The Servant
Dissects the British class system
  • Outlander

    Travelers are sometimes forced to take a detour or make a stopover, brief or otherwise. The places where they are grounded are often strange. They may love or hate it at first sight. Later, their opinions and tastes may change. In Outlander, a man from outer space, Kainan (Jim...
  • Mirrors

    We often hear of people being possessed. However, in Mirrors, an evil spirit is trapped in reflecting mirrors of all sorts. Or, at least, that’s what Ben (Kiefer Sutherland), a suspended undercover detective who pops strong pills to get over his alcoholic problem would like everyone to believe. Taking...
  • Armored

    When one has access to tens of millions of dollars and believes that there is a foolproof chance of pocketing them without being caught, principles can undergo overnight alteration. In Armored, a group of guards who transport cash between banks in armored vans plan on pulling off a daring...
  • Wanted

    Whoever thought that spasmodic stress is actually a symptom of superhuman strength! In many ways, Wanted reminds one of the Matrix series, in particular, the ideas of the reluctant ‘chosen one’, the slow-motion shots while a bullet travels in the air, the superhuman reflexes of the lead characters, the...
  • 21

    Money. Everyone could do a lot more for themselves if they have a heck lot of it. And there’s plenty to be had from the casinos in 21. To know how to get it to rolling into your hands, you simply need to be a cool, genius mathematician with...
  • The Lovely Bones

    Heaven is not everything, until you’ve completed what you wished for on earth. In The Lovely Bones, Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), a fourteen-year old girl bursting with life and on the verge of her first kiss is murdered and finds herself being invited to that place of everlasting happiness,...
  • Valkyrie

    Innumerous assassination bids were made on the life of Adolf Hitler. ‘Valkyrie’ documents the last attempt, at the Wolf’s Lair. The mission consisted of two parts: the assassination, followed immediately by the activation of Operation Valkyrie, an emergency operation originally designed to deploy the Territorial Reserve Army of Germany...
  • Pride and Glory

    If you are part of a family tree of police officers with impeccable principles, and discovered that one of your own kin has been corrupted, what action should and would you take? This is the dilemma that confronts Ray Tierney (Edward Norton) in Pride and Glory. Four New York...
  • Zachariyayude Garbhinikal (Zachariah’s Pregnant Women)

    Precious to life is a mother’s act of carrying a child in her womb. Zachariyayude Garbhinikal (Zachariah’s Pregnant Women) centers on Dr. Zachariah (Lal), a sensitive, caring gynecologist with no child of his own, and his range of patients. The pains of labor as well as the fear of...
  • In the Name of the King

    Professionals in ancient times proudly flaunted their respective profession by adopting it as their family name. In In the Name of the King: a Dungeon Siege Tale, a wandering child who was found and brought up by a farming village wears his profession proudly in his first name. A...

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