Nepali Flicks

Parasite Movie Review Before reviewing the movie I want to take a moment to acknowledge the writer and director Bong Joon-ho’s directorial vision in filmmaking and his execution of the craft. Bong Joon-ho has delivered a movie with all the elements of humor, comedy, suspense, thriller and drama. He has not compromised a single bit in any aspects making the movie close to perfect. Parasite can be stated as an allegory which bluntly showcases the socio-economic class differences prevalent in the society. The movie takes us on a roller-coaster ride keeping us on the edge of the seat every time as the movie veer off from comedy to drama to suspense and thriller. The background music equally complements the scenes of the movie.  The movie starts with the introduction of the Kim family where four people live in a poorly lit semi-basement house, Kim along with his wife Chung-sook, son Ki-woo, and daughter Ki-jeong. By the few minutes into the movie we can clearly see their c...

Contagion (2011) With the ongoing global epidemic of the novel COVID-19, the world is under panic situation. Contagion was a 2011 movie which had an interesting plot matching the exact situation happening right now due to corona virus or COVID-19. The movie then had a plot of encounter with a virus MEV-1 which was deemed incurable and spreading rapidly via touch. Similar to COVID-19, this virus was zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. An unknown virus outbreak has spread globally and has a death toll of millions of people all around the world. Scientists all over the world are working tirelessly to contain this virus and in pursuit of an antidote. The movie moves from various subjects from medical drama to political and conspiracy theory.   Filled with all-star cast of Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne and Marion Cotillard, Contagion delivers a decent medical thriller. All stars delivering their best to...

Thappad Movie Review “So Just one Slap then!” as the lawyer of Tapsee Pannu tries to make her reconsider her decision of filing a petition for divorce over just a SIMPLE SLAP, she replies with “Just a slap but Nahi Marr sakta”. Thappad is a powerful thappad to the patriarch mindset and all the regressive and bigoted mentality. The movies powerful premise stands strong upon the shoulders of the equally distinguished actors who carry the movie forward implying an equally powerful social message. Amrita played by Tapsee and Vikram played by Pavail are living a happy life. While Amrita is a caring homemaker, everyday trying to make the most out of her life for the betterment of her husband, Vikram is a career driven person overlooking all the efforts his wife makes to make him happy. One evening, Vikram on a heated debate with his boss slaps Amrita. Amrita tries to comprehend what had occurred and finally decides to file a petition for divorce after going through stages of self-d...

Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Review: Sonic is the living proof of that studios actually listen to their fans to achieve something better. After the huge outcry from the fans all around the world Paramount Pictures actually stepped back, revamped the blue creature made it more adorable and released to the public and this version of Sonic looks way more cute and adorable than the previous more of a creepy like. Sonic is action, adventure movie which is based on a famous retro game of same name by SEGA. The blue hedgehog, as he calls himself is the glowing blue alien creature who has supersonic speeds. He runs at supersonic speeds, reads Flash comics and spills many pop culture references from Star wars to Fast and Furious to Amazon to The Rock. The movie starts on an alien planet where Sonic lives with his mentor and he is forced to move into earth to save himself. He finally resides in earth and tries to make friends in earth. Evil diabolical Dr. Robotnick played by Jim Carry is...

Phobia generally means fear from certain things but this phobia is different from your generic ones. This phobia called “Homophobia” is the absolute abhor or prejudice towards homosexual people. So the question arises, what does it take to tackle and alleviate homophobia. Subh Mangal Zyada Savdhan is a bold answer in conveying a message on mitigating this issue  and normalizing it to the standards of society where the society will accept homosexual people with open arms.   SMZS starts in a lighter tone where Ayushman (Kartik) and Jitendra (Aman) are in a homoxexual relationship and are shown helping their friend in eloping. On their way to Aman’s sister Goggle’s marriage, this tone shifts to madness and chaos when Aman’s father Gajraj Rao(Shankar Tripathi) sees them kissing on a train. What follows is the back and forth between the two guys vs the Tripathi family, both trying to justify their views and points regarding the relationship through punch lines and ...

If I had to summarize the review of Sentivirus in one word I would say “RUSHED”. It feels movie was made by Dhurmus Suntali just for the sake of raising enough funds for making Gautam Buddha Rangashala. The movie is based basically on the socio-political drama. Let’s get in to the plot. Dhurvaram played by Sitaram Kattel is a politically involved young man who is firm with his ideologies and loyalty towards his party. A firm supporter and an active and strong party member of a party called Jana Utthan party, Dhurvaram is the party’s life. Conflict arises when his father in law Rajaram Poudel also stands in the election happening in the same area. His conflict with his ideology, his internal tension with his wife and its rushed resolution is what movie is comprised of. The screenplay feels rushed, the poor writing for a big feature from the mini comedy sketches series writer duo Kumar Kattel and Deepak Acharya can be clearly seen. Ram Babu Gurung has done a decent job, h...

1917 is a war drama where two british soldiers Lance Cpl. Schofield and Lance Cpl. Blake is assigned an almost impossible task of mapping colossal distance beyond enemy lines to deliver a most crucial message to save their platoon from falling into a trap, hence saving many lives. The movie showcased it as a one shot but it is not. You will not see any visual cuts in the entire movie, but a true cinephile would notice those cuts. Like the ones of Birdman:The unexpected virtue of ignorance or Silent House the movie has hidden cuts in movies often layered inside dark corridors, behind the back shots and also sometimes CGI. If you are not familiar with this type of technique in filmmaking, the filmmakers often utilize this technique of long shots or continuous shots without a cut for longer periods of time to create tension in the scene. The cuts often change perspective, angle of a scene and if there's no cut in a scene then there's a continuous flow of scenes and the story...