Dune: Part Two: A Modern Epic
Dune: Part Two doesn’t need any help in immersing the viewer. This is a film that trusts its audience and isn’t afraid to throw them directly into a new world without any entrance ramp. From the nightmarish opening Harkonnen attack scene, we are fully on Arrakis with Paul Atreides and Lady Jessica. The direction is assured and confident, the performances are admirable, and the editing is flawless.
Avatar 2: A Reminder of the Power of Cinema
Karan Sampath reviews James Cameron’s newest tale in the world of Pandora, Avatar: The Way of Water.
Dune (Part 1) is a Cinematic Treat for the Eyes
Dune (Part 1) is an epic sci-fi film directed by Denis Villeneuve and is based on the popular 1965 novel by Frank Herbert. It follows the journey of Paul Atreides (played by Timothee Chalamet), the scion of a house, as his family aims to take control of the desert planet Arrakis. The movie is set in the far future, where houses control different planets, all under the auspices of a Great Emperor. Karan Sampath and Suryansh Loya watched the film and sat down to discuss what they found so incredible about it.
"I have no conscience, only nerves”: Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker
Based on Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s novel Roadside Picnic (1972), Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker (1979) carries all the cinematic hallmarks of humanity’s carelessness towards the environment, and the clinical, cold and soulless climate of life behind the Iron Curtain.
Wandavision & What’s to Come from Marvel
WandaVision, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, concludes with a dramatic ending, inducing surprise, joy, grief, and for some eager fans, disappointment. The 9-episode Disney+ series combines sci-fi, drama, comedy, fantasy, mystery and of course, action. Its weekly serialized format makes room for eager Marvel geeks around the world to take to the internet to predict what comes next for the show that starts in a very confusing, open-ended way.
