Maranamass Review | A Laugh Riot That Effectively Uses Its Character Pool

Nunakkuzhi and Vaazha were two hit films that were released last year on August 15th. While Nunakkuzhi was a comedy with a complex plot of confusion and chaos, Vaazha became a success with a lot of hilarious elements that had relatability attached to it. I am talking about these two films in my review of… Continue reading Maranamass Review | A Laugh Riot That Effectively Uses Its Character Pool

Alappuzha Gymkhana Review | A Clutter Breaker Sports Drama That Offers a Thorough Fun Ride

Alappuzha Gymkhana, the new movie from Khalid Rahman starring Naslen and a whole bunch of young talents, is not a plot-heavy film. In fact, the movie’s structure is not even your usual underdog story. But like how Rahman took the challenge of making this chaotic fun ride in Thallumala, he is depending on his ability… Continue reading Alappuzha Gymkhana Review | A Clutter Breaker Sports Drama That Offers a Thorough Fun Ride

Bazooka Review | A Swanky Hollow Thriller That Even Mammootty Can’t Salvage

Bazooka, a game thriller that was long in the making, is ultimately a stretched-out ego trip of an individual. Looking at the number of flashy scenes that sort of make it look really expensive on screen, borrowing a phrase from the movie feels like an apt thing to describe the film – high risk, low… Continue reading Bazooka Review | A Swanky Hollow Thriller That Even Mammootty Can’t Salvage

Test Review | An Interesting Premise That Takes Too Long to Ignite

The final act and the entire second half of the new Netflix movie Test, the debut directorial venture of YNout studios head S Sashikanth, had some fire in it. The way it becomes an extremely character-driven movie in that patch where every character is in a space where they have to choose between their desire… Continue reading Test Review | An Interesting Premise That Takes Too Long to Ignite

Sikandar Review | Salman Khan Unites People on Eid by Making Them Unanimously Laugh at His Film

Towards the very end of the movie, Sikandar, Salman Khan’s character, says “I don’t care” twice during an emotional scene. I felt that he was breaking the fourth wall and speaking to all those people who still think he will deliver. Looking at the quality of most of the recent Salman Khan movies, including the… Continue reading Sikandar Review | Salman Khan Unites People on Eid by Making Them Unanimously Laugh at His Film

Abhilasham Review | A Simple Tale of Unspoken Romance Let Down by Hammy Humor

Shamzu Zayba’s new movie Abhilasham is dealing with the idea of unspoken love. Written by Jenith Kachappilly, the climax of the movie has this segment where our hero talks about the habitual nature of his romance, and it is a portion that might become a hit reel or shorts when the movie is released on… Continue reading Abhilasham Review | A Simple Tale of Unspoken Romance Let Down by Hammy Humor

Veera Dheera Sooran Review | A Script That Rejuvenates a Confined Plot With Solid Setups and Payoffs

SU Arun Kumar’s latest film after Chithha is an action drama that tries to get into the complicated dynamics of the rivalry between police and gangsters. If you look at the structure of the screenplay of this movie, it doesn’t have the texture of a film that will have a major star in it. The… Continue reading Veera Dheera Sooran Review | A Script That Rejuvenates a Confined Plot With Solid Setups and Payoffs

L2: Empuraan Review | An Engaging Political Drama Wrapped in an Extremely Thick Crest of Mass Masala

Murali Gopy and Prithviraj had mentioned multiple times in interviews how they look at the mass masala format of a movie as a sugar coating given to essential medicine. Back in 2019, when I saw Lucifer, because of the kind of complex narratives Murali Gopy had written till that point, Lucifer felt like a very… Continue reading L2: Empuraan Review | An Engaging Political Drama Wrapped in an Extremely Thick Crest of Mass Masala