Oru Sarkar Ulpannam Review | A Preachy, Predictable Drama That Struggles to Find an Emotional Connect

The last 15-20 minutes of the movie Oru Sarkar Ulpannam, previously titled Oru Bharatha Sarkar Ulpannam, is happening inside a court where a citizen is fighting against the government. Some of the moments in that patch of the movie had an emotional connection that I felt they should have made this movie as a legal… Continue reading Oru Sarkar Ulpannam Review | A Preachy, Predictable Drama That Struggles to Find an Emotional Connect

Thankamani Review | An Exhausting Melodrama That Competes With Daily Soaps for Tackiness

Hearing the dialogues from Ratheesh Raghunandan’s second film Thankamani, I was wondering whether the last film hit film he saw was released more than a decade ago. Calling Thankamani outdated would feel like an insult to the good films that were made in those times. With the key incident having very little significance in the… Continue reading Thankamani Review | An Exhausting Melodrama That Competes With Daily Soaps for Tackiness

Laapataa Ladies Review | A Social Satire That Ultimately Puts a Smile of Hope on Your Face

At its core, Kiran Rao’s latest film Laapataa Ladies, is a women-empowerment film that pretty much asks women to step out of the limitations set by a patriarchal society. But the most beautiful thing about this all-hearted satiric drama is that it never appears as a preachy subject. With its predominant humor layer keeping us… Continue reading Laapataa Ladies Review | A Social Satire That Ultimately Puts a Smile of Hope on Your Face

Dune: Part Two Review | A Compelling Space Politics Tale With Complementing Visual Grandeur

The creative high of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (or even the first part) is how he creates this vast world of space politics without too much exposition. I am someone who has not read the source material, and Villeneuve’s movie version of Frank Herbert’s novel was my first encounter with this future world full… Continue reading Dune: Part Two Review | A Compelling Space Politics Tale With Complementing Visual Grandeur

Kadakan Review | A Forgettable Action Flick With Familiar Ingredients

Kadakan, the new Hakkim Shahjahan starrer directed by Sajil Mampad, is a very generic action film that just stretches a predictable premise with several episodes that we have seen many a time in Malayalam cinema. The movie’s casting choices have definitely helped the film, as it never enters an unwatchable space. But with pretty much… Continue reading Kadakan Review | A Forgettable Action Flick With Familiar Ingredients

American Fiction Review | Cord Jefferson’s Movie Is an Unflinching and Hilarious Art Critique

Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction is a hilarious drama that attacks the pretentious Black sentiment in creative art forms to grab attention. Based on Percival Everett’s book Erasure, the film pretty much exposes the attempt to hide creative shortcomings by using the pertinence of the lives mentioned in those works. Even though some of the beats… Continue reading American Fiction Review | Cord Jefferson’s Movie Is an Unflinching and Hilarious Art Critique

Poacher Review | A Well-Made Eco-Thriller With a Near Deal-Breaker Malayalam Enunciation

The last two episodes of the latest Richie Mehta directorial venture, Poacher, are happening largely in Delhi, and the intensity of those moments is extremely high. Richie manages to give it a very raw texture, and the thriller-like format succeeds in giving the viewer an idea about the depth of the mafia and the risk… Continue reading Poacher Review | A Well-Made Eco-Thriller With a Near Deal-Breaker Malayalam Enunciation

Crakk Review | Crap Would Have Been an Apt Title That Justifies Its Craft

Crakk opens with a terrible CGI visual of Vidyut Jammwal doing the train stunts, which are pretty infamous among Mumbai Locals. The thing with that visual and the visual effects is that it pretty much gives you a good idea about what you will endure in the next two and a half hours of the… Continue reading Crakk Review | Crap Would Have Been an Apt Title That Justifies Its Craft