With an insane level of collateral damage, excessive jingoistic elements, pointless levels of slow motion, and objectification of female characters, the Michael Bay-spearheaded Transformers franchise had followed a problematic and trashy aesthetic that pretty much made it unexciting. But ever since Bay left the director’s chair, things have been kind of promising. The Bumblebee spinoff… Continue reading Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Review | This One Surpasses Its Mediocre Predecessors by a Long Shot
Author: Aswin Bharadwaj
Founder and editor of Lensmen Reviews.
Neeraja Review | Shruti Ramachandran Starrer Uses Pertinence as an Excuse for Lack of Craft
Neeraja, the new Malayalam film from Rajesh K Raman, has noble intentions for sure, and it bravely addresses a theme that most creative people ignore due to the moralistic grey shade in that topic. But the Shruti Ramachandran starrer feels more like a lecture with loud characters. The discourse about the sexual desire of a… Continue reading Neeraja Review | Shruti Ramachandran Starrer Uses Pertinence as an Excuse for Lack of Craft
Veeran Review | A Sparkless Superhero Movie With Unimaginative Writing
Veeran, the new Tamil superhero movie directed by Maragadha Naanayam fame ARK Saravan, is a highly generic superhero film that is a bit clueless about developing this idea with budget constraints. Minnal Murali, which also had a similar superhero, was fun to watch mainly because it blended the concept with the cultural setting. Here, it’s… Continue reading Veeran Review | A Sparkless Superhero Movie With Unimaginative Writing
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review | A Fun Ride That Innovatively Explores the Multiverse Idea
There was a lot of debate around the multiverse concept, as some pointed it out as the reason for the recent creative dullness of most MCU films. And to an extent, it felt like a valid point. What’s great about the new animated movie from Sony, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, is how its writers show… Continue reading Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review | A Fun Ride That Innovatively Explores the Multiverse Idea
Fire in the Mountains Review | A Subtly Political Portrait of Underdeveloped India
Ajitpal Singh’s Fire in the Mountains works primarily because of its multiple layers. It has a subtle and satiric perspective about the claimed progress and actual progress. And it also shows the struggle of a working woman against regressive traditions and opportunist people. Even though Fire in the Mountains establishes its central character within a… Continue reading Fire in the Mountains Review | A Subtly Political Portrait of Underdeveloped India
Missing Girl Review | A Lot More Than a Girl Is Missing From This Movie
My expectations were spectacularly low for the movie Missing Girl, as the film’s trailer clearly showed the amateurishness in the making. Compared to what they made me anticipate from the film, I would say the actual film looked better. Having said that, the film is still one lazy and sloppy work with nothing new to… Continue reading Missing Girl Review | A Lot More Than a Girl Is Missing From This Movie
Good Night Review | A Lively and Relatable Comedy That Puts a Smile on Your Face
Even though the final act of the new Tamil movie Good Night is a bit flimsy in comparison to the rest of its content, this movie from Vinayak Chandrasekaran is perhaps one of the few films that made me laugh out loud with subtle humor in the recent past. The core conflict is about how… Continue reading Good Night Review | A Lively and Relatable Comedy That Puts a Smile on Your Face
The Little Mermaid Review | A Live-Action Adaptation With Stunning Visuals and a Bloated Script
My memories of watching the animated film The Little Mermaid are very vague. The latest version, directed by Rob Marshall, did create a bit of curiosity as it was a live-action adaptation of the 1989 film. Reviewing a movie like this is a bit of a tricky thing as I clearly didn’t belong to the… Continue reading The Little Mermaid Review | A Live-Action Adaptation With Stunning Visuals and a Bloated Script