In a recent interview with Sidharth Roy Kapoor by Suchin Mehrotra, they were discussing the problems with the possible boom of TV Plus content in the OTT space with giants like Jio Cinema coming into the market. For your information, TV Plus is a new industry term that creates shows with a lot of episodes… Continue reading Nagendran’s Honeymoons Review | A Sluggish Marriage Comedy With Unimaginative Writing
Author: Aswin Bharadwaj
Founder and editor of Lensmen Reviews.
Bad Newz Review | A Sloppy Broad-Stroke Comedy, Unworthy of the Vicky Kaushal Energy
Bad Newz has been there in everyone’s feed ever since we all saw Vicky Kaushal floating on-screen with that Tauba Tauba hook step, which may have given knee pain to a lot of people. When it comes to the film, the writing is so sloppy that I really wondered how Anand Tiwari, who made a… Continue reading Bad Newz Review | A Sloppy Broad-Stroke Comedy, Unworthy of the Vicky Kaushal Energy
Samadhana Pusthakam Review | A Sporadically Funny and Largely Inert Sex Education Comedy
The previous films written and directed by Arun D Jose, Jo & Jo, and 18+ were films that I personally enjoyed a lot. They all had a very thin plot, but what made them interesting was how those films remained consistently funny. The new film, Samadhana Pusthakam, is co-written by Arun D Jose, and the… Continue reading Samadhana Pusthakam Review | A Sporadically Funny and Largely Inert Sex Education Comedy
Vishesham Review | A Feel-Good Movie With a Pertinent Theme That Deserved a Subtler Treatment
In today’s day and age, we all may have come across couples who are trying to conceive a baby through means of IVF and similar treatments. Sooraj Tom’s latest movie, Vishesham, which stars Anand Madhusoodanan and Chinnu Chandni, addresses various emotional battles through which such a couple goes. While the broader approach towards the theme… Continue reading Vishesham Review | A Feel-Good Movie With a Pertinent Theme That Deserved a Subtler Treatment
Idiyan Chandhu Review | Peter Hein’s Action Is Not Enough to Cover up the Flaws of This Lackluster Movie
The success of something like an RDX may have been the reason why director Sreejith Vijayan and actor Vishnu Unnikrishnan decided to make something like Idiyan Chandhu. But it seems like both of them has not really cracked the reason why RDX worked. As an idea, RDX is a very basic revenge story. But what… Continue reading Idiyan Chandhu Review | Peter Hein’s Action Is Not Enough to Cover up the Flaws of This Lackluster Movie
Twisters Review | A Passable Disaster Film With Predictable Beats
Being from Kerala, tornados are not something I can relate to, and hence, the idea of a movie about the science behind tornados sounded compelling to me. Twisters, the latest Hollywood disaster film, is a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 movie Twister, which was also about tornados. While the insightful information about tornados and the… Continue reading Twisters Review | A Passable Disaster Film With Predictable Beats
Longlegs Review | A Display of Meticulous, Classical Filmmaking With Indie Sensibilities
Longlegs, the latest horror film from Osgood Perkins, is an innovative mixture of genres. It has a very eerie backdrop, and Perkins uses a brilliantly captured opening sequence to set the film’s mood. Post that, when the aspect ratio expands, you are sort of trying to figure out the trajectory the movie may take as… Continue reading Longlegs Review | A Display of Meticulous, Classical Filmmaking With Indie Sensibilities
Showtime Part 2 Review | Bollywood’s Shallow Self-Reproach Feels More Like a Glorified Daily Soap
In my review of part 1 of season 1 of the new Dharmatic series for Hotstar, Showtime, I mentioned that even in self-criticism, Bollywood lacks nuances. Part 2 has now been released, and there are only three episodes. Well, the story goes through a predictable set of dramatic shifts in equations, and what you eventually… Continue reading Showtime Part 2 Review | Bollywood’s Shallow Self-Reproach Feels More Like a Glorified Daily Soap