‘The Whale’ movie review: Brendan Fraser magnificently rescues this maudlin, over-cooked tale

[ad_1] Brandan Fraser in ‘The Whale’ The decidedly hard-to-watch The Whale begins with an essay on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick being read aloud to a morbidly obese English teacher, Charlie (Brendan Fraser), who seems to be having a heart attack. Incidentally, the full title of Melville’s 1851 novel is Moby Dick; or, The Whale. Charlie […]

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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ movie review: Anurag Kashyap’s romance-drama is almost engaging, but not quite there

[ad_1] A still from ‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ There comes a phase in the career of filmmakers when they test their relevance in the mindscape of young hearts. It seems director Anurag Kashyap is passing through that phase. Years after he broke conventions of love stories with  Dev D, his latest attempt at reinvention […]

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‘Run Rabbit Run’ movie review: Sarah Snook does too much for a movie that does too little for her

[ad_1] A still from ‘Run Rabbit Run’ | Photo Credit: XYZ Films Australian filmmaker Diana Reid must either be a fan of Stephen King or The Shining, or both. Her latest feature, Run Rabbit Run, has the literary attributes of Stephen King as well as the genre characteristics of The Shining. Or at least, Run […]

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