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Annihilation 2018
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Alex Garland in only his second directorial venture creates a profound, iridescent alienist world dubbed as the “Shimmer”. The film does not try to explain the intentions of the “other people”, but is more focused on the team that ventures into the “Shimmer”. Lena (Natalie Portman) wants to go because she is determined to find out the truth regarding her husband Kane’s (Oscar Issac) altered mental and physical state. Kane was the sole survivor of a military crew that was…
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Solaris 1972
Solaris is Tarkovsky’s metaphysical marvel. With its breath taking cinematography and impeccable directing, Tarkovsky brings us his first ever science fiction that looks way ahead of its time. While it may lack the hypnotic soundtrack and mesmerizing iconic imagery of the Kubrick classic (2001: A Space Odyssey), it has a strong emotional plot centering on grief and loss. The director’s adaptation of Stanislaw’s novel is a "drama of grief and partial recovery" concentrated upon the thoughts and the consciences of…
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Nightcrawler 2014
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Dan Gilroy's debut film, "Nightcrawler" (he previously co-wrote The Bourne Legacy and Real Steel) boasts of a clever and tight screenplay and a brilliant performance by J.Gyllenhaal as Lou Bloom .He gives one of the most memorable portrayals of a cold,manipulative
sociopath/psychopath. You just cannot help but curse at how Lou manages to get himself out of every situation by coaxing and cajoling and also mercilessly killing someone. Right from the start of the film, he means business and that…Translated from by -
Apocalypse Now 1979
As Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) puts it, the film is "perfect,genuine, complete, crystalline and pure". This is Coppola's magnum opus and will always be considered as one of the greatest war films . With a breathtaking cinematography and tight editing, the film portrays a frightening picture of the war-torn country. Words will fall short to describe this cinematic experience like none other.
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