One of the main characters in the movie Ayal Jeevichirippundu is a booker prize winning Malayali. The films plot actually revolves around his quest for inspiration. With an instantly likeable Manikandan Achari delivering a neat performance as the central character, this movie from screen writer turned director Vyasan K P is an underwhelming film that… Continue reading Ayal Jeevichirippundu
Commando 2
Commando starring Vidyut Jamwal was one movie that was solely made with the intention of catering action to the audience. Content was never the king in that film. The latest film Commando 2: The black money trail, in a way justifies the content scarcity of this franchise. Trying to capitalize on the present demonetization issues… Continue reading Commando 2
Logan
First of all a huge thanks to Ryan Reynolds and the Deadpool film as it surely has given the confidence to studios to go for R rated content. Logan, the last outing of Hugh Jackman as the Wolverine is a very emotional and deeply affecting cinema. Most of the films in the X Men franchise… Continue reading Logan
Angamaly Diaries
If you are a follower of the “Once upon a time…” kind of storytelling, Lijo Jose Pellissery isn’t the kind of director who would please you entirely. His craft is in his peculiar way of narrating very simple stories and with Angamaly Diaries he once again invites you to a thoroughly engaging gangster flick set… Continue reading Angamaly Diaries
Oru Mexican Aparatha
The main question in most people’s mind when the promos of the movie Oru Mexican Aparatha got aired was that whether it’s an entirely left worshipping cinema. When you look at the template and nature of the film, it definitely worships the ideology of the left wing, but the good part is that it also… Continue reading Oru Mexican Aparatha
Rangoon
In a recent interview director Vishal Bhardwaj was asked why he moved to film making as he originally began the career as a music composer. The witty reply was that he wanted to compose songs and as nobody offered him movies the only choice was to make films so that he can create songs. I… Continue reading Rangoon
Yaman
If you look at the filmography of Vijay Antony as an actor you can see that it was always the peculiarity of the theme of his films that managed to make them unique. With his latest film Yaman, Vijay Antony is trying to be the typical Tamil movie hero and on the whole it doesn’t… Continue reading Yaman
Veeram
Expectations were sky high as Jayaraj presented the grand first look of his Navarasa series film Veeram a few months back. The longing for the movie only got better after they disclosed more details about the involvement of quality technicians in the film. But after watching the film, my first impression about Veeram is that… Continue reading Veeram