Movie Review - JoJo Rabbit (2019) - Powerful Satire

JoJo Rabbit – Movie Poster     Movie Review – Jojo Rabbit My Rating – 4 out of 5   Watch the Jojo Rabbit Trailer here   Plot Summary – JoJo Rabbit Scarlett Johansson chose the year 2019 to break her Superhero stereotype for good and stamp her class on the Hollywood annals. Jojo Rabbit is another milestone in her storied career, and after Marriage Story proves it beyond doubt she is a major…

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Hollywood Movie Review - Spiderman No Way Home - 2021 - Dazzling Cinema

Hollywood Movie Review – Spiderman No Way Home – 2021 – Dazzling Cinema

Spiderman No Way Home Hollywood Movie Review – Spiderman No Way Home – Dazzling Cinema My Rating – 4.5 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Spiderman No Way Home A much belated review of the movie which released last December! And this is by far the best Spiderman movie from MCU by a long mile!! Of all the movies that the MCU has spawned, particularly over the last 10-12 years, the Spiderman…

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Books - Review of Diablo Mesa by Preston and Child - 2022 - Exciting Sequel Full of Entertainment

Books – Review of Diablo Mesa by Preston and Child – 2022 – Exciting Sequel Full of Entertainment

Diablo Mesa book cover Book Review of Diablo Mesa by Preston and Child – Exciting Sequel My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Diablo Mesa Author duo Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have published the third novel in the series headlined by Archeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Special Agent Corey Swanson – Diablo Mesa (which is an uninhabited part of the desert in New Mexico). It…

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Books - Review of Abandoned In Death by J. D. Robb - 2022 - Another Rocking Sequel

Books – Review of Abandoned In Death by J. D. Robb – 2022 – Another Rocking Sequel

Abandoned In Death Book Cover Book Review – Abandoned In Death by J. D. Robb – Well Written My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Abandoned In Death Author Nora Roberts, who writes the Lieutenant Eve Dallas series under the pen name of J.D. Robb has another winner on her hands! Abandoned in Death is a very well written novel, particularly in the way that the author builds up each…

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Hollywood Movie Review - Found Wandering Lost - 2022 - A Strong Story Weakly Told

Hollywood Movie Review – Found Wandering Lost – 2022 – A Strong Story Weakly Told

Found Wandering Lost Poster 1 Movie Review – Found Wandering Lost – A Strong Story which could have been told better My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Found Wandering Lost This is one of those films whose cinematography is far better than the other elements of the film and that too is due to the beautiful and verdant setting in which the film is set. Which in this case are the…

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Books - Review of The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley - 2022 - Intriguing Tale

Books – Review of The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley – 2022 – Intriguing Tale

The Paris Apartment book cover Book Review – The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley – Intriguing Tale My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – The Paris Apartment In the follow up novel of the 2021 bestseller, The Guest List, Lucy Foley released The Paris Apartment this year (2022). And after the chilling atmosphere she’d created in The Guest List, I was eagerly looking forward to this.…

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Hollywood Movie Review - Scream - 2022 - Horror Well Done

Hollywood Movie Review – Scream – 2022 – Horror Well Done

Scream Poster 1 Movie Review – Scream (2022) – Horror Movie Slickly Made My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Scream (2022) Another day, another remake, another horror movie! Well, this one’s quite well-made, as much as slasher flicks can be! The original Scream, released in 1996 and followed by four more sequels, has left quite a fan following behind. The 2022 version is a nod…

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Books - Review of Steal by James Patterson and Howard Roughan - 2022 - A Solid Follow Up

Books – Review of Steal by James Patterson and Howard Roughan – 2022 – A Solid Follow Up

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Books - Review of One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner - 2022 - A Fascinating Sequel

Books – Review of One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner – 2022 – A Fascinating Sequel

One Step Too Far Book Cover Book Review – One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner – Wonderful Sequel My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – One Step Too Far After 2021’s Frankie Elkin # 1 i.e. Before She Disappeared, comes the sequel in 2022 – One Step Too Far – Frankie Elkin # 2. Frankie has a troubled past, and a present that has her always teetering at the edge of sanity. She is a…

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Hollywood Movie Review - Nightmare Alley - (2021) - Entertaining Movie

Hollywood Movie Review – Nightmare Alley – (2021) – Entertaining Movie

Nightmare Alley poster 1 Movie Review – Nightmare Alley – 2021 – Entertaining Movie My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Nightmare Alley First off, a little history about the film Nightmare Alley (2021) by celebrated Mexican film-maker Guillermo Del Toro – he of the Shape of Water fame. The original novel of the same name, written by US author William Lindsay Gresham, was…

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Books - Review of The Maid by Nita Prose - 2022 - Gripping Whodunit

Books – Review of The Maid by Nita Prose – 2022 – Gripping Whodunit

The Maid Book Cover Book Review of The Maid by Nita Prose – A Gripping Whodunit My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – The Maid From an Editor to Author, Nita Prose has traveled from the background to the foreground, quite surprisingly! From a chance encounter with a Housekeeping lady in a hotel came the idea of this novel – a cleanliness-obsessed hotel maid whose awkward demeanors…

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Books - Review of The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica - 2022 - A Charming Novel

Books – Review of The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica – 2022 – A Charming Novel

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Hollywood Movie Review - Don't Look Up - 2021 - Funny but Ordinary

Hollywood Movie Review – Don’t Look Up – 2021 – Funny but Ordinary

Don’t Look Up Movie Poster Movie Review – Don’t Look Up – Funny but Ordinary My Rating – 2.5 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Don’t Look Up The absolute best part of the movie Don’t Look Up is its cast! It could jolly well be read as the Oscar nomination list for Best Actor (Male) and Best Actor (Female) – Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry,…

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Books - Review of The Crusader's Cross by Scott Mariani - 2021 - A Memorable Read

Books – Review of The Crusader’s Cross by Scott Mariani – 2021 – A Memorable Read

The Crusader’s Cross by Scott Mariani Book Cover Book Review – The Crusader’s Cross by Scott Mariani – Delightful Read My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – The Crusader’s Cross This turned out to be a surprisingly delightful read since I started reading this with some amount of skepticism, but I am so glad to have been incorrect in my apprehensions. I discovered another…

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Books - Review of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins - 2022 - Intriguing Mystery

Books – Review of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins – 2022 – Intriguing Mystery

Reckless Girls Book Cover Book Review – Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins – Intriguing Mystery written well! My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Reckless Girls The first rocking novel of the year 2022! Though it’s not earth-shattering in its premise or execution, it’s still a rollicking read. Intriguing enough to hold your attention over a period of time and drag you till the…

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Hollywood Movie Review - King Richard - 2021 - Heartwarming Story

Hollywood Movie Review – King Richard – 2021 – Heartwarming Story

King Richard Movie Poster Movie Review – King Richard – Intense and compelling! My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – King Richard Richard Williams: The most strongest, the most powerful, the most dangerous creature on this whole earth is a woman who knows how to think. Ain’t nothing she can’t do.Richard Williams in King Richard King Richard is a semi-biopic, semi-dramatized…

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Book Review - The Protector by Scott Blade - 2021 - Fine Read

Book Review – The Protector by Scott Blade – 2021 – Fine Read

The Protector Book Cover Book Review – The Protector by Scott Blade – Another nice sequel My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – The Protector This series is a Jack Reacher clone with minor differences, but nonetheless very readable. Though the writing styles of Lee Child and Scott Blade are vastly different, there are great many similarities between their two protagonists – Jack…

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