It is sad to see a director who promised a lot with his debut movie making shoddier films after that. Valiyavan from M Saravanan is an exaggerated and unappealing presentation of a very simple revenge thought. Soaked in unnecessary romance and flawed by an aimless narration, this movie from the director who made Engeyum Eppodhum… Continue reading Valiyavan
Author: Aswin Bharadwaj
Founder and editor of Lensmen Reviews.
Oru Vadakkan Selfie
I would say that Oru Vadakkan Selfie is a smart package. It is a movie that uses humor and the desperations of a generation in a hilarious manner to give an enjoyable entertainer. Even after getting fizzled away by a slightly overdramatic climax and a terrible leading lady, the movie manages to stay in our… Continue reading Oru Vadakkan Selfie
Ennum Eppozhum
Lack of a solid story with an interesting conflict zone is evident in the latest Sathyan Anthikkadu movie Ennum Eppozhum. But with a lot of light hearted fun and an effortlessly beautiful performance of Mohanlal makes this movie an enjoyable two and half hour narration without any significant shift in the tale. Vineeth N Pillai… Continue reading Ennum Eppozhum
Njan Ninnodu Koodeyundu
Coming from director Priyanandanan, Njan Ninnodu Koodeyundu is an over dramatic satire that kind of impresses with its underlying sarcasm on the society. Inspired from a play written by Saadat Hasan Manto, the only major drawback of this sociopolitical parody is that it is deliberately dramatic and should have been more cinematic. The idea they… Continue reading Njan Ninnodu Koodeyundu
100 Days of Love
Somewhere you might want to tag the movie 100 days of love as a dubbed version of a Hollywood Rom Com. With almost every frame having these glossy shots that looks so attractive, debutant director Jenuse Mohamed’s 100 Days of Love looks luxurious but fails to make a good impression with its predictable and dull… Continue reading 100 Days of Love
You Too Brutus
The problem with most of the recent Malayalam movies that came under the “new generation” label was that they always try to overdo the small content they have. The good thing about the movie You Too Brutus is that it sticks to its basic agenda. You might feel that there is no story part in… Continue reading You Too Brutus
Focus
The latest Will Smith movie Focus from directorial duo Glenn Ficarra and John Requa is an interesting conman story that manages to break the predictions at regular interval of time. Even though the movie lacks depth in content and gets dragged in to usual love drama, it does recover from that and end up as… Continue reading Focus
Chappie
Chappie is somewhat a warning for director Neill Blomkamp to go after something new and leave his familiar terrain of robotics. With a content that can’t get out of the possible clichés, Chappie becomes a shallowly researched idea that has a catchy last quarter which really shows us the lack of fun the majority of… Continue reading Chappie