From the opening scene itself, Cup, the new Mathew Thomas starrer sports drama, has this on-your-face approach in terms of conveying its story. We have a voice-over of the hero who says winning the district cup is my aim. After that, every beat of the story is generic, and the efforts of Sanju V Samuel,… Continue reading Cup Review | A Generic, Template Sports Drama That Lacks Intent
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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
Neeraja Review | Shruti Ramachandran Starrer Uses Pertinence as an Excuse for Lack of Craft
Neeraja, the new Malayalam film from Rajesh K Raman, has noble intentions for sure, and it bravely addresses a theme that most creative people ignore due to the moralistic grey shade in that topic. But the Shruti Ramachandran starrer feels more like a lecture with loud characters. The discourse about the sexual desire of a… Continue reading Neeraja Review | Shruti Ramachandran Starrer Uses Pertinence as an Excuse for Lack of Craft
Charles Enterprises Review | A Wannabe Divine Comedy With a Stretched-Out Script
When the whole story is built on a frail platform, making the audience excited about it becomes challenging. The issue with Charles Enterprises, directed by Subhash Lalitha Subrahmanian, is pretty much the same. He wants to tell a story about a young man who is struggling financially to set up his own endeavor. But the… Continue reading Charles Enterprises Review | A Wannabe Divine Comedy With a Stretched-Out Script
Naalam Mura Review | A Lame Thriller That Tests Your Patience With Its Lazy Writing
During the promotion of the film Naalam Mura, the makers claimed that it is called Naalam Mura because the movie explores the psychological side of an investigation. But by the time the movie reaches its climax and shows the audience what really happened, you would wonder why such a simple case was so much of… Continue reading Naalam Mura Review | A Lame Thriller That Tests Your Patience With Its Lazy Writing
Victim
When you finish watching the new SonyLIV anthology Victim, it almost feels like they got an excellent short film from Pa. Ranjith, and to make it an anthology package, they just chose some random scripts that even the makers of those films hesitated to create. You kind of feel bad for Pa Ranjith as his… Continue reading Victim
Meme Boys
Meme Boys, the new Sony Liv original series, is a lazily written stretched-out series that asks the viewer, “is it funny?” in every minute of its narrative. Some of the murmuring counters with Tamil movie references were actually funny. But in totality, this series feels like an idea developed without much clarity about where to… Continue reading Meme Boys
Maamanithan
Directed by Seenu Ramasamy, Maamanithan, the new Vijay Sethupathi film is a movie that struggles to portray the struggles of a commoner. The movie wants to explore only the emotional side of the story, and hence the viewer is forced to watch a drama full of cliches. The intention is to present the eventful journey… Continue reading Maamanithan