Nosferatu Review | A Compelling Dracula Adaptation With Classical Filmmaking Precision

The latest horror film from Robert Eggers, the maker of The Witch and The Lighthouse, Nosferatu, is the remake of the 1922 movie of the same name. The 1922 movie was an unofficial German adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic story Dracula, and the makers of that film made some adjustments to avoid copyright problems. When… Continue reading Nosferatu Review | A Compelling Dracula Adaptation With Classical Filmmaking Precision

Madraskaaran Review | This Wannabe Tragedy Causes More Headaches Than Heartache

Shane Nigam’s first movie in Tamil as a hero, Madraskaaran, is trying to be a Kireedam-like movie where you are supposed to empathize with the hero for what eventually happens in his life. But the way this movie by Vaali Mohan Das is reaching that point is excruciatingly long, and the spread-out nature of the… Continue reading Madraskaaran Review | This Wannabe Tragedy Causes More Headaches Than Heartache

Ennu Swantham Punyalan Review | A Breezy Confusion Comedy With Forgivable Flaws

The trailer of the film Ennu Swantham Punyalan gives you a clear idea of the plot, and if you have enough movie-watching experience, you can kind of form a story in your head. When it comes to the movie, the story part will have most of the elements we could imagine from the trailer, but… Continue reading Ennu Swantham Punyalan Review | A Breezy Confusion Comedy With Forgivable Flaws

Rekhachithram Review | Alternate History Trope Keeps This Generic Thriller Afloat

Rekhachithram, the latest movie from Jofin T Chacko, who previously made Mammootty starrer Priest, had a buzz around it largely because of the alternate history genre assigned to it. But when you look at the movie in its totality, you can see that this alternative history trope is used more as a tool to enhance… Continue reading Rekhachithram Review | Alternate History Trope Keeps This Generic Thriller Afloat

Communist Pacha Adhava Appa Review | A Scattered and Ineffective Political Satire

Listening to sophisticated Malayalam dialogues in the Malappuram slang has a unique feel to its credit, and in my opinion, it really suits satires. The new Malayalam film Communist Pacha Adhava Appa, written by Ashif Kakkodi and directed by Shamim Moideen, is using this advantage of the dialect to pull off a political satire against… Continue reading Communist Pacha Adhava Appa Review | A Scattered and Ineffective Political Satire

Identity Review | Expensive, Expansive and Excessively Complicated

One thing I have noticed about the scripts of Akhil Paul, one of the makers of the new Tovino Thomas starrer Identity, is how he notices certain peculiar things in stuff we see almost regularly. In movies like 7th Day and Forensic, he has used those details to deceive the audience or to deceive certain… Continue reading Identity Review | Expensive, Expansive and Excessively Complicated

Kraven the Hunter Review | The Last Nail in the Coffin of a Universe Nobody Asked For

Sony’s Spiderman Univerese’s new film, and hopefully the final film, Kraven the Hunter, is out now in India, and it just feels like a dull and worn-out film. Much like the other debacles in the SSU, Morbius and Madame Web, this one also feels like that movie that got made just for the sake of… Continue reading Kraven the Hunter Review | The Last Nail in the Coffin of a Universe Nobody Asked For

Baby John Review | A Scaled-up Remake That Misses Out on All the Punches

The mass masala movie exaggerations and compromises were definitely there in a movie like Theri, and the reason why it sort of worked for almost everyone was certain elements like the chemistry of the lead pair, the subtle swagger in Vijay’s performance in the police officer chapter and of course the overall heroics. When it… Continue reading Baby John Review | A Scaled-up Remake That Misses Out on All the Punches