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Hemanth Kissoon

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Cinema and arts journalist. Searching for creativity, brains, and all-out entertainment. My website is Filmaluation (www.filmaluation.com), an online film and culture magazine.

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Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Nov 29

Introduce yourself with four movies:

#FilmSky #MovieSky

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Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Apr 8

I read ARTEMIS in prep for reading PROJECT HAIL MARY, in prep for the latter’s movie adaptation due next year. ARTEMIS is a fun little sci-fi thriller set on the moon.

#BookSky #Artemis

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Apr 5

HARVEST ★★★½☆
Very different to director Tsangari's CHEVALIER and ATTENBERG. This a cross between Malick and Loach. An idyll ruined by greed, cruelty, and ignorance. (As it's Tsangari, I kept waiting for a cheeky twist, which didn't come.)

#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Harvest

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Apr 4

TIME BANDITS
Cracking start, the middle sags, but re-finds its groove with the lead’s gobby scene-stealing sister. Kevin Haddock is an ace character.

THE ELECTRIC STATE
Apart from occasionally vivid visual effects, this is riddled with poor storytelling, world-building & characterisation.

#movies

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Apr 1

OPUS
The first half is cringe comedy. The second is body horror MIDSOMMAR-lite. The coda is an existential gut-punch in the vein of VENGEANCE [2022].

DEMON CITY
Doesn’t achieve the action highs it could have, but there are plenty of nifty combat sequences.

#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Opus
#DemonCity

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Mar 30

FLOW ★★★★★
Staggering animation. A perilous adventure of survival. A cross between LIFE OF PI and PONYO. So good I actually wanted to re-watch immediately - that normally only happens to me with things like JOHN WICK 4 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Flow

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · Mar 11

Movies that take place at roughly the same time

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Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Mar 9

It is actor Oscar Isaac’s birthday. Isaac’s top 5 best films:

-EX MACHINA
-INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
-MOJAVE
-SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
-THE CARD COUNTER

#FilmSky #MovieSky
#OscarIsaac

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Mar 6

THE MONKEY ★★★★☆
A rollicking gorefest with a dry, resigned humour. There’s a lot of blood. Joins the COMPANION and HEART EYES enjoyable run of black-comedy horror cinema. Prefer to director’s overrated LONGLEGS. Tackles Stephen King’s theme of bullying.

#FilmSky #MovieSky
#TheMonkey

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Mar 2

The two best films of 2024 were:
1. NICKEL BOYS, and
2. KNEECAP.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #Oscars
#NickelBoys #Kneecap

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 22

I watched Jackie Chan’s CRIME STORY last night. A different beast to his action-comedies, with a harder, grittier tone. The same explosive mayhem, but with a tougher edge to the combat sequences.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#CrimeStory #JackieChan

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 20

It is director Mike Leigh’s birthday. Nearly 30 years on, SECRETS & LIES still astounds. If you haven’t watched, do yourself a favour, it is one of the peaks of British cinema. I hope Criterion bring out a 4K version.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #Criterion
#MikeLeigh #SecretsAndLies

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 18

SUGAR [season 1] ★★★☆☆
Initially, a conventional neo-noir, but Colin Farrell’s ethereal performance masks a monumental rug-pull. The look & disjointed editing jar. Ambitious combination of elements, though individual parts don’t excel. Am still digesting. Theme of depravity disquiets.

#TVsky #Sugar

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 17

BAD MONKEY [season one] ★★★★☆
A bingeable crime-comedy. With this and FREAKY, Vince Vaughn has dialled up the charm to delightful effect. Here, he is a one-man screwball comedy, with an on-form ensemble. The dialogue is terrific!

#TVsky #BadMonkey

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Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 16

THE GORGE ★★☆☆☆
A cross between THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, SERENITY, and THE LAST OF US, but not up there with any of them. A love story slash horror slash action flick, doing none of those particularly well. The ending is trite.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#TheGorge

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 14

If you’re going to the cinema, we have been spoilt with entertaining horror-comedies lately:

#FilmSky #MovieSky
#HeartEyes #Companion

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Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 13

ELEVATION ★½☆☆☆
Three years on from invincible monsters emerging, characters are having conversations as if they’ve never spoken about them. The lazy and perfunctory dialogue sums up the experience. Even Mackie and Baccarin can’t, ahem, elevate.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Elevation

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 12

If only Richard Donner had made more Superman movies. If only John Milius had made more Conan movies. I watched CONAN THE BARBARIAN [1982] last night. One of my favourite fantasy films. That Basil Poledouris score!

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#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#ConanTheBarbarian

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 9

With THE ORDER, director Justin Kurzel is cementing his status as an adept of the crime genre.

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Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 8

With EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONE and LOKI season two, Ke Huy Quan is proving to be a compelling screen presence.

#KeHuyQuan

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 8

LOVE HURTS ★★★☆☆
A fun little action flick from maestro choreography production house 87North. Treading a fine line for Valentine’s Day, asking the question: Can something be gory and meet cute at the same time?

#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#LoveHurts

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Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 7

I didn’t think it was possible, but Cate Blanchett keeps getting better and better as an actor. Check out the movie TÁR and the mini-series DISCLAIMER.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #TVsky

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 6

Over 40 years on, the song sequences still exhilarate. They sound amazing. I watched this last night:

#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Prince #PurpleRain

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 3

SEE [seasons 1-3] ★★★★★
One of the most spectacular shows of all time. The jewel in Apple TV+’s crown. Pulse-pounding, breathtaking, brutal, tragic. A cornucopia of dystopian carnage.

#ActionSky #TVsky #See

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Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 3

I wanted a sequel with the same creative team.

Hemanth Kissoon @filmaluation.bsky.social · Feb 2

Watched BIRDS OF PREY yesterday. A ratatat bone-breaking action flick. McGregor’s trust fund man-baby is his best performance. The mayhem orchestration impresses, especially Harley Quinn breaking out a prisoner. Out Deadpools DEADPOOL.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#PhysicalMedia #BirdsOfPrey

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