Reviews

End of Watch is a 2009 film where we as an audience follow the life of two LAPD officers Brian and Mike.

I don't even know where to begin. This is a criminally underrated film. I don't understand why it isn't talked about much. The entire movie is shot in documentary style with a ton of handheld shots and occasional overhead view of the scene. Extreme closeups, dynamic camerawork, incredible acting and action sequences really makes it feel like a real life documentary.

The cinematography is mind blowing and perfectly fits the script which is also quite incredible and detailed.

I only wanted to watch it for Jake Gyllenhaal who is one of my favourite actors. But the film had so much to surprise me. The chemistry between Brian (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike (Micheal Pena) is so good.

It's very well thought out and insanely executed in every aspect. I don't know how accurate the depiction of police officers here is but it feels so real and visceral throughout. All the dialogues, action and humour is on point.

You can feel the threat and danger always lurking around the main characters as they find themselves in the middle of a series of crimes and something much bigger catches up with them in the find act.

I absolutely loved it and highly recommend it.

This is the first film of Jim Sheridan that I have seen and it was exellent. From the crazy opening sequence I knew I was in for a treat. This film gets straight to the point to tell the story in most honest way possible. It starts with a bang and maintains a good momentum throughout its runtime. Daniel Day Lewis gives one of his best performances in the role of Gerry Conlon. Characters in the film feel very real and the performance from the entire cast was amazing. The cinematography is really good too. Some of the shots in the film, especially the prison sequences, are beautiful. The editing fits the film perfectly. I also liked the soundtrack. This film is an example of how to tell a story in a manner that makes the audience feel the reality and brutality of the situations that the characters are going through.

Dirty Harry is a very "Clint Eastwood film" to say the least. It gives the audience exactly what it promises (a mystery, thriller with some action). The story is set in San Fransisco in the 70s and really treats the place as a character. I was really amazed by its excellent cinematography with lots of overhead and aerial shots that adds a feeling of tension and danger. The early scenes (especially the bank robbery scene) do a pretty good job at establishing the tone of the film as well as it's protagonist, Inspector Callahan (Clint Eastwood). The character of Scorpio is somewhat inspired by the infamous Zodiac killer of San Fransisco. Overall I really enjoyed this film and would highly recommend it to a Clint Eastwood fan such as myself.

This film is filled with overhead narration to summarize key plot points and treat the audience like kids. I always like films that follow the principle of SHOW DON"T TELL. Many of the characters are just plain and the comedy doesn't land sometimes.

Jim Carrey gives a fine performance, but it's not his best. Renee Zellweger as Irene was also fine, sometimes her character was irritating to watch. By the end of the film, I realized that majority of the characters weren't funny at all. Jim Carry's character has split personality disorder which drives the whole story.

It was fun to see him switch between Charlie and Hank early on but it quickly became repetitive. Of all Jim Carrey's movies, this one would be at the bottom of the list for me.

I watched The Batman in 4DX. This was my first time watching a Batman film in the theatre and the first time experiencing 4DX. It was THE most incredible Batman film I've watched.

Matt Reeves and his team did a wonderful job in every aspect of the film.

His approach to Batman is very fresh and unique. He also wrote the screenplay for the movie with Peter Craig(I didn't know that).

The Bruce Wayne in this film deals with his past trauma in different way than the other iterations. He is filled with pure vengeance.

The casting is just perfect. Robert Pattinson kills it as Batman. Zoe Kravitz delivers a stunning perfomance as Catwoman(the best catwoman in my opinion). Colin Ferrel is unrecognizable as The Penguin. He made the car chase sequence so much better with his perfomance. And Paul Dano just scrared the crap out of me. Jeffrey Wright's Gordan is much more involved in the story.

The 2 things that I genuinly love about the film other than the casting choices is its beautiful cinematography and mind blowing sound design.

Greig Fraser just nailed each and every shot. I felt so much immersed in the film, paticulalrly the action sequences. It was refreshing to see a superhero film that didn't look so bad.

Michael Giacchino's score for the batman is suprisingly very hopeful.

I just wished his music was used a liitle more carefully as it felt repetitive for some reason.

There have been many batman films, maybe because it is one the best comic book charater ever written, but anyone who loves Batman or just loves good films should watch this film.

I was really excited to see Venom in live-action after watching the trailer. The movie has a style that was fresh and new and so my first viewing was great. Tom Hardy is amazing at playing Eddie Brock and Venom.

How he voiced the character was just great.

The movie has a lot of good action sequences and some not so good action sequences. Riot was a very poor villain in my opinion and Riz Ahmed had very little to play with the character given how talented he is.

Also, the CGI Venom looks very cool but Riot, on the other hand, looks like he's a video game character. The final battle was a poor sequence and boring to watch as compared to the reat of the film.

Tom Hardy is very entertaining to watch and is the main reason I love this film.

Had a blast with this one. Ghostbusters Afterlife is one of the most entertaining films of 2021.

The one thing that I was really liked was the amazing sound design of the film. The movie never made me look of the screen for a second.

The pacing and editing is very good. Some of the scenes gave me goosebumps.

Phoebe is the heart of this film. I also liked Podcast, he was a fun character. Can't say that about Trevor and Lucky. I didn't really cared about what happend between them. Paul Rudd as Mr. Grooberson does a lot with what he's given.

Overall Ghostbusters Afterlife is a great supernatural comedy one could watch.

RIP Harold. :)