The best movies of this week have been chosen for you by WhatsOn editors. The best way to pass time is to watch movies, especially since the weekend is right around the corner. There needs to be some relaxation during the holidays, so why not watch a movie? Let’s have a look at the movies on the list without further ado.
1. “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile”
For a clean and entertaining family film, “Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” is hard to beat. Based on a children’s book, originally written in 1965, it follows the adventures of a singing and speaking crocodile in New York and his relationship with young Josh Primm, who is struggling to adapt to his family’s new life in the city. Lyle (voiced by Shawn Mendes) gives Josh a new sense of purpose and we also meet his eccentric owner,
Hector P. Valenti and the evil Mr. Grumps, who does all that they can to have Lyle thrown out of the apartment. In the end, good prevails and the film is a pleasant mixture of humor, music, and a poignant storyline a fine performance by all concerned, including Winslow Fegley, who stars as Josh.
2. “The Menu”
In total contrast to the previous film, “The Menu” is a horror/thriller, centered around the visit of a young couple to an exclusive restaurant on a remote island where the chef has some rather unpleasant surprises in store. Ralph Fiennes excels as the menacing and threatening culinary expert with things other than food on his mind and his performance keeps us on the edge of our seats as we await the next shocking move by himself and his cohorts, as the diners realize that they have bitten off more than they can chew by visiting the restaurant in the first place.
3. “Matilda-the Musical”
Stephen Graham has always struck me as a versatile and talented actor and upon viewing the trailers for “Matilda,” I looked forward to seeing him in a musical role. Matilda, played by teenage Dublin actress, Alisha Weir is a boisterous and high-spirited girl with sharp wit and vivid imagination the story, based on the book by Roald Dahl and the stage musical by Tim Minchin follows her stand against her oppressive father and mother (played by Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough) and Emma Thompson’s frightening headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. The empathetic and caring Miss Honey (Lashana Lynch) supports Matilda in her endeavors, and as we witness Matilda accomplish her goals, the movie is both motivating and enjoyable.
4. Darlings
In this movie, we see Alia Bhat as Badrunnisa, the wife of Hamza Sheikh (Vijay Varma). Darlings is a Hindi-language dark comedy. This film portrays a very common and pathetic social problem. In this story, the female protagonist character is physically abused by her devoted spouse every single day for three years. Badrunnisa’s mother helped her daughter to take revenge for his (Hamza) done. Badru even loses her child because of her husband’s domestic violence.Every day, Hamza beats Badru while intoxicated.
After losing the kid, Badru swears to get back at Hamza by mistreating him the same manner she has been mistreated over the past several years. Hamza must ultimately deal with his own conscience. One of the recently released films, Darlings, helps us understand how domestic abuse affects women in our culture. In real life, I believe, each victim should take action as Badru does in this movie. Through this comedy, this film reveals one of the darkest sides of human society.
Jasmeet K. and Reen are the director of the film Darlings, and released on 5th August 2022. (Review by Cynthia)
5. Operation Sundarban
Bangladeshi action-thriller Operation Sundarban will be made available in 2022. The concept was novel, but the method by which it was produced was very standard. The plot wasn’t terrible, but it had a lot of shortcomings.The thing I can appreciate is how the locations you guys chose in Vfx and CGI are better than Mission extreme, Shannon, Dhaka attack, And more many Bangla Movies Vfx but still Mediocre Siam Acting in this one seems. Tahsin was the best in this one. His acting was so good. He needed more screen time. But unfortunately, he didn’t get that much. Other characters also pretty much have OK acting, but Tahsin Was the best in this one. Even while it’s not a really amazing action movie, it’s actually much better when compared to other BD action movies.
