Movies

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) ★★★★☆

Loved the retelling of Charles Dicken's famed semi-autobiography that unfortunately I have not yet read in original. The

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) ★★★★½

That Cameron guy knows how to make a blockbuster 🍿

The Woman in the Window, 2021 ★★★☆☆

Train Dreams, 2025 ★★★★☆

The world needs a hermit in the woods as much as it needs a preacher in the pulpit Devastatingly beautiful

Weapons, 2025 ★★★★☆

Terrifying and gory in just the right way

Warfare, 2025 ★★★☆☆

ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran, 2025 ★★★★☆

Very New York experience. I loved the silence in the elevator with the Asian guy and the subway shots starting

Final Destination Bloodlines, 2025 ★★★★☆

Nice twist to the gory franchise and like always, keeps you guessing on the end. Wait for it…

Frankenstein, 2025 ★★★★☆

I cannot die but I cannot live. But what recourse do we have but to live.

Jurassic World Rebirth, 2025 ★★★☆☆

House of Dynamite, 2025 ★★★☆☆

Talk about losing your sleep if you watch this before going to bed 🫥

Wind River, 2017 ★★★☆☆

The Buckingham Murders, 2023 ★★★☆☆

Kareena is a much better actress now than she was before. Otherwise too much complexity and subplots crammed into this

Kathal, 2023 ★★★★☆

Mishraji, control ki jeeye , aap control room mein hain 😆

A Complete Unknown, 2024 ★★★★☆

Chalamet did a great job. So did Ed Norton. Love these musical biopics.

Deep Cover, 2025 ★★★★☆

Fuckin’ hilarious. Nick Mohammed stumbling through improv (and coke) and Orlando Bloom going full method was the shit.

The Thursday Murder Club, 2025 ★★★☆☆

James Bond is Lucifer’s dad? On a more serious note, a hobbyist murder-solving club but with geriatric people instead

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, 2016 ★★★★☆

A must-rewatch after watching the brilliant Andor TV show. Dare I say that Andor was a much superior storytelling effort.

Flow, 2024 ★★★★☆

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, 2018 ★★★½

Deviated from the book and made it more dramatic, but it worked in it’s own way.

Superman, 2025 ★★★★½

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024) ★★★★★

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, 2022 ★★☆☆☆

I had loved the book, but the movie is extremely disjointed with random jumps and no cohesive narrative. I’m

Woman of the Hour, 2024 ★★★★☆

I wonder if things are different now. I fear they aren’t.

Dances with Wolves, 1990 ★★★★★

One word - epic.

Companion, 2025 ★★★★☆

Best demonstration to incels that “It’s you, not me”.

Mickey 17, 2025 - ★★★½

Expendables have a life. So do weird alien cephalopods, who seem to also hate a character who is a mashup

F1 ★★★★☆

Gladiator II, 2024 ★★★☆☆

A tad too long and lacks the original's oomph. The emperors are no Jacquain Phoenix and Paul Pescal

Fountain of Youth, 2025 ★★★★☆

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, 2023 ★★★★☆

Pre-(re)watch before going to the theaters tomorrow for the final one.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, 2025 ★★★☆☆

Thunderbolts, 2025 ★★★★☆

I Want to Talk, 2024 ★★★☆☆

Manjummel Boys, 2024 ★★★★☆

Sinners, 2025 ★★★★★

Worth a watch in the theater just for the thumping and pulsating music.

The Ring, 2002 ★★★★★

Well, somebody’s got to watch it, right? So I finished it today.

Black Bag, 2025 ★★★★☆

Superboys of Malegaon, 2025 ★★★★☆

India should send this as their Oscar entry. Hollywood loves movies about making movies.

Rudy, 1993 ★★★★☆

Sing Sing, 2024 ★★★★★

Anora, 2024 ★★☆☆☆

The Mehta Boys, 2024 ★★★★☆

Fathers and sons…tricky.

The Call of the Wild, 2020 ★★★★☆

A Real Pain, 2024 ★★★★☆

Trap, 2024 - ★☆☆☆☆

I usually don’t quit movies, but I couldn’t bear to finish it.

Napoleon, 2023 - ★★½

This movie met its Waterloo at the halfway mark.

The Man from Earth, 2007 ★★★★★

I didn’t look at my phone once in the 1.5 hours that I watched this.

Juror #2, 2024 - ★★★★☆

Ah! The moral quandaries that some of us will wrestle with while others will be least bothered.

Forrest Gump, 1994 - ★★★★☆

This may have lost a bit of sheen over the years for me, but still a great movie just to

Carry-On, 2024 - ★★★½

Watched on Monday December 23, 2024.

Conclave, 2024 - ★★★★☆

Watched on Sunday December 22, 2024.

Die Hard 2, 1990 - ★★★☆☆

Watched on Saturday December 21, 2024.

