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6 BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMS OF 2019 As the 2019 comes to its end, let's recall this beautiful year in the light of international releases. Big studios earned huge, awaited releases specially animations & super hero films scored massive. Beside box office, there were some brilliant film making too. Let's check them without further delay. 6. MARRIAGE STORY An emotional rollercoaster lead by some serious on screen acting. 'MARRIAGE STORY' is a half funny, half heartbreaking piece of cinema, which easily shows some complex things about relationship. 5. THE VANISHING This almost unnoticed film is a fine melancholic piece of art which shows the transition of human mind out of greed. Based on century old true story of 'Flannan Isle Mystery', THE VANISHING is a psychological game. You should watch it.  [REVIEW] 4. THE HOLE IN THE GROUND An unusual horror brilliance with deep ironical overtone. A rare composition of art & horror. A dark, poeti...

5 BEST BOLLYWOOD FILMS OF 2019 Quite a healthy year for Bollywood, both in terms of box office profit and quality. Good remakes and true event based films performed really well. Without any long overture, let's check five finest films from this year. 5. BATLA HOUSE With perfect ratio of emotions & technical details, this John Abraham starrer is equally gripping and valuable as per the contemporary situation of nation! 4. BADLA This official remake of Spanish film 'The Invisible Guest' is really thrilling, unpredictable and clever. What more you want? Badla is a perfect mystery thriller with several layers. 3. PHOTOGRAPH The director of 'Lunchbox' - Ritesh Batra came back with a heart wrenching masterpiece - Photograph. A melodious, poetic, tranquil, sentimental romantic drama with brilliant screen presence of Nawaz and Sanya. 2. SECTION 375 Section 375 is truly an Un-Bollywood-ish court room drama. Unbiased flow, brilliant acting, superb...

NOT LETTERS ON PAPER, THIS IS SPARK OF FIRE!  BOOK: THERE'S GUNPOWDER IN THE AIR AUTHOR: MANORANJAN BYAPARI TRANSLATOR: ARUNAVA SINHA PUBLISHER: EKA (WESTLAND AMAZON) PUBLICATION: 2019 ABOUT: 'THE JCB PRIZE for literature SHORTLISTED 2019' 'THE DSC PRIZE LONGLISTED 2019' AMAZON:  ENGLISH   BENGALI REVIEW: Some stories are not really stories, they are testimonial of revolution, memorandum of unsung events. 'There's Gunpowder in the Air' is one of them. It's really hard to describe this rare book. Don't be fooled by guessing it as a jail break story, it's far from it, as I said earlier, it's fire, blazing fire! Manoranjan Byapari has an intensely tragic life story, you should know. It's unbelievable to think how he managed to write so much novels, with so much class! Or maybe his life events actually made him such a genius writer. He was the eye witness of the story he wrote. But still he manages to write a story wi...

A KILLER COMBO OF MULTIPLE GENRES! A UNIQUE ENTERTAINER. TITLE: KILLING TIME IN DELHI AUTHOR: RAVI SHANKAR ETTETH PUBLISHER: WESTLAND RELEASE DATE: 25/1/2019 BLURB:  AMAZON IN  Or  GODREADS REVIEW: Set in the capital Delhi, the novel zoomed into the lifestyle of crazy rich denizens. Charlie is one of them, who was 'playing' quite well untill the sudden series of hilarious events occurred! The event changes everything, the characters, colors, shadows & fate in the darker side of the city, where neon is only brightness! Seductive, psychedelic, cool, funky, handsome, sarcastic, funny, humorous - still I can't describe this book. All I can say it's different, really different! Don't expect a murder mystery thriller or a whodunit type of thing, this 197 pages long cracker is something unique. Firstly it's a really interesting subject. The author choose a completely different setting from his last year's brilliant 'The Brahmin'( REVIEW ...

SCARY, IRONICAL & DEEP - ONE OF THE FINEST HORROR FILMS! A MUST WATCH!                 FILM: THE HOLE IN THE GROUND DIRECTOR: LEE CRONIN WRITER: LEE CRONIN & STEPHEN SHIELDS  CINEMATOGRAPHY: TOM COMERFIELD MUSIC: STEPHEN McKeon RELEASE DATE: 1/3/2019 COUNTRY: Belgium,  Finland,  Ireland,  United Kingdom LANGUAGE: ENGLISH RUN TIME: 90 MINUTES GENRE: HORROR/PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW: A single mother, living in a countryside rural town, noticed radical change in her son after some mysterious & disturbing events. The premise is really promising. If you are bored after seeing a lot of logic less horror comedies, then this piece of art is for you. I can't call Cronin's debut as most original & completely unique but I have to call it one of best horror films ever made. Still it's unusual, not like the typical horror films available. It's dark, slow burning and artistic. The film has two laye...

STORY OF THE TRANSITION OF HUMAN MIND OUT OF GREED & A FINE MELANCHOLIC PIECE OF ART Movie: The Vanishing Release Date: 4th January,2019 Director: Kristoffer Nyholm Writer: Celyn Jones &  Joe Bone Cast: Gerard Butler,  Peter Mullan, Connor Swindells etc. Music: Benjamin Wallfisch REVIEW:              "Three men alive on Flannan Isle,               Who thought, on three men dead."                                      -Wilfrid Wilson Gibson                                                        Flannan Isle Based on century old true story of 'Flannan Isle Mystery', THE VANISHING is a psychological mystery thriller. A take o...