For a franchise that has made jaw-dropping action sequences it's "big thing", fans expected nothing less from Ethan Hunt and Co. when producers announced the sixth installment. Reviewer-The Blog © is back with it's review on the much awaited Tom Cruise flick.     IMF super spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team, which comprises Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) and Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames), are tasked with finding three highly lethal plutonium cores, in the possession of The Apostles, a covert mercenary group built on the ruins of The Syndicate, the rogue organization headed by the now captured Solomon Lane, Rogue Nation's chief antagonist. When the operation goes haywire, Hunt has to reluctantly join forces with CIA agent August Walker (Henry Cavill) to retrieve the apocalyptic cores while battling with unseen shadows. Henry Cavill, Tom Cruise, and  Rebecca Ferguson        Every industry has those faces who seem to outwit the phe...

 Captain Marvel has already created news since it's announcement as the first movie in the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe with a female lead. The wait for the 21st installment in the MCU, spearheaded by the highly talented Brie Larson, reached unimaginable heights with the breathtaking post credit scene in the colossal Avengers: Infinity War. Since then, diehard fans of the MCU had been eagerly waiting for some news on the upcoming flick. It seems that the studio has finally satiated their desire by releasing a 2-minute trailer that came out just hours ago, through the ABC show Good Morning America. Considering that Captain Marvel would act as a prelude to the much-awaited Avengers 4, Reviewer -The  Blog tries to breakdown the trailer, giving more clues and keys to more possible theories about how the movie would pan out. So, let's start from the beginning. 1. The Explosion and Landing   The trailer opens up with an on-air blast sending a disinteg...

A film by Christopher Nolan on a monumental event in world history promised moviegoers an immersive theatrical experience.    A whopping number of 400,000 British soldiers are stranded on Dunkirk beach, a site flanked by German warships and fighter planes. Commander Bolton ( Kenneth Branagh ) carries the onus of adventurously evacuating the colossal populace of troopers, which becomes a herculean task, even when "they can practically see it from there-home." Nolan deftly weaves in three different story-lines, centering around the historically significant beach of Dunkirk. The historic victory of the British civilian population even when the army faced a "colossal military disaster" is depicted with the required patriotism; however that is justified with Nolan's atrocious portrayal of the unspeakable horrors the hapless soldiers faced while in their tryst with fate and survival. James D'Arcy and Kenneth Branagh          Even though...

Reviewer-The Blog © is back after a very long hiatus with the review of the most acclaimed movie of 2017.  Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand), a middle-aged mother, frustrated by the Ebbing Police Department's indifference towards the investigation on her daughter's rape and subsequent murder, sets out on a mission to vent her anger by renting three unnoticed billboards, which consequently rattles up a few cages and raises a lot of eyebrows. The billboards question the inefficiency of the Ebbing Police Department, singling out a workaholic William Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), the Chief of the Department, on whom the "buck stops", and irritates Willoughby's good-hearted yet racist confidante, Officer Jason Dixon (Sam Rockwell). How the eponymous billboards change the life of these central characters and the townspeople of Ebbing, Missouri form the crux of the story. Woody Harrelson and Frances McDormand   Martin McDonagh, undoubtedly a maestro in c...

Here's the review on the sequel to the illusion-themed heist thriller: Now You See Me 2 With only one slight change in the female member of the Horsemen (Isla Fisher gives way for Lizzy Caplan), the quartet of illusionists/tricksters/robbers-turn-to-Robin-Hood are back to blow off hidden agendas and cruel intentions of white-collared billionaires and fraudsters. When one of their stage performances to uncover the deceit by a tech mogul goes horribly wrong, they are forcibly recruited by tech maniac/wizard Walter Mabry (Daniel Radcliffe) to steal a chip that can read and have access to every computer in the planet- a typical thread that forms the crux of every heist/sci-fi/spy thrillers. The plot becomes even more messier with more characters- Chase McKinney, evil twin of Merrit McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Arthur Tressler (Michael Caine), looking to tie old strings. The writers try to wedge part-cooked subplots, those of Dylan Rhodes' (Mark Ruffalo) still-not-over ve...

 The movie adaptation of this once addiction-inducing game was met with much hype at the time of its release. Here's how it came off to me, as a critic and an audience.   In the paradise-like Bird Island, inhabited by flightless birds who revere the Great Eagle, Red  ( Jason Sudeikis), the thick eyebrow-ed bird is isolated by his brethren as a result of his mild temper.  At the last point of desperation, he is "banished" to an anger management class where he is joined two other famous characters from the mobile game- Chuck (Josh Gad) and Bomb (Danny McBride): both with their own genuine problems of short temper. The trio form the primary title group.  The Utopia in Bird Island is disrupted by the enigmatic arrival of the Bad Piggies, who do not appear to be one; they bemuse the bird community with their clever antics and inventions. But the loner of the community, Red begins to suspect the swine clan more than anyone. The audience is catapulted into the...

The third installment of this popular and entertaining franchise ventures into new  story lines, characters and plot themes but with the same old star-studded voice cast. Here's the review of Kung Fu Panda 3 - the first in a series of reviews on animated movies.      The film once again starts off with Po (Jack Black) the panda's antiques that border around his clumsiness and neglect. He fails to realize the true potential of a Dragon Warrior, which he was ordained in the exhilarating first installment. In time, Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), the composed kung fu trainer decides to go into a sabbatical and hands over the role of teacher to Po, who is much reluctant to take up the job. But he confronts moral confusion when his biological father (Bryan Cranston) resurfaces and Kai (J.K Simmons), a nefarious power maniac begins to threaten the Valley with his supernatural and mystical powers.   One advantage of producing an animated film is...