On a Cinematic Journey with Shrav

  THE FAULT IN OUR STARS Director : Josh Boone Genre : Romance/Drama Cast : Shailene Woodley (Hazel Grace Lancaster), Ansel Elgort (Augustus Waters) and others Release Date : June 6, 2014 Rating : 7.7/10 (IMDb) Duration : 2 hr 6 min Language : English Reviewed By : Shravni Datta Borade This story of the tragic love between two cancer-stricken teenagers ought to be excruciating. Given the subject matter, even explicit melodrama would have been acceptable. It should be passionate, captivating, and intriguing. In contrast, despite having several scenes that are intended to make us cry, the movie adaptation of the best-selling book "The Fault in Our Stars" comes across as emotionally impassive. It might be because it tries so hard to hit us over the head and numb us instead of making us feel true. In director Josh Boone's adaptation of author John Green's tear-jerking, young adult phenomenon, there is generally something simply odd about it, including an awkwardness to t...

THE HOLIDAY  Director : Nancy Meyers Genre : Romance/Comedy Cast : Kate Winslet (Iris), Cameron Diaz (Amanda), Jude Law (Graham), Jack Black (Miles) and others Release Date : February 9, 2007 Rating : 6.9/10 (IMDb) Duration : 2 hr 18 mins Language : English Reviewed By : Shravni Datta Borade The Holiday is a story about two women. Iris Simpkins (Winslet) is a London-based columnist for The Daily Telegraph who is in love with her coworker and ex-boyfriend, Jasper Bloom. Even though they had broken up due to Jasper's dishonesty, he continues to hang out with Iris, pretending to be her friend to ask for favours and writing advice from her. Iris discovers Jasper is engaged to another lady on her last day of work before the holidays. Meanwhile, Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz), a corporate executive from Los Angeles, discovers that her boyfriend Ethan is cheating on her with his young secretary on the other side of the planet. Ethan blames Amanda for being a workaholic and unwilling to...

                                                                                  TITANIC Director : James Cameron Genre : Drama/Romance Cast : Kate Winslet (Rose), Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack) and others Release Date: December 19, 1997 Rating :  4.8/5 Duration : 3h 16mins Language : English Reviewed By : Shravni Datta Borade On the ocean below, the Titanic stands motionless towards the West, its one and only voyage forever cut short. A remote-controlled TV camera weaves its way through the ship, down hallways, and through doorways, showing us suites intended for millionaires and inherited by crabs. We see it in the opening scenes of "Titanic," covered in the silt of 85 years. These images hit the mark well; the Titanic begs to have its narra...

  THE NOTEBOOK Director :    Nick Cassavetes Genre : Drama/ Romance Cast : Ryan Gosling (Noah), Rachel McAdams (Allie) and others Release Date : June 25, 2004 Rating : 4.7/5 Duration : 2 hrs 4 mins Language : English Reviewed By : Shravni D Borade Duke (James Garner), who has survived two heart attacks, finds tremendous joy in reading to Allie (Gena Rowlands) from a journal about an exciting love tale at a retirement home. She has dementia and has an odd sensation she has heard this story before. Noah (Ryan Gosling) is a high school graduate who works at a lumber yard in Seabrook, North Carolina, in the 1940s. He meets Alison (Rachel McAdams) at a fair and it's love at first sight. She is the daughter of a rich Southern couple on vacation in town (Joan Allen and David Thornton). Noah and Alison go to the movies on their first date and discuss a lot about themselves on the way home. She is quite busy, despite the fact that she has not yet graduated from high school, wit...

  FIVE FEET APART Director : Justin Baldoni Genre : Drama, Romance Cast : Haley Lu Richardson (Stella), Cole Sprouse (Will), Moises Arias (Poe) and others Release Date : March 15, 2019 Rating : 4.8/5 Duration : 1 hr 57mins Language : English Reviewed By : Shravni D Borade Breathe in deeply. Breathe in deeply. Those of us who have the privilege of taking our ability to breathe for granted get to pick and choose when we think about taking a breath: to relax, to sing, to blow up a balloon, to sprint. Every breath is a fight, a victory, and a cruel reminder that it can be the last for people who have lung disorders like cystic fibrosis (CF). The life expectancy for people born with CF was 10 only a few decades ago. So, it has only been recently that individuals with CF, like the young adults in "Five Feet Apart," have lived long enough to fully comprehend their condition and its limits. Stella (a radiant Haley Lu Richardson) enters the hospital as if it were her second home ...