Category: Movie Reviews
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The Distance Problem in Juror #2
By Akif Khan There is a piece of arithmetic sitting in the middle of Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 that nobody seems to have run, and once you run it the film’s official account of itself stops working. I want to lay it out carefully, because the argument depends on two shots that are separated by…
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Lessons in Chemistry – TV Show Review
Review: Lessons in Chemistry (TV Show, Apple TV+, IMDB rating: 8.3/10, no spoilers) Dr. Akif Khan Lessons in Chemistry is not just a tv show and it is not just about chemistry at all. It is lessons in life, lessons in kindness, love, forgiveness, struggle, perseverance, resilience, commitment, determination, enthusiasm and passion. Do not fear…
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Javed sb, You Didn’t Have to Eat Your Heart Out Here
I used to be a fan of you, your rationality, your humanism, the way you thrashed unreasonable people such as Sadh Guru in debates, your bravery in the face of orthodoxy and all, despite your aloofness, which I think comes naturally with age and experiences of life. But there was no need to act dense…
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Why is Waar a Poor Propaganda Flick
Being a movie buff, I could not ignore the hype of a Pakistani movie rated 9/10 on imdb.com. So, I bought this DVD of Waar as soon as I saw the poster of its availability on a local shop. Cutting the chase, there was I watching it while a similar Islamabad fiasco of Imran Khan…
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Pakistan: An interactive guide for Hollywood and Bollywood Movie Makers
IT is often very funny to see the international media, especially TV and Film Industry, portaying Pakistan as some country where women are covered in black overalls or shuttlecock burqas, people having beards and no moustaches with a checkered cloth over their shoulders, riding donkeys, wiping their behinds with stones, narrow streets, dusty roads, people…
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Movie Review – The Devil Inside
Since the advent of 21st century, the world has moved away from superstitions and heading more towards rationality. However, still there are conscious efforts being made to divert people from rationalist behavior. This movie, “The devil inside”, is a similar futile attempt in this regard. Released by paramount pictures this january, the story revolves around…