My Ramblings

  Really, let them!   When you see Meryl Streep on the cover of the movie, you don’t think twice, and after her performance in Big Little Lies , I was craving that cinematic magic. Netflix also gets that hence suggest me all her movies; what would we do without the clever algorithm? Anywho, the movie has a decent cast, Meryl Streep , as mentioned many times already, Candice Bergen of Miss Congeniality fame, and Brad Pitt’s favorite Dianne Wiest . These happen to be Alice Hughes (Ms. Streep), old friends, reconnecting after years. The cast also includes Lucas Hedges , who played as a supporting nephew, Tyler, and Gemma Chan , as Karen, her new agent. So the story revolves around a renowned New York-based author Alice, who has to go and collect her British Award. Now, Alice has some reservations against flying, so her over ambitious agent suggests to sail. Her old friends Roberta (Bergen) and Susan (Wiest) had their own sets of thoughts running in heads for this sud...

        The opening scene of the movie was open-heart surgery, and that was enough for a person like me who feel deprived due to the season break of Grey’s Anatomy.   The story of the movie revolves around the family of four, Dr. Steven (Colin Farrell), a cardiothoracic surgeon, Anna (Nicole Kidman), an ophthalmologist, and two children, Kim and Bob. While they are all happy merry family, and everything looks fine from the exterior, the cracks start showing very soon. For me, a peculiar and incomprehensible relation was a teenage boy Martin, meeting Dr. Steven, and the equation between two was particularly disturbing, W eird fetish of Doctor, thank God, not with the boy. Soon it was disclosed he was his patient and son of the patient who died during the procedure with Dr. Steven. Initially, it looked like guilt, when Steven gave him expensive watch and his time on and off-work, while the family was completely unaware. Later he was brought at home, and s...

  The movie has a high rating on rotten tomatoes, and that only often is a reason I choose to watch a movie. I loved the background score by Tamar Kali , subtly taking over the scenes shift and move as the movie proceeds.   This movie speaks very eloquently about the sexual harassment at the workplace and resonates significantly with the #MeToo movement.   The movie features Ozark star, Julia Garner, who finished her degree and was a high achiever. The movie revolves around an assistant of a Hollywood movie production company, eerie as it may sound; the boss is shown passing, talking, coming/going, and shouting.   But, in the whole movie, his face is never shown, while Jane is seen scrubbing his sofas, picking up dishes and foods. Doing all irrelevant and belittling errands, which a janitor should be doing, but a high achiever college graduate is seen doing every day.   She is seen coming in very early, while there are no signs of sunrise y...