Bazooka, a game thriller that was long in the making, is ultimately a stretched-out ego trip of an individual. Looking at the number of flashy scenes that sort of make it look really expensive on screen, borrowing a phrase from the movie feels like an apt thing to describe the film – high risk, low… Continue reading Bazooka Review | A Swanky Hollow Thriller That Even Mammootty Can’t Salvage
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Dominic and the Ladies’ Purse Review | The Quirky Central Character Covers up for the Generic Beats of This Thriller
A larger percentage of the first half of the latest Mammootty movie Dominic and the Ladies’ Purse, which marks the directorial debut of Goutham Menon in Malayalam, focuses on giving us details about what kind of a person Dominic is. GVM has described Dominic in his interviews as a failed person in life, and a… Continue reading Dominic and the Ladies’ Purse Review | The Quirky Central Character Covers up for the Generic Beats of This Thriller
Little Hearts Review | A Typical Entertainer That Goes All Over the Place in the Second Half
When you look at the interval block of the new Malayalam film Little Hearts, you might get a feeling that it might deliver that Ayushmann Khurrana-type middle-class socially relevant comedy against the backdrop of the rural Kerala village. But when it reaches the second half, the movie acts like Bindu Panicker in CID Moosa, who… Continue reading Little Hearts Review | A Typical Entertainer That Goes All Over the Place in the Second Half
Once Upon a Time in Kochi Review | The Kind of Bland Creation That Would Give Writer’s Block to Reviewers
Towards the end of the film Once Upon a Time in Kochi, you have this self-referential humor featuring actors like Riyas Khan and Arjun Ashokan. After boring the audience with such a generic and outdated script for more than 2 hours, Nadirshah and Raffi sort of admit how lazy they were in the writing phase… Continue reading Once Upon a Time in Kochi Review | The Kind of Bland Creation That Would Give Writer’s Block to Reviewers
Thundu Review | Biju Menon Starrer Is a Passable Comedy With a Wobbly Second Half
The central idea around which the movie Thundu is made is actually quite sensible. It basically wants to understand a man who always ends up in trouble and never really has the courage to take up the challenge. But the structuring of the screenplay of this movie, directed by Riyas Shareef, fumbles considerably in the… Continue reading Thundu Review | Biju Menon Starrer Is a Passable Comedy With a Wobbly Second Half
Iyer In Arabia Review | A Wasted Opportunity to Create a Pertinent Political Satire
In the current world politics, we can all see the dominance of extremism and how the typically neutral people have been inclined towards such extremist narratives. MA Nishad, with his new movie Iyer in Arabia, has plans to tap into that space and create a satire. But rather than the paper-cutting knowledge of the situation,… Continue reading Iyer In Arabia Review | A Wasted Opportunity to Create a Pertinent Political Satire
Vivekanandan Viralaanu Review | When You Take the “Woke” Path Just for the Sake of It
In the last few years, if you look at the contents of our movies, especially the ones that claim to be pertinent, have been audited by the audience for their political correctness and progressiveness. Even writers have famously said that they sort of double-check it with others to make sure that they don’t eventually end… Continue reading Vivekanandan Viralaanu Review | When You Take the “Woke” Path Just for the Sake of It
Dance Party Review | Sohan Seenulal’s Creative Atom Bomb Has the Potential to End Review Bombing
Sometimes, when I watch movies that can’t even be called trash, I am amused by how another human being was convinced to invest money in such a creation. I mean, if someone had secretly recorded the director convincing the producers of the movie that this had the potential to earn money and praise from the… Continue reading Dance Party Review | Sohan Seenulal’s Creative Atom Bomb Has the Potential to End Review Bombing