“Do Revenge,” Netflix’s new high school revenge-swap dramedy directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Celeste Ballard, is a minefield of ‘90s teen movie references — from cliques with coordinating outfits to makeover schemes and house parties where popularity is made and lost. And, like its inspirations, which include quintessential films like…

The 2008 double homicide of housekeeper Hemraj, 45, and 13-year-old Aarushi Talwar, a little girl, is the basis for the movie Talvar. Meghna Gulzar and Vishal Bhardwaj performed a fantastic job at developing the tale concept, and they also successfully incorporated the majority of the plot twists into the film. Casting was flawlessly executed. The…

While cinema almost always takes some creative liberties, it’s fairly straightforward to differentiate between a film that pursues to chiefly reinterpret occurrences as they transpired versus one that surrenders all false illusions to existence.   “The Crown” is explicitly a fictionalized account of British history, but it seeks a doctrine that “Spencer” refutes even before…