Bad Moms; Film Review, Rating 3.5/5

Bad Moms was touted to be the comeback and reunion of directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Remember these gentlemen who gifted us with the first ever Hangover movie and won us over with its perverse brilliance? Or was it its brilliant perverseness? Well, all I knew before diving into Bad Moms was that there…

X-Men: Apocalypse; Film Review, Rating 3.5/5

X-Men Apocalypse is Marvels’s latest addition to the X-Men franchise, bringing back Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2 and Days of Future Past) for the fourth time as director. Apocalypse focuses on the origin of mutants, rendered through a fantastic opening sequence set thousands of years in the past, as we’re introduced to the first mutant, a…

Film Review: The Man Who Knew Infinity, Rating 3.5/5

The Man Who Knew Infinity is an adapted story about a few years in the life of Ramanujan, one of the most influential mathematicians to have ever lived, and his relationship with his mentor, G. H. Hardy, himself an established light in the field. The story traces the latter life of Ramanujan as he seeks…

Anomalisa: Film Review, Rating 4/5

Amateurs experimenting with hallucinogenics are usually advised against driving, staying away from balconies and listening to Pink Floyd. Anomalisa, a stop-motion drama directed by the preternaturally sensitive Charles Kaufman, should be instantly added to this list, with its unremitting and harrowing sense of dread that serves as an undercurrent through every scene of the film,…

Bridge of Spies: Film Review, Rating 4.5/5

It’s a reasonably safe bet that when two legends of modern cinema get together for a film, it’ll be worth your while. When those legends are named Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, that bet is almost a sure one. Bridge of Spies is an exquisite historical drama with ridiculously good performances from Tom Hanks and…

The Martian: Film Review, Rating 4/5

Matt Damon stars in The Martian, already promising to be one of the year’s biggest hits. It continues the trend for the fourth year of one mainstream Hollywood film set in space (Prometheus 2012, Gravity 2013 and Interstellar 2014). Matt Damon was likely selected for the role to helm such a massive enterprise because of…

Win 10 invites to the premiere of “Dark Places”

Get a chance to win 5 couple invites to the premiere of “Dark Places” drama/mystery/thriller starring brilliant Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult and Chloe Grace Moretz! Libby Day was only seven years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Twenty-five years later, she agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the…

The Royal Night Out, Film Review, Rating 4/5

The perfectly titled A Royal Night Out is an enjoyable yarn about two princesses as they romp through London on the night of VE (Victory in Europe) Day. Sarah Gardon is Elizabeth, an improbably pretty teenage Queen Elizabeth, and Bel Poise is her younger sister Margaret, who wheedle their royal parents to permit them to…

Pixels : Film Review, Rating 2.5/5

Introducing a new team member who will cover film reviews from now on. Rabindra Dube for #JWDFilmReviews. And here is the very first review for PIXELS. Do let us know what you think? Pixels is a sci-fi action comedy film with an ensemble cast including Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage and Michelle…

Get a chance to win 5 couple invites to the advance screening of Avengers: Age of Ultron

Get a chance to win 5 couple invites to the advance screening of Marvel’s blockbuster movie ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ to be held at Novo Cinemas Cineplex (near Wafi City) on Tuesday April 28th at 9:00pm. Trailer  The movie is to be released in UAE Cinemas April 30th. Follow these simple steps to win your…