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Mr. Robot (2015-)
Despite the omnipresent nature of the IT industry, there aren’t too many TV series or programs which take a close look at the software industry or the people involved in it. We reviewed Silicon Valley...
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Memories of Murder [Salinui Chueok] (2003)
I had been longing to watch Memories of Murder for a while and finally made it during the weekend. It’s an intense thriller from South Korea and one of the best adaptations of crimes committed in real...
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5 Centimetres Per Second (2007)
There are very few romantic movies which deal only in love and still don’t get boring. 5 Centimetres Per Second (Byôsoku 5 Senchimêtoru) from Japan belongs to that rare class. I was sceptical before...
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003)
I had been longing to watch the South Korean film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring for a while but wasn’t quite sure if the slow paced movie would match my taste. To my surprise, I found it...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
I ended my long break from movies with the film adaptation of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). It’s a difficult to watch film but will definitely leave some interesting threads to wander...
View ArticleWild Tales [Relatos Salvajes] (2014)
I have watched a number of movies with parallel narratives. Some of them connect at the end to send a unique message, some don’t but still convey a meaning through a singular theme. The Argentine film...
View ArticleEx Machina (2015)
A Sci-Fi with a high rating on IMDB; I had high hopes when I started watching Ex Machina. However, I found that it’s a disappointing cocktail of Pi and Her. When you are watching a Sci-Fi you would...
View ArticlePaddington (2014)
Paddington was supposed to be a comedy for children with a lost bear as the central character. However, I found all the characters other than the protagonist funny. The storyline is OK, the movie sets...
View ArticleKai Po Che! (2013)
A friend suggested Kai Po Che! recently and despite my disregard for Bollywood movies I watched it. While the high user-rating on IMDB was one of the reasons, Chetan Bhagat as the author intrigued me....
View ArticleAhalya (2015)
Ahalya is a 14-minute suspense short from director Sujoy Ghosh. The characters names are loosely based on a tale from The Ramayana, the Hindu epic from India. However, there’s a lot more to it than...
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