Marvellous (2014): Movie Review

Marvellous is a 2014 British Tele film capturing the life of Neil Baldwin who had served as kitman in the legendary Stoke City Football Club in the 1990s. At the outset, one ought to know that this movie is not about football. It is about Neil Baldwin, who, inspite of his learning difficulties, ends up playing football for Stoke City in a testimonial match.

What makes it a remarkable and outstanding movie is Peter Bowker's powerful script. Toby Jones has played the role of Neil Baldwin with great accuracy. Other noteworthy and outstanding point of the movie is that Neil Baldwin himself makes cameo appearances, showing up in between. 

Marvellous is a very optimistic movie which will make you feel good. In a scale of 10 we give it a 9.5.

The Grand Budapest Hotel- Movie Review

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

The Grand Budapest Hotel is a Wes Anderson film and like all his films, this movie too has the distinctly recognisable style both in special effects, dialogues and those who have watched his 2012 movie The Moonrise Kingdom will without effort recognise the Anderson hand capturing every minute detail in the meticulously designed sets.

Set up in the period between the two wars in Europe, it is the story where our lead character, the concierge of the hotel, Gustave H played by Ralph Fiennes gets involved in the murder of a wealthy lady and the chemistry between the concierge and his protege, Zero played by Tony Revolori and the related adventure in which the duo must clear Gustave's name.

It is one of the best movies of 2014 and each character comes so real with great intensity.

In a scale of 10 we give it a 9.5. A must watch. 

Ten Best Books of 2014: Must Read

The following books are the best of the year 2014 in their own way and also across different genres, and the order in which they appear has nothing to do with  rating- all are equally fascinating

FICTION

NON-FICTION

FINANCE

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

HISTORY

FINANCIAL CRISIS

HUMOUR & KIDS

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert: Book Review.

The Signature of All Things is the story of Alma Whitaker, born in 1800 in Philadelphia in the family of one of the richest men in the US, who had built a fortune dealing in import-export  of exotic plants all over the globe. The novel pans across Alma’s early childhood through her youth to her very last days. As an only child in the family and exposed to botanical details and erudite gatherings from her infant time, Alma travels through the 500 page book searching for knowledge and love. The plot twists and turns around her interest in botany, secret erotic needs, an adopted sister, a reserved life where emotional expressions were forbidden and an unrequited love.  The story of sacrifice and three disturbed lives following a failed three way love unfolds following the death of her father in her early 50s which drives her  across the ocean to Tahiti and then Holland till she eventually finds peace with her unpublished book in a Botanical Institute owned by her maternal grand parents.

An engaging book on self discovery, this is a brilliant work by Elizabeth Gilbert and is definitely a leisure read. We give it 7.5 in a scale of 10.