time with your typical horror movie exposé and gets right down into the exciting parts. It manages to distract you with character exposition while it sneakily sets the stage for non stop action and horror (the realism makes it that much more scary!). I have yet to find another movie that kept me to the edge of my seat as much as this one. (Next time I watch it, I'll have a fitbit on to measure my average heart rate XD)