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
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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
Bro Daddy
If you were in that confused space before the release of Bro Daddy seeing the contradiction between the claims made by Prithviraj about the humor in the movie and the absence of genuine comedy in the promo content of the film, I would say you won’t feel disappointed after finishing this comedy entertainer. With color-rich… Continue reading Bro Daddy
Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham
The visual effects of Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham are really good, and the background score from Rahul Raj is terrific. But the foundation of any good film is its screenplay. That aspect of Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham is all over the place. A movie that was depicted as the story of a freedom fighter, who was a… Continue reading Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham
Drishyam 2
When you see the initial bits of Drishyam 2, which has this detailing in dialogues that might remind you of radio dramas, the chances of you getting irritated are high. But Jeethu Joseph was casting the same spell he used for the first one, distracting you into believing that this will be ordinary. I remember… Continue reading Drishyam 2