SPOILER ALERT! In the final moments of the film Bougainvillea, ACP David Koshy, played by Fahadh Faasil, talks about the bad guy as someone who managed to hide himself smartly, referencing the iconic The Usual Suspects line, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” While the style meets… Continue reading Bougainvillea Review | A Watchable Psycho-Thriller That Covers Its Predictability Issues With Style
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Pappachan Olivilanu Review | An Overdone Wannabe Vellimoonga With a Clueless Script
The initial moments of most movies, especially if the genre is a comedy, will give you an idea about whether the makers have clarity about how to pull it off. Pappachan Olivilanu from Sinto Sunny is that muddled comedy that pretty much exposes its unsure nature from the beginning. The KSRTC bus joke where a… Continue reading Pappachan Olivilanu Review | An Overdone Wannabe Vellimoonga With a Clueless Script
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
Iratta Review | Joju George Shines in a Thriller That Explores Dilemmas
The weirdly interesting thing about the new Joju George film Iratta is the fact that a significant part of the climax reveal is easily predictable. But despite that, when one key piece of information is revealed in the very last minutes of the film, you forget about all those things you guessed. And writer-director Rohith… Continue reading Iratta Review | Joju George Shines in a Thriller That Explores Dilemmas
Mei Hoom Moosa
The germ of the idea behind the movie Mei Hoom Moosa can create a film that can be politically turbulent and emotionally affecting. But Vellimoonga fame director Jibu Jacob decides to give this movie a slapstick comedy kind of treatment. And what you get is a movie that squeezes out all its sensitive emotions and… Continue reading Mei Hoom Moosa
Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte
Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte, the latest Shambu Purushothaman movie after his debut film Vedivazhapadu pretty much has the same intent in terms of politics. The movie wishes to mock the double standards and hypocrisy of the society that has this extremely pseudo morality code. I am a sucker for social satires and was extremely impressed when… Continue reading Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte