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One Friday Night 2023
Small, simple film, with a good hook and setup, but too far stretched for a feature. Could have been a kick-ass short film. Watched for Raveena, my first crush. She's still got it. :)
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The Roundup: No Way Out 2023
Korean Bhai is back. A joy to watch him do his thing, but the film was overall a trope-fest. The novelty is wearing off. I'll still watch the next, but hope they find a new angle in the plot that changes things up.
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Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani 2023
Progressive messaging wrapped in a neatly-tied bouquet of a grand-scale wholesome family entertainer. The way it should be. It delivers on both in oodles. After what seems like too long, this was a most-welcome warm fuzzy feeling of the collective experience of cinema back in its element, where people laugh and cry in unison and walk away smiling ear-to-ear.
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Raazi 2018
High stakes espionage where the personal drive and stakes feel heavier than the national security ones, which is the way it should be, since the audiences viewing it is a person, not a country.
Similarly, I liked that the antagonistic force was not evil, merely an opposing force at cross purposes. The strokes of morality of both skewed in the view of a larger canvas.
I’d have liked to see less spoon-feeding, but I understand their need to cater for…
