Kadha Innuvare Review | A Shallow, Lifeless Xerox of C/O Kancharapalem

The makers of the movie Kadha Innuvare haven’t really revealed anywhere that this movie is a remake of the 2018 Telugu film C/o Kancharapalem. So, if you have seen that film, there is absolutely no need to watch this soulless remake. Ironically, at a time when even Malayalam films are having a day 1 Telugu… Continue reading Kadha Innuvare Review | A Shallow, Lifeless Xerox of C/O Kancharapalem

Nunakkuzhi Review | A Hilariously Packed Situational Comedy With Top-Notch Performances

There is one hospital sequence in the second half of the new Jeethu Joseph film  Nunakkuzhi featuring Basil Joseph, Baiju, Grace Antony, Azees Nedumangad, and Aju Varghese. It was a fairly lengthy sequence happening in one location, and the entire scene was a laugh riot. Like how Jeethu Joseph said during the film’s promotional interviews, situational humor… Continue reading Nunakkuzhi Review | A Hilariously Packed Situational Comedy With Top-Notch Performances

Golam Review | An Ambitiously Mounted, Basically Written, Passable Thriller

Even though it comes with the impression of a whodunit, the thing that makes the latest Malayalam movie Golam passable is the “how” part of the mystery. Mounted ambitiously on a conceptual level, the production quality of Golam is high, while the writing is pretty basic for a larger portion. With the convoluted execution of… Continue reading Golam Review | An Ambitiously Mounted, Basically Written, Passable Thriller

Thankamani Review | An Exhausting Melodrama That Competes With Daily Soaps for Tackiness

Hearing the dialogues from Ratheesh Raghunandan’s second film Thankamani, I was wondering whether the last film hit film he saw was released more than a decade ago. Calling Thankamani outdated would feel like an insult to the good films that were made in those times. With the key incident having very little significance in the… Continue reading Thankamani Review | An Exhausting Melodrama That Competes With Daily Soaps for Tackiness

Qalb Review | Gen Z Talks the Boomer Language in This Cringe-Fest Romeo and Juliet

Qalb, the third movie directed by Sajid Yahiya, is basically yet another adaptation of the classic Romeo and Juliet template. I can agree with the fact that romance can be extremely cheesy for those involved in it. But even cheesiness has that guilty pleasure relatability that makes those movies hits. But in the case of… Continue reading Qalb Review | Gen Z Talks the Boomer Language in This Cringe-Fest Romeo and Juliet

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

Bandra Review | A Terribly Written, Outdated Action Drama That Tests Your Patience

It is kind of ironic that at one point in the movie Bandra, the characters are speaking about the risk of the movie business and how a good story is the most essential thing about a good cinema. If they had applied that philosophy to this script by Udaykrishna, Ajith Vinayaka would have never agreed… Continue reading Bandra Review | A Terribly Written, Outdated Action Drama That Tests Your Patience

Garudan Review | An Exciting Theme With a Half-Baked Generic Script

Garudan, the new Suresh Gopi – Biju Menon starrer directed by debutant Arun Varma and scripted by Midhun Manuel Thomas, has an exciting central conflict. But the problem is with the writing that needs more patience to establish something firmly. The film is built around a rape case where the accused later decides to get… Continue reading Garudan Review | An Exciting Theme With a Half-Baked Generic Script