Towards the very end of the movie, Sikandar, Salman Khan’s character, says “I don’t care” twice during an emotional scene. I felt that he was breaking the fourth wall and speaking to all those people who still think he will deliver. Looking at the quality of most of the recent Salman Khan movies, including the… Continue reading Sikandar Review | Salman Khan Unites People on Eid by Making Them Unanimously Laugh at His Film
Abhilasham Review | A Simple Tale of Unspoken Romance Let Down by Hammy Humor
Shamzu Zayba’s new movie Abhilasham is dealing with the idea of unspoken love. Written by Jenith Kachappilly, the climax of the movie has this segment where our hero talks about the habitual nature of his romance, and it is a portion that might become a hit reel or shorts when the movie is released on… Continue reading Abhilasham Review | A Simple Tale of Unspoken Romance Let Down by Hammy Humor
Veera Dheera Sooran Review | A Script That Rejuvenates a Confined Plot With Solid Setups and Payoffs
SU Arun Kumar’s latest film after Chithha is an action drama that tries to get into the complicated dynamics of the rivalry between police and gangsters. If you look at the structure of the screenplay of this movie, it doesn’t have the texture of a film that will have a major star in it. The… Continue reading Veera Dheera Sooran Review | A Script That Rejuvenates a Confined Plot With Solid Setups and Payoffs
L2: Empuraan Review | An Engaging Political Drama Wrapped in an Extremely Thick Crest of Mass Masala
Murali Gopy and Prithviraj had mentioned multiple times in interviews how they look at the mass masala format of a movie as a sugar coating given to essential medicine. Back in 2019, when I saw Lucifer, because of the kind of complex narratives Murali Gopy had written till that point, Lucifer felt like a very… Continue reading L2: Empuraan Review | An Engaging Political Drama Wrapped in an Extremely Thick Crest of Mass Masala
Adolescence Review | An Unsettling Deep Dive Into the Challenges of Modern-Day Parenting
I would say the timing of the release of the new Netflix mini-series Adolescence was just perfect for the people in Kerala. It comes at a time when we see news reports of criminal activities done by teenagers who are somewhat in their own realm of things. And if you look at the reaction of… Continue reading Adolescence Review | An Unsettling Deep Dive Into the Challenges of Modern-Day Parenting
Perusu Review | A Potent, Funny Funeral Comedy With Inconsistent Highs and Lows
Perusu, the new Tamil funeral comedy from director Ilango Ram, is the remake of his own Simhala film Tentigo. The movie has a very peculiar and outrageously funny premise. While the premise is offering the movie a lot of opportunity to explore one-liner jokes and situational humor, in the middle portions, it is finding it… Continue reading Perusu Review | A Potent, Funny Funeral Comedy With Inconsistent Highs and Lows
Novocaine Review | An Action Comedy With Generic Beats and Fun Set-Pieces
Novocaine, the new action comedy starring Jack Quaid, has a very peculiar central character, and it sort of starts off in that gentle manner similar to something like Baby Driver. The hero’s condition, the placement of empathy in the romantic relationship, etc., would really make you interested in the story. But after the main event… Continue reading Novocaine Review | An Action Comedy With Generic Beats and Fun Set-Pieces
Anora Review | A Well-Mounted Character Study With a Subtle Emphasis on the Class Divide
Anora, Sean Baker’s latest Academy Award-winning film, feels like a great film in its totality because it sort of uses its full length to show us the real state of mind of its title character. The film that has a stripper as the main character has this template rom-com structure in the beginning, and it… Continue reading Anora Review | A Well-Mounted Character Study With a Subtle Emphasis on the Class Divide