Directed by Remo D’Souza, the man behind the ABCD movies, Be Happy, the new Amazon Prime Video film is an ultra generic dance+ motivation drama that almost felt like something Remo D’Souza developed from a scrapped fourth installment of his dance franchise. With the predictability and template structure of the story making things extremely cliched,… Continue reading Be Happy Review | Another ABCD With Same Mediocrity but Smaller Budget
The Diplomat Review | This One Tries to Be In John’s Body of Work Rather Than Using His Body to Work
Even though the tone of the latest John Abraham starrer, The Diplomat, has that gallery-pleasing dialogue bazi element in it, it sort of feels fresh because it is taking an effort to walk away from the deafening patriotic tones we are seeing nowadays. The Diplomat, written by Ritesh Shah and directed by Shivam Nair, is… Continue reading The Diplomat Review | This One Tries to Be In John’s Body of Work Rather Than Using His Body to Work
Mickey 17 Review | A Middling Black Comedy With Impressive World-Building
Bong Joon-ho’s latest film after Parasite, Mickey 17, is a sci-fi drama with a very evident satirical, political layer. The film that has Robert Pattinson playing the role of the title character does a fairly good job of creating its world with the help of a humor-driven voiceover from the main character. But after a… Continue reading Mickey 17 Review | A Middling Black Comedy With Impressive World-Building
Pariwar Review | Dialogue Humor Makes This Mediocre Satire Bearable
Satire is a tricky genre to crack, as a little bit of untidiness or lack of clarity can make it easily look like a badly made comedy. Of late, most of the movies in Malayalam that try to pitch themselves as satire have struggled to develop the idea in a consistently engaging manner, and oftentimes,… Continue reading Pariwar Review | Dialogue Humor Makes This Mediocre Satire Bearable
Ouseppinte Osiyathu Review | Dileesh Pothan Aces This Well-Written, Subdued Family Drama
Ouseppinte Osiyathu is an interestingly staged drama that has the outer shell of a thriller. Even though an investigation is happening in the movie, which practically keeps us interested in the story, what eventually works in favor of the film is how it shapes the drama using characters. It is ultimately the exploration of the… Continue reading Ouseppinte Osiyathu Review | Dileesh Pothan Aces This Well-Written, Subdued Family Drama
Crazxy Review | A Mixed-Bag Single-Character Thriller That Is Racy and Preachy
Crazxy, the latest Hindi film starring Sohum Shah and directed by Girish Kohli, has aspirations to be a well-crafted single-character thriller. In fact, if you look at the way the movie transitions from the sophistication of a metro city to the recklessness of a barren land over the course of its story, you can see… Continue reading Crazxy Review | A Mixed-Bag Single-Character Thriller That Is Racy and Preachy
Love Under Construction Review | The Romance Is Pleasing, but the Rest of It Is Generic and Middling
During the promotions of the latest JioHotstar series, Love Under Construction, the people involved in the series were describing it as a modern version of Midhunam meeting Varavelpu. While that description gives you a basic idea of the premise, the emotional intensity of this series is slightly different from those films. Vishnu G Raghav’s writing… Continue reading Love Under Construction Review | The Romance Is Pleasing, but the Rest of It Is Generic and Middling
Aap Kaise Ho Review | You Need a Special Kind of Audacity to Pull Off Such an Atrocity
Of late, Dhyan Sreenivasan movies are being promoted similarly to the advertisement for firecrackers. Even in the promotions, the cast and crew of this movie are indirectly telling us how entertaining this movie will be when any YouTube channel decides to roast it. Aap Kaise Ho, the latest Dhyan Sreenivasan starrer, a film written by… Continue reading Aap Kaise Ho Review | You Need a Special Kind of Audacity to Pull Off Such an Atrocity