If you have the patience to analyze the characters in Raju Murugan’s Japan, you can see a very sarcastic commentary on how the system works. Japan has a lot of meta-humor that keeps the movie in a very engaging space. But the screenplay’s development is somewhat overconfident in this kind of humor that Raju Murugan… Continue reading Japan Review | A Structurally Weak Satire With Interesting Meta-Humor
Author: Aswin Bharadwaj
Founder and editor of Lensmen Reviews.
Jigarthanda DoubleX Review | Cinema Takes the Backseat in This Political Prequel From Karthik Subbaraj
Jigarthanda DoubleX was the kind of film where I felt like asking Karthik Subbaraj to rewrite the whole first half because I enjoyed the film’s climax, and it felt like it deserved a brilliant movie. Unlike the first one, which had a very rooted feel with the ultimate love channeled towards cinema, here the tone… Continue reading Jigarthanda DoubleX Review | Cinema Takes the Backseat in This Political Prequel From Karthik Subbaraj
Bandra Review | A Terribly Written, Outdated Action Drama That Tests Your Patience
It is kind of ironic that at one point in the movie Bandra, the characters are speaking about the risk of the movie business and how a good story is the most essential thing about a good cinema. If they had applied that philosophy to this script by Udaykrishna, Ajith Vinayaka would have never agreed… Continue reading Bandra Review | A Terribly Written, Outdated Action Drama That Tests Your Patience
P I Meena Review | A Thematically Ambitious Series That Lacked the Wow Factor
P I Meena, the new Amazon Prime Video series, has 8 episodes, and the series was pretty engaging in the first 7 episodes as the curiosity behind the mystery was there till that point. But when it comes to the last moments of season 1, the narrative takes conventional turns and ends the season without… Continue reading P I Meena Review | A Thematically Ambitious Series That Lacked the Wow Factor
12th Fail Review | An All-Heart Motivational Drama With a Solid Emotional Core
A timely update to templates can always make them work for the audience if the emotions get translated through good writing and performances. 12th Fail, the new movie by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, is a testament to that. Chopra has taken a very cheesy and predictable drama that shows us the journey of an underdog. Yet,… Continue reading 12th Fail Review | An All-Heart Motivational Drama With a Solid Emotional Core
Tholvi F.C. Review | A Scattered, Feel-Good Comedy That Falls Flat in Totality
In Tholvi F.C., writer-director George Kora is trying to club the idea of a dysfunctional family of losers with the evolution of an underdog football team. While there are few lines in the film that will put a smile on your face, the movie is a compilation of scattered pieces that don’t blend well. With… Continue reading Tholvi F.C. Review | A Scattered, Feel-Good Comedy That Falls Flat in Totality
Garudan Review | An Exciting Theme With a Half-Baked Generic Script
Garudan, the new Suresh Gopi – Biju Menon starrer directed by debutant Arun Varma and scripted by Midhun Manuel Thomas, has an exciting central conflict. But the problem is with the writing that needs more patience to establish something firmly. The film is built around a rape case where the accused later decides to get… Continue reading Garudan Review | An Exciting Theme With a Half-Baked Generic Script
Koozhangal Review | PS Vinothraj Movie Is an Indie Masterclass on Visual Storytelling
The indie art films that actually worked have this nature of keeping us guessing till the very end, and once we join the dots of visual metaphors and dialogue cues as we finish the movie, it will give us that wow factor. One movie that gave me a similar experience was Sudevan’s Crime No. 89.… Continue reading Koozhangal Review | PS Vinothraj Movie Is an Indie Masterclass on Visual Storytelling