Missed a movie? Catch it on TV! Take your pick from our genre-rating table and see if it's on Netflix, Amazon, or your DTH service.
Wogma rating: Owner's Pride!
Quick review: A story that you wish were true. Execution that is real and poetic. Touches dark themes without making light of them and without heavy-handed writing. Had me in awe of its simplicity for long after it was done.
Wogma rating: Beg or borrow, but do watch
Quick review: So, so many difficult issues dealt with a light, matter-of-factly hand. Lots of ground covered in a breezy 90 minutes without being rushed. An engaging watch from start to finish.
(Available on Netflix)
Wogma rating: Add to “To Watch” list, watch some day
Quick review: Humour so dark, it's difficult to laugh. Morality so skewed, it’s difficult to appreciate as reality. Of course, people are evil. But the kind of evil attributed to the less-privileged reinforces a stereotype that I cannot stand by. Even in a movie.
(Available on Netflix)
Wogma rating: Even the keen, wait for it to come on TV/online
Quick review: A walkthrough of what a man went through to prove that he is alive. Feels like interesting journal entries that strictly stick to the “what” without getting into the “why”.
(Available on Zee5)
Wogma rating: Switch channels if it's on cable
Quick review: No, I hadn't expected anything else. Got exactly what I had signed up for and more on each count—worst kind of misogyny, cringy slapstick humour, horrifying ahemmm story-line.
Wogma rating: The keen must watch on screen; else TV/online
Quick review: Someone thought of putting questions about life, death and beyond in a light, fun movie—that in itself is incredible. And then you have lovely animation to make the experience even richer—enough to excuse the anti-climactic end.
(Available on Disney-Hotstar)
Wogma rating: Catch on TV/online for sure
Quick review: Meta has a certain charm. But the tell-don’t-show climax that is typical of thrillers is a put-off. Even so, it is an interesting watch for how the medium is used.
(Netflix)
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