When Barroz was announced as the first directorial venture of Mohanlal, what excited most people was the fact that Jijo Punnoose, the man who made the iconic My Dear Kuttichathan, was along with Mr. Mohanlal as a creative support. The COVID hit production took delays, and Jijo eventually left the project. In his blog, he… Continue reading Barroz Review | The Children’s Film Excuse Can’t Salvage Mohanlal’s Debut Directorial
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Malaikottai Vaaliban Review | Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Fantasy Drama Is an Underwhelming Genre Mishmash
The main issue I had with Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Double Barrel was how he pushed the eccentricity of scenes for the sake of humor beyond a point. Even though Malaikottai Vaaliban, his first association with Mohanlal, is not really in a similar space, there are areas in the film where Lijo uses creative liberty to… Continue reading Malaikottai Vaaliban Review | Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Fantasy Drama Is an Underwhelming Genre Mishmash
Neru Review | An Emotional Courtroom Drama With Convenient Twists and Turns
If you look at this year’s Onam release RDX, we all know that the scene that showed the villains hurting that baby had a significant role in making the viewer root for the heroes. If you take out that scene from that movie, it would have been a huge task for the makers to keep… Continue reading Neru Review | An Emotional Courtroom Drama With Convenient Twists and Turns
Jailer Review | Nelson Bounces Back With a Terrific Fan Service Package
In the initial portions of the second half of Jailer, you feel a bit skeptical about whether Nelson ruined a fab-looking swag fest with uninventive writing. But in the last half an hour of the movie, he bounces back strongly with a clever blend of over the top of heroics and a surprising drama bit.… Continue reading Jailer Review | Nelson Bounces Back With a Terrific Fan Service Package
Alone Review | An Insufferable Thriller Where Verbal Diarrhea Meets Radio Drama
The only logical answer I can think of on why a movie like Alone was made is that Antony Perumbavoor wanted to make the most of the set he made for Monster. Set in the same flat we saw in the Vysakh debacle, Alone is writer Rajesh Jayaraman showing off his vocabulary in the most… Continue reading Alone Review | An Insufferable Thriller Where Verbal Diarrhea Meets Radio Drama
Monster Review | A Monstrous Debacle That Only Udaykrishna Will Find Different
I would say director Vysakh is a clever man in terms of making a film and promoting a film. In the promo material of the movie, he clearly stated that it is a different film for him and his writer Udaykrishna, which means you need to check the standard of their films before judging Monster.… Continue reading Monster Review | A Monstrous Debacle That Only Udaykrishna Will Find Different
12th Man
When the whole plot is very familiar, and you kind of know who could well be the killer, the filmmaking becomes tricky as the task is to engage the viewer till the end. 12th Man, the new Jeethu Joseph film, manages to be a watchable thriller only because of how it manages to catch the… Continue reading 12th Man
Aaraattu
In the last decade, the movies featuring Mohanlal and Mammootty, especially the mass masala films, had this fanboy tribute nature. And my personal favorite among those attempts was Lucifer. In Aaraattu, director B Unnikrishnan and writer Udaykrishna shows you the worst possible fanboy creation. When Stephen Nedumpally says Narcotics is a dirty business, the transition… Continue reading Aaraattu