The News of The World

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Movie: The News Of The World

Director: Paul Greengrass

Language: English

Year: 2021

Cast: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel

Jefferson Kyle Kid (Hanks), a war veteran from Texas in year 1870 shortly after civil war. His current job is of a news reader for which he travels from one town to the next. On one of those journeys he meets a little girl who was being taken to authorities after the clan who raised was killed. She speaks Kiowa and Jeff takes the responsibility to unite her with her long lost blood relatives.

Next starts the unusual road trip with many highs and lows. There is no need to tell how good Hanks in this. It is Helena Zengel's raw performance sets the chemistry between the two right and Heartwarming.

And the movie is based on a book by Pauletta Jiles of the same.

The Captain

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Film: The Captain

Cast: Zhang Hanyu, Oho Ou, Du Jiang

Genre: Thriller

Language: Chinese

Year: 2019

The film is based on real life incident of Sichuan Airlines flight 8633. The plane took off from Chongqing Airport and supposed to land in Lhasa. On air the windshields of the cockpit shatters forcing the crew to make an emergency landing in Chengdu International Airport. Despite harsh weather, plummeting temperature, turbulence the crew smoothly and deftly handles the situation. We know what happens. 'T' who enjoys airport, flights, flying, all and sundry loved the movie to the T.

The White Tiger

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Film: The White Tiger

Year: 2021

Language: English

Genre: Drama/Crime

Director: Ramin Bahrani

Cast: Adarsh Gourav, Rajkumar Rao, Priyanka Chopra

Streaming Platform: Netflix

"The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave"

We've heard many negative remarks on book of the same. The majority of people's opinion was that it showed India in bad light. Though we've not read Adiga's book so far, read many articles by him regarding various subjects. We're prepared for something like Slumdog Millionaire. It is better than that.

The film starts with entrepreneur Balram Halwai (Adarsh) writing an Email to Chinese premier Wen Jiabao seeking an appointment and simultaneously narrating his story.

Having been unable to utilize the scholarship and study further due to his father's untimely death, Balram starts working in a tea shop. Now his dream is to work as a chauffeur to Ashok (Rao), village bigwig's son who has just returned from USA with his wife Pinky (Chopra). He blackmails his way into becoming Ashok's personal driver in Delhi. He develops close relationship with Ashok's family who treats him with respect. An incident on Pinky's birthday and it's ramifications makes him to believe he is expendable to his master.

Will he be able to break the rooster coop?

A film that makes you uncomfortable and questions whether you have been an oppressor at some point in time.

A beautiful must watch film

2 Guns

Film: 2 Guns

Director: Baltasar Kormakur

Cast: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton

Genre: Action

Year: 2013

Streaming: Amazon

Concoction of Hollywood action films are rogue agents betrayed by their departments like CIA, FBI, DEA, SWAT, SEALs, City+PD; gun blazing villains, explosions, chasing in the middle of populous streets, estranged/loving family. You get the drift.

Despite the usual formula they are mostly enjoyable. In 2 guns protagonists Bobby ( Washington) and Stig (Walhberg) plan to rob a bank across the diner.  Each is unaware of other's true profession, that is Bobby with DEA and Stig with navy.  Their intention is to catch Mexican drug lord, Papi Greco who accumulated an insane amount of drug money in the bank's safety. The operation goes haywire and the menace unfolds.

Watch if you enjoy action films.