Athiran

Athiran is one movie which has that quality to make you do the backtracking.  The movie directed by Vivek is not doing a great job in maintaining the suspense, but it does a fairly good job in unveiling that suspense. With performances having a solid impact on a story that is told in a fairy tale mood,… Continue reading Athiran

MadhuraRaja

A few years back when Prithviraj was asked about his choice of films (during that Ayalum Njanum Thammil phase) he said he feels like a much-evolved person now and he may not do a film like Pokkiri Raja.  Whether a movie like Madhuraraja would work for you or not depends on two factors.  One, if… Continue reading MadhuraRaja

Romeo Akbar Walter RAW

In one scene, the RAW chief played by Jackie Shroff tells John Abraham’s Romeo about how RAW functions and he says they will never communicate with their agent in the normal manner and the dialogues will be always indirect through metaphors and other means. But what happens after that in RAW – Romeo Akbar Walter… Continue reading Romeo Akbar Walter RAW

Shazam!

Remember the kind of fun something like Deadpool offered through its irreverent humor? Shazam from DC has that in it and that too in a refreshing way. Even the irreverent comedy has become slightly formulaic and to be honest Shazam wasn’t really having that feeling. With humor in abundance along with humanizing characters, Shazam was… Continue reading Shazam!

Mera Naam Shaji

In one scene in the movie Mera Naam Shaji, one Shaji played by Biju Menon gets out of his Jeep in Rohit Shetty style and gives a lecture on how to be a good woman to the character played by Ranjini Haridas. And the important lesson in his profound lecture was that women will know… Continue reading Mera Naam Shaji

Us

At a time when the conjuring inspired jumpscare filled clichéd horror movies are putting the horror genre on the verge of burnout, something like an Us is a great relief and sort of re-instill the faith in the genre. This doppelganger horror thriller from Jordan Peele is one movie that manages to create an outcome… Continue reading Us

Super Deluxe

Super Deluxe from Thiagarajan Kumararaja isn’t a grey noir film like Aaranya Kaandam.  It is actually a partly satirical comedy that addresses the grey shades of human emotions. At one point in the movie, a character says that ten thousand years back we wore nothing and we don’t know whether we will be wearing anything… Continue reading Super Deluxe

Airaa

Spoiler Alert! Without revealing some plot elements it will be difficult to review the film Airaa as those key elements are the problematic areas of this new Nayanthara film. The idea of a horror story where the ghost is seeking revenge because the society treated her badly when she was alive is a good thought.… Continue reading Airaa