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Archive : English Review
The Sisters Brothers | One of the Hidden Gems of 2018
The Sisters Brothers is a western. As in, a cowboy movie. As in, lots of deserts, horses and guns. If [...]
Velvet Buzzsaw | Best Film from Netflix So Far?!
Velvet Buzzsaw is a recent Netflix production with the same team who brought us Nightcrawler in 2014; Dan Gilroy writer [...]
Glass | An Insult to Unbreakable and Split
Usually I can tell the premise of any film in an enthusiastic or at least neutral tone even if it’s [...]
Bohemian Rhapsody | Too Much Compromise, Too Little Risk
Bohemian Rhapsody came to existence after a long and turbulent production process. Many names were attached to star, write and [...]
Looks Great, Sounds Great .. Who Cares What’s Between The Lines?!
You rarely ever expect any indication of quality of be associated with a new film starring Nicholas Cage. Yet, it’s [...]
Yomeddine | A Beautiful Film and a Unique Experience
Yomeddine is an Egyptian film that we, Egyptians, only heard of when it was selected to take place in the [...]
Sheikh Jackson | An Accurate Study for a Familiar Profile
When the trailer of Amr Salama’s latest directorial venture, Sheikh Jackson, dropped, I felt like I had it all figured [...]
Alien: Covenant | Quality Doesn’t Guarantee Effectiveness
With the sixth entry in the “Alien” storyline, and with so many films depending on the same pillars of space [...]
The Great Wall | Visually Stunning, Dramatically Mundane
The events of The Great Wall take place in ancient China focusing on the character of William. William, and his [...]
Hacksaw Ridge | Don’t be fooled! It is a war movie!
When I first read the premise of “Hacksaw Ridge” and watched the trailer, my first guess was that it will [...]
Central Intelligence | A Pleasant Surprise
The first time I saw the trailer for “Central Intelligence”, I thought to myself: “Haven’t they made that already?!”. With [...]
Eshtebak “Clash” | A Nation Locked up in a Riot Van
It’s not often that I come across a movie balancing its story skilfully on the crosspoint of cinematic symbolism, realistic [...]
The Jungle Book | Unparalleled Fun
The Jungle Book is the most recent adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s novel with the same name after several versions, the [...]
Demolition | A Fantastic Sequence of Irrelevant Events
Demolition is the newest film starring Jake Gyllenhaal. He plays the role of Davis, a successful senior employee in his [...]
Zootopia | That’s About Perfect
Zootopia, Zootropolis in the UK, is the latest animated feature by Disney studios. It imagines a world of anthropomorphic animals [...]
The Witch | If Only It Wasn’t Labeled a Horror Movie
The Witch, full title: “The Witch: A New England Folktale” is a movie that tracks fictional events taking place in [...]
Allegiant | Nothing Wrong with the Genre .. It’s just a Bad Movie
In March 2012, the first movie of “The Hunger Games” franchise was released, marking the inauguration of a new movies [...]
Gods of Egypt | Too Many Complications for a Simple Myth
“Gods of Egypt”, screened in Egypt under the title “Kings of Egypt” because … you know, is an American-Australian movie, [...]
The Blue Elephant | A Mystery that Actually Works
“The Blue Elephant” is an Egyptian movie based on a novel by the same name for the Egyptian author Ahmed [...]