For a non-Malayali viewer, the new Hotstar series 1000 Babies, directed and co-written by Najeem Koya, will feel like an intriguing concept that keeps you interested because of the enormity of the central event. I am saying this because one of the major things that was bothering me while I was watching the series was… Continue reading 1000 Babies Review | An Engaging Serial Killer Tale That Withstands Rahman’s Flawed Malayalam
Smile 2 Review | Parker Finn Scales up the Gore and Craft in This Eye-Squinting Exercise
The major challenge with the film Smile 2 was the fact that the audience are now very familiar with the basic nature of the movie. The pattern of the curse was established by Parker Finn in the 2022 movie. And if the sequel had to be impressive, there was a need to do something beyond… Continue reading Smile 2 Review | Parker Finn Scales up the Gore and Craft in This Eye-Squinting Exercise
The Wild Robot Review | A Delightful Entertainer With Diverse Emotional Setups and Quality Payoffs
One of the things that made the latest animated science fiction film from DreamWorks, The Wild Robot, extremely satisfying was the way the screenplay of the film managed to create multiple emotional setups in the first two acts and then do the payoffs in a very convincing way in its final act. With several themes… Continue reading The Wild Robot Review | A Delightful Entertainer With Diverse Emotional Setups and Quality Payoffs
Porattu Nadakam Review | Yet Another Underwhelming Iteration of Sandesham
Political satire is a genre that Malayalies love. The never-ending popularity of Sandesham, even after being criticized as an apolitical film, is proof of that. In the last few years, we have witnessed a lot of satirical films, and since religious hatred in the country has increased exponentially, there is a need and space for… Continue reading Porattu Nadakam Review | Yet Another Underwhelming Iteration of Sandesham
Bougainvillea Review | A Watchable Psycho-Thriller That Covers Its Predictability Issues With Style
SPOILER ALERT! In the final moments of the film Bougainvillea, ACP David Koshy, played by Fahadh Faasil, talks about the bad guy as someone who managed to hide himself smartly, referencing the iconic The Usual Suspects line, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” While the style meets… Continue reading Bougainvillea Review | A Watchable Psycho-Thriller That Covers Its Predictability Issues With Style
Raat Jawaan Hai Review | A Fun, Comforting, and Therapeutic Tale of Millennial Friendship
What was pretty delightful about the new SonyLIV series Raat Jawaan Hai was the fact that even though it has a very cinematic style of drama in the way the whole season is structured, it did a pretty awesome job of being a comfortable watch for the viewer. For a millennial like me, every episode… Continue reading Raat Jawaan Hai Review | A Fun, Comforting, and Therapeutic Tale of Millennial Friendship
Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video Review | Raaj Shaandilyaa’s Film Is a Clumsy Package of Lazy Gags
Raaj Shaandilyaa, who made his directorial debut back in 2019 with the Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Dream Girl, had served as the writer for the Comedy Circus show for a long time. The reason why I am mentioning this in the review of his latest film, Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, is because Shaandilyaa has… Continue reading Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video Review | Raaj Shaandilyaa’s Film Is a Clumsy Package of Lazy Gags
Black Review | An Engaging, but Extremely Diluted Version of Coherence
Reviewing the new Tamil movie Black is tricky because it’s like reviewing Ghajini after having seen Memento. So, if you have seen the 2013 English movie Coherence, directed by James Ward Byrkit, the chances of you looking down upon this adaptation of Coherence is pretty high because of the typical Tamil movie spoon-feeding and masala… Continue reading Black Review | An Engaging, but Extremely Diluted Version of Coherence