Psycho-killer movies, in general, have the quality of being disturbing, even if they are predictable or cliched. But Amala, directed by Nishad Ebrahim, is one thriller that becomes highly annoying because of the kind of amateurishness in how it was conceived. With a talented Appani Sarath struggling to make the antagonist intimidating, Amala is ambitious… Continue reading Amala Review | A Psycho-Killer Thriller That Ends up Being Annoying Instead of Disturbing
Category: Malayalam
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Jailer Review | Dhyan Sreenivasan Starrer Is an Outdated Melodramatic Drag
Jailer, the new Malayalam film that has Dhyan Sreenivasan in the title role, is one of the most outdated treatments of a melodramatic concept that will feel like a decent film if your benchmark of quality is based on those daily soaps in mainstream TV channels. With a miscast Dhyan Sreenivasan uttering lines very stiffly,… Continue reading Jailer Review | Dhyan Sreenivasan Starrer Is an Outdated Melodramatic Drag
Jaladhara Pumpset Since 1962 Review | Urvashi’s Excellence Cant Save This Wobbly Courtroom Drama
The delayed justice part of the Indian judiciary was one major theme in Tharun Moorthy’s second directorial, Saudi Vellakka. The latest Malayalam film Jaladhara Pumpset Since 1962, is an attempt to enter a similar space. Even though Urvashi’s towering performance makes the central character believable, the movie’s focus is so scattered that you must be… Continue reading Jaladhara Pumpset Since 1962 Review | Urvashi’s Excellence Cant Save This Wobbly Courtroom Drama
Samara Review | This Wannabe Mission Impossible Is So Bad That It’s Good
Seeing movies like Mission Impossible, it is natural for any filmmaker to aspire to create something like that in his own language. Charles Joseph’s Samara, a thriller set against the backdrop of a possible bio-war, is a terrible film that is clueless about including swagger in a movie. While someone like Ethan Hunt is more… Continue reading Samara Review | This Wannabe Mission Impossible Is So Bad That It’s Good
Kunjamminis Hospital Review | A Dull Horror Comedy That Maintains a Flat Graph Throughout
Kunjamminis Hospital, the new horror fantasy comedy from Sanal V Devan, is one film that struggles from the very beginning to give the audience an impression that something novel is about to unfold. Abhayakumar and Anil Kurian, who earlier wrote the techno horror film Chathurmukham, are somewhat repeating the same space, but this time in… Continue reading Kunjamminis Hospital Review | A Dull Horror Comedy That Maintains a Flat Graph Throughout
Baakki Vannavar Review | An Earnest Indie Venture That Hits the Sweet Spot
Unemployment is the most evident topic addressed in the movie Baakki Vannavar, directed by Amal Prasi. But the best part about this indie project is its political sense of the subject. Rather than being an apolitical rant that bitches about bureaucracy, Prasi and his cowriter Salmaanul Faris decide to make the central character a numb… Continue reading Baakki Vannavar Review | An Earnest Indie Venture That Hits the Sweet Spot
Corona Dhavan Review | A Carelessly Assembled Collection of Corona Comedies
What if you had an untouched liqueur collection the day the prime minister declared lockdown? Director CC Nithin, aka CC’s first movie Corona Dhavan, comes from this germ of an idea. Anyone can sense the possibility of a lot of humor in this particular premise, and the film is only focused on creating a comedy… Continue reading Corona Dhavan Review | A Carelessly Assembled Collection of Corona Comedies
Olam Review | This 144P Romancham Would Have Been Bearable as a Short Film
Towards the end of the movie Olam, the central character Arjun, played by Arjun Ashokan, talks about a supernatural element in his life, and the movie actually tries to justify whatever it had shown till that moment with that explanation. But looking at how they have stretched this content, which was at best a bearable… Continue reading Olam Review | This 144P Romancham Would Have Been Bearable as a Short Film