Fly Me to the Moon, 2024 - ★★★★☆

More fun than I expected and still inspiring even if it’s an old story by now.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 2024 - ★★★★☆

Watched on Saturday November 30, 2024.

Longlegs, 2024 - ★★½

Watched on Saturday November 30, 2024.

Anyone But You, 2023 - ★★★☆☆

Hope Sydney’s Harbor Rescue let a few Americans drown just to send a message that this is not a

Deadpool & Wolverine, 2024 - ★★★☆☆

Watched on Friday November 22, 2024.

Do Patti, 2024 - ★★☆☆☆

The background score deserves a prison sentence.

Kill, 2023 - ★★★★☆

Die Hard in a train but a lot gorier and…punchier

Flamin' Hot, 2023 - ★★★½

Now I’m hankering for some flamin’ hot 🥵

Killers of the Flower Moon, 2023 ★★★★☆

Watched on Saturday, October 19, 2024.

CTRL, 2024 ★★★☆☆

Bollywood ka Black Mirror

Wolfs, 2024 ★★★☆☆

Watched on Friday, October 4, 2024.

Madgaon Express, 2024 ★★★★☆

Slapstick and silly. But I needed the laughs. (“Tohcaine” 😂)

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, 2024 ★★★½

Watched on Sunday, August 11, 2024.

The Instigators, 2024 ★★½

Watched on Saturday, August 10, 2024.

Twisters, 2024 ★★★½

Watched on Friday, August 9, 2024.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, 2024 ★★★☆☆

Watched on Saturday, July 20, 2024.

The Creator, 2023 ★★★½

‘Independence Day’ but where you root for the AI (the good kind) to beat the humans.

Predestination, 2014 ★★★★☆

They/them

The Adjustment Bureau, 2011 ★★★★☆

How badly you want it matters.

Maidaan, 2024 ★★★½

The last time India was any good at football. The last match was shot beautifully

Inside Out 2, 2024 ★★★★☆

Love how they even snuck in a reference for the Apple 1984 ad.

Hit Man, 2023 ★★★★☆

All pie is good pie especially in a Honda Civic

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, 2024 ★★★★★

A very worthy and thrilling prequel. It has more heart than Fury Road but is not too melodramatic.

Monkey Man, 2024 ★★★★☆

What if John Wick was Indian - bloody, raw, and visceral action. The dog survives.

Perfect Days, 2023 ★★★★☆

Now is now.

Laapataa Ladies, 2023 ★★★★½

An intriguing and entertaining movie set in mofussil India. It brought back memories of Indian Railways travel.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003 ★★★★½

The compulsive quest to chase down an enemy battleship just coz you want to. One of the best at-sea action

Gran Turismo, 2023 ★★★★☆

Phenomenally entertaining, but the bane of all parents now asking their kids to get off their “video games”.

Haseen Dillruba, 2021 ★★★☆☆

It could’ve been so much more

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, 2023 ★★★★☆

Ha! Loved it. So delightful. All of Roald Dahl’s stories should made into short films like these.

Society of the Snow, 2023 ★★★★½

Brilliant yet horrifying story of survival amidst the toughest of odds. Wait for the credits.

Manchester by the Sea, 2016 ★★★★☆

If you’re sad and want to experience someone else’s irreconcilable grief and need to take things back, this

Living, 2022 ★★★★☆

Bill Nighy and Aimee Lou Wood are sensational. And that soundtrack? Wonderfully evocative. Although your job grinds you down, there

Marriage Story, 2019 ★★★★☆

Now asking my wife where does she want to move to

American Fiction, 2023 ★★★★½

The fact that I chose to watch this on the four-year-anniversary of George Floyd’s death has to be a

Poor Things, 2023 ★★★★★

Whimsical, delightful, and crazy in its own way. Loved the steampunk aesthetic.

Challengers, 2024 ★★★★☆

I’m going to say something and it’s going to make you angry 🥵

Bottoms, 2023 ★★★½

Watched on Saturday, May 11, 2024.

The Fall Guy, 2024 ★★★½

Watched on Saturday, May 4, 2024.

Amar Singh Chamkila, 2024 ★★★★☆

Watched on Friday April 26, 2024.

Civil War, 2024 ★★★★½

Watched on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Where the Crawdads Sing, 2022 ★★★☆☆

I had loved the book, but this movie, although with good acting, makes the story seem lame.

Doctor G, 2022 ★★★½

Ayushman’s yet another redemption arc, but nevertheless, a non-cliched and entertaining movie 🎥

Dumb Money, 2023 ★★★★☆

To the moon 🚀…and back

The Holdovers, 2023 ★★★★★

Watched on Saturday, April 13, 2024.

Argylle, 2024 ★★½

Watched on Friday, April 12, 2024.

The Beautiful Game, 2024 ★★★½

Watched on Saturday, April 6, 2024.