Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, which won the prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, is a character exploration that sort of shows the evolution and companionship of two women who were at different stages in their respective lives. While you do get to see a sensitive and pure portrayal of the… Continue reading All We Imagine as Light Review | A Rooted Character Drama That Deserved a Stronger Final Act
Author: Aswin Bharadwaj
Founder and editor of Lensmen Reviews.
Transformers One Review | An Impressive Origin Story That Can Resurrect This Jaded Franchise
Transformers One, the latest animated action film that serves as a prequel to the 2007 Michael Bay movie, actually offers a breath of fresh air to this jaded franchise that mostly went after scale. Unlike the Michael Bay films, which always depend on the visual spectacle angle of filmmaking, the animated version approach from director… Continue reading Transformers One Review | An Impressive Origin Story That Can Resurrect This Jaded Franchise
Lubber Pandhu Review | A Smartly Tweaked Sports Drama With a Variety of Layers
The reason why Lubber Pandhu, the latest Tamil sports drama directed by Tamizharasan Pachamuthu, feels so exciting is because it has a packed feeling in terms of layers of drama. The most prominent layer is the ego between the two main characters, played by Harish Kalyan and Attakathi Dinesh. But Tamizharasan Pachamuthu and his writers… Continue reading Lubber Pandhu Review | A Smartly Tweaked Sports Drama With a Variety of Layers
Yudhra Review | A Derivative Action Thriller With Forced Swagger
Yudhra, the latest Excel entertainment film directed by Ravi Udyawar, starring Siddhant Chaturvedi as the title character, is so generic that you feel like asking the makers whether the characters in the movie don’t watch movies. Filled with predictable scenes one after the other, Yudhra almost feels like an autogenerated script that uses a lot… Continue reading Yudhra Review | A Derivative Action Thriller With Forced Swagger
Kadha Innuvare Review | A Shallow, Lifeless Xerox of C/O Kancharapalem
The makers of the movie Kadha Innuvare haven’t really revealed anywhere that this movie is a remake of the 2018 Telugu film C/o Kancharapalem. So, if you have seen that film, there is absolutely no need to watch this soulless remake. Ironically, at a time when even Malayalam films are having a day 1 Telugu… Continue reading Kadha Innuvare Review | A Shallow, Lifeless Xerox of C/O Kancharapalem
Bad Boyz Review | An Omar Sadistic Pleasure Would Have Been a Better Tagline
“Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director.” This is a famous quote by director James Cameron. This is the second time in a month I have… Continue reading Bad Boyz Review | An Omar Sadistic Pleasure Would Have Been a Better Tagline
Kondal Review | A Middling Action Thriller With a Generic Revenge Story
Kondal, the new Antony Varghese Pepe film, presents him with this title card of “action hero.” To an extent, that label becomes a burden for this revenge drama, as one can see the screenplay deliberately making space to accommodate the hero in the story. With almost 80% of the story happening inside a fishing boat… Continue reading Kondal Review | A Middling Action Thriller With a Generic Revenge Story
Kishkindha Kaandam Review | A Superb Screenplay Powered by an On-Point Treatment
There are certain characters in movies whose reality we learn at the end of the film would leave us in a state of overwhelming numbness. The character of Appuppilla in the movie Kishkindha Kaandam, played terrifically by Vijayaraghavan, is one such character. Powered by a spectacular screenplay that utilizes each scene to convey details that… Continue reading Kishkindha Kaandam Review | A Superb Screenplay Powered by an On-Point Treatment