Jayant Jayakrishnan

This is a surprisingly good movie if you fast forward the opening sequence of about 3-5 minutes of grossly obese naked women dancing. Once past that it’s two stories intertwined - an artist (responsible for the ‘installation’ that opens the film) hears from her ex-husband who sends her the manuscript of his novel. And that’s the second story. A thriller set on a deserted stretch of highway in Texas. Well worth watching even if very dark at times. Great performances from Shannon, Gylenhaal and Adams.

Two stars for setting. Perhaps you need to be a fan of horror films and have seen much more garbage to rate this one highly. A puritanical family cast out by their equally puritanical contemporaries in New England pitch camp by a forest. Magically with just one man, his wife and five children among them including two young teens, they have a cabin, chicken coop, house for their goats, shed, corn fields, etc in the next scene - in that time none of the children have grown any older so that father is one hell of a builder and farmer, except his crop is worthless. Living next to the wood he cannot hunt either so they are set to starve. The language used is irritatingly true to the time period which is quite unnecessary. The music attempts to frighten you - in fact it may be the most frightening thing about the film. And in the end all the usual tropes about witchcraft are played out - black goat, dancing around the fire. Wasted 90minutes - sometimes you really need to switch off and walk away but the devil made us curious to see where it was going. 😑

Good effects and tension right through with a nice human story make this a very enjoyable disaster movie. Also has a very strong female protagonist steering it.

With this cast it would seem that this film had a lot of potential and sure enough, it starts out well. But then it goes on and on without an explanation for any of the strange things happening - sort of like a M. night Shyamalan film where weird inexplicable things happen and you keep hoping there will be some reason revealed. Also a bit like that tv show Lost. Anything more revealed would be a spoiler.

Deeply stirring true story about the refugee crisis and the hardships refugees face as experienced by two sisters from Syria. The sea crossing is terrifying and many thousands have died in those waters while those who do survive the crossing are more often than not treated poorly when they make landfall and try to find their place in countries that are blind to their suffering.

Loved this and looking forward to the next season. A very funny and sometimes sad portrayal of a Palestinian guy who grew up in the US trying to get by and work his way into a system that has effectively locked him out. Caught up in a world that has family with traditional values, a Hispanic girlfriend and run ins with gangsters, Mo somehow manages to get through but only just. Eagerly await season two.

Good film carried almost exclusively by Gyllenhaal who plays a deeply disturbed and obnoxious to work with 911 operator trying to help that one caller he connected with.

First of all this could have been a shorter film. Even at 90minutes it was a bit too long. And finally, at the end of that 90min you had no conclusion. Hilary Swank is a good actress but this truly was a disappointing waste of time.

Barring a few moments of light humor - most of which involved Bradley Cooper who is about the film’s only saving grace - found this to be an immensely missable movie. Truly felt like a waste of time.

It’s hard to explain how bad this is. We watched it and persisted despite realizing that it had no redemption possible, only because of Tennant and Tucci. With the central tenet that anyone can commit murder given certain circumstances it then plunges down a long flight of stairs into a gloomy basement. Tennant is a vicar who rather than articulating what he should when he should goes down that dark hole steadily. Tucci is unbelievable as this savant who can solve cases given a handful of information despite being on death row in a maximum security prison. His fellow prisoner who jokes about only killing 14 women and he can’t add a 15th to his scorecard as it wasn’t his kill is the comedic factor in the movie - yes, because let’s normalize violent crimes now. And the vicar’s wife is one of the most irritating creatures in the whole show. All of this brought together by an investigative reporter who opens the series in a scene where she’s being sexually harassed in a crowded train but quivers until rescued by some of the other passengers on the train. A load of utter rubbish from start to end while the central premise could have been taken forward in a far more intelligent manner.