Razeens Cinema Blog

  10 Movie Villains Who Weren’t Entirely Wrong When you hate the actor for playing a certain character, that is when you know that the said actor is really talented. Throughout the history of cinema we’ve seen so many iconic villains on the big screen such as The Joker, Darth Vader, Lord Voldemort, Anton Chigurh, Hans Landa, etc. But here is a list of 10 villains who, according to me weren’t entirely wrong for their reason of villainy. A lot of these are superhero movie villains (bear with me).   WARNING: SPOILER ALERT   11) The Architect – The Matrix The Matrix is one of the most revered sci fi movies of all time. When it was released, it changed the world and brought out the idea of a ‘simulation’. The sequels to the first movie continued the lore and expanded the Matrix universe, even though each one was progressively worse than its predecessor. And amongst this storyline, stands The Architect, one of the main antagonists of the franchise apart from Agent ...

  10 Movies That I Want To Talk About I have been itching to talk about these 10 movies for quite a while now. Unfortunately not all of them have come up so far in all my previous articles. So I decided that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity to feature them on my page, why not write a separate article altogether where I will just rant about these movies. Bear in mind, these are not recommendations for anyone, as not all the movies on this list will be liked by the general audience. This article is specifically written for me. So here are 10 movies that I am absolutely itching to tell you about. 10. Heat Talk about a perfect crime movie. The year is 2026 and currently I am absolutely enthused by crime movies. Since the past few months I have been on a ‘crime spree’. And Heat, is the perfect crime movie. I absolutely love Heat. Down to the last bit. It captures everything that I have been obsessed   with since these past few months – Los Angeles nights, neo-...

  Heat: A Critical Appreciation So I am back again with a critical appreciation of another Michael Mann film. Heat, released in the year 1995 is one of the greatest films of all time and very well in my opinion the greatest crime film of all time. I have seen The Godfather, I have seen Goodfellas, I have seen Pulp Fiction, and every other major blockbuster Hollywood crime movie ever made. Heat is the best. But that’s just my opinion. Today I shall write a critical appreciation of this masterpiece of a movie. It follows a cat and mouse chase between a hyper-professional thief Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro) and a hard-boiled police detective Lt. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). That’s it. That’s the whole story. A 2 hour 50 minute anecdote about two polar opposite persons sharing more similarities than one can imagine. Of course, the supporting cast is also strong; Val Kilmer plays Chris Shiherlis, an accomplice of Neil. And of course, this being a Michael Mann film, women have an impor...

  MIAMI VICE (2006): A CRITICAL APPRECIATION   I watched this movie for the first time back in October, 2025. And for the past 7 months I have been obsessed. Every time I go out for a late night drive, I think of Miami Vice. Every time I observe the skyline of Mumbai, I think of Miami Vice. Every time I look at the clouds at night, I think of Miami Vice. What am I talking about? Well, back in 2006 the famous filmmaker Michael Mann made a film called as Miami Vice. It starred relatively established names such as Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, etc. Back when it was released, the audience treated it well, as they usually do. And as expected, the critics were polarized. I do not wish to comment on the opinions of critics, as I disregard them thoroughly. Let me talk about my opinion. What is it that I like about Miami Vice? I think it’s just perfect. I mean, it’s not the greatest film ever made (no, that would be Interstellar) but I think it’s perfect in...

  Top 10 Movie Scores   Alright. For a non cinephile, the title is probably misleading. When I say ‘score’ I don’t mean I am going to give movies a score out of 100. No. A score means the music that is played throughout the movie. The background music to be specific. For Bollywood movies the score usually means the songs that are played in between where there is dance or drama, according to the movie requirements. But when I talk about Hollywood, the film scores mean the epic orchestral music that uplifts the film during scenes. Maybe this article might not appeal to everyone because not everyone notices the background music intently in a movie. In that case you can skip this article. Suffice to say, I am one of the nerds who jams the film scores instead of listening to current pop music that normal teenagers listen to. So, here’s my ranking of the top 10 best movie scores of all time!     10. Mission Impossible If you are still here, then I am sure you kno...