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Peninsula Movie Review

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CAST: Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kim Do-yoon, Lee Re, Lee Ye-won DIRECTION: Yeon Sang-ho GENRE: Horror DURATION: 1 hours 56 minutes Peninsula Movie Review Filmfare Times Of India Critic's Rating: 3.0/5 A mishmash of politics and horror If Train To Busan told you what a virus outbreak looks like, its sequel, Peninsula, acquaints you with what happens when the outbreak takes the form of an epidemic. Given the present scenario, the movie seems strangely resonant. Though the coronavirus hasn’t exactly turned us into zombies. We’ve only reached the couch potato stage yet. Thank god. Right now, thanks to movement restrictions, and the lockdown scenario before that, we all experienced curbs on our freedom. Governments the world over seemed more authoritative. We collectively came to realise the importance of friendships, of family. Some countries started projecting themselves as a safe haven. Survival became paramount. All these real-life issues are brought forth in one form or...

Tenet Movie Review

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CAST: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Dimple Kapadia, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh DIRECTION: Christopher Nolan GENRE: Fantasy, Sci-Fi DURATION: 2 hours 30 minutes Tenet Movie Review Filmfare Times Of India Critic's Rating: 3.0/5Bullet in the head It’s hugely ironic to say that Salman Khan’s iconic dialogue from Kick, “Mere baare mein itna mat sochna, main dil mein aata hoon samajh mein nahi,” could actually be applied to Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. Just enjoy watching a visual spectacle unfold, don’t try to understand it. Because, after a while, your brain kind of gives up on keeping track of things. So just enjoy the ride. Nolan has given us difficult to understand films before. Films like Memento (2000), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) have all increasingly boggled your mind. He has played around with memory, time and space travel, even the theory of relativity before but this one is more esoteric than his earlier efforts. The Protagonist (John David ...