The way the Netflix original Sex Education blended least explored topics with the ease and charm of a teenage comedy is what makes it a great success. The fourth and final season of the series created by Laurie Nunn is yet another emotionally overwhelming compilation of personal stories that collectively impact you. With most of… Continue reading Sex Education: Season 4 Review | A Fitting Finale With Moving Character Arcs and Fun Elements
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Jaane Jaan Review | A Well-Crafted Thriller That Stays Close to the Characters
For the Indian audience who has seen Drishyam (including remakes), the official adaptation of The Devotion of Suspect X, Jaane Jaan, might not feel as shocking or surprising as it was originally. I am not accusing the Jeethu Joseph movie of plagiarism. In fact, if you look at the element Jeethu Joseph has borrowed from… Continue reading Jaane Jaan Review | A Well-Crafted Thriller That Stays Close to the Characters
The Great Indian Family Review | A Hastily Made, Unimpressive Drama With an Earnest Vicky Kaushal
When you look at the state of secularism in our country right now, you would really wish to see a blockbuster commercial film to address the imbalance. Shot in 2020 and released in 2023, the new Vicky Kaushal starrer The Great Indian Family from director Vijay Krishna Acharya is an underbaked masala preach that looks… Continue reading The Great Indian Family Review | A Hastily Made, Unimpressive Drama With an Earnest Vicky Kaushal
Vaathil Review | A Tension-Filled Second Half Makes This Inconsistent Thriller Passable
Vaathil, the new Malayalam film starring Vinay Forrt and Anu Sithara in the lead roles, starts off giving us a feeling that it has a lot of complex mysteries attached to it. But once the flashback unfolds, the beats become very generic. But in the movie’s second half, the film takes the shape of a… Continue reading Vaathil Review | A Tension-Filled Second Half Makes This Inconsistent Thriller Passable
Expend4bles Review | This Multi-Starrer Garbage Is Actually a Cinematic Scam
If you want to witness creative laziness of the highest degree, then Expend4bles, aka Expendables 4, is the perfect example of that. This supposed to be action fiesta starring some of the top names associated with modern-day action flick ends up being a green screen garbage that works more like a sleeping pill. If someone… Continue reading Expend4bles Review | This Multi-Starrer Garbage Is Actually a Cinematic Scam
Theeppori Benny Review | Arjun Ashokan Starrer Is a Wannabe Vellimoonga With All the Typical Elements
The new movie Theeppori Benny is written and directed by Raajesh and Joji Thomas. Joji Thomas is the same man who debuted as a scriptwriter with the movie Vellimoonga. The basic idea of the movie Theeppori Benny feels like a scrapped version of Vellimoonga that Jibu Jacob may have rejected due to familiarity. From the… Continue reading Theeppori Benny Review | Arjun Ashokan Starrer Is a Wannabe Vellimoonga With All the Typical Elements
Rani: The Real Story Review | Shankar Ramakrishnan’s Film Is a Pretentiously Packaged Basic Revenge Story
Writers like Anoop Menon and Shankar Ramakrishnan have this style of wordplay where they will try to give a fake depth to something very flat on a conceptual level. Rani, the new movie directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan, starts by giving us a feeling that the truth will be grey. And he has created this quirky… Continue reading Rani: The Real Story Review | Shankar Ramakrishnan’s Film Is a Pretentiously Packaged Basic Revenge Story
Kaala Review | A Consistently Engaging Thriller With an Impressive Character Pool
Kaala, the new series from Bejoy Nambiar, is dealing with the enormous task of presenting a story that has happened over multiple decades. It is an ambitious attempt to pull off a subject that needs to have conviction. In totality, I was really impressed by the way Bejoy and his team of writers managed to… Continue reading Kaala Review | A Consistently Engaging Thriller With an Impressive Character Pool