Maximum Burn

Deepwater Horizon is the true story of the blowout of a BP-led oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, largely on account of BP officials glossing over safety procedures. Mike (Mark Wahlberg) and chief safely officer James (Kurt Russell) are the central characters herein - voices of courage under duress, and of resistance of laissez faire corporate practices exemplified by the likes of BP liaison Donald (John Malkovitch). Superbly executed and clinical in its explanation of the sequence and the science behind it all, with characters that connect even as they play succint roles

15.5/20

We the Children

We the children continue to enjoy the great Kung Fu Panda series and give Kung Fu Panda 3 a resounding thumbs up. From saving multifarious species, Po’s attention this time around is dedicated to saving his own kith and kin. A great entertainer

15.5/20

An American Nightmare

Fresh-off-boat from Pakistan, Changez (Riz Ahmed) finds a quality education, the girl of his dreams (Erica (Kate Hudson)) and a career of his dreams on Wall Street, in The Reluctant Fundamentalist. It is post 9/11 that the dissonances between what he has left behind and what he has become tear apart Changez’ life. A humiliating strip-search at the airport. A buyout mandate that displaces – renders redundant – a Turkish publisher who is the keeper of the works of many poets, including Changez’ father. A girlfriend who turns around and makes a public exhibition of private vignettes of the relationship with Changez. Perhaps it is time to return to the country of birth and try and improve matters. But, is it also time to give in to the dark clouds of radicalism that hover around Changez. The question lingers in the air, even as the movie trails off with the inevitable real conflicts between the two worlds that Changez traverses

12.5/20