The Face of the Faceless Review | A Sincere Vincy Can’t Salvage This Preachy, Bland Biopic

Some movies are not really trying to be memorable or impactful through the cinematic craft. They have only one agenda, and that is to document an event or a person. The Face of the Faceless, directed by Shaison P. Ouseph and written by Jayapal Anandan, is one such attempt. Even though the sincerity in Vincy… Continue reading The Face of the Faceless Review | A Sincere Vincy Can’t Salvage This Preachy, Bland Biopic

Padmini Review | The Consistency in Humor Makes It an Enjoyable, Light-Hearted Comedy

Padmini, the new Malayalam film from Senna Hegde, works very well as this light-hearted comedy because of the way the writing places conflicts and characters in the screenplay. Constructed as the efforts of a 36-year-old man to get married, this Kunchako Boban starrer is consistently humorous, and the situations they have created in the narration… Continue reading Padmini Review | The Consistency in Humor Makes It an Enjoyable, Light-Hearted Comedy

Rekha Review | Performances Are Fabulous in This Almost-Kill Bill Thriller

Sitting through the flirting sequences in the first half of Jithin Issac Thomas’s new venture Rekha is a bit of a task. But the good thing is that there is a purpose for that portion’s length, as the segment’s duration drives our title character in the movie’s second half. Designed as a revenge drama in… Continue reading Rekha Review | Performances Are Fabulous in This Almost-Kill Bill Thriller

1744 White Alto Review | A Quirky Crime Comedy That’s Definitely Worth a Watch

The last film from Senna Hegde, Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam, was a satire that can’t be called a plot-heavy film. It was a movie that managed to find hilarious instances from moments and characters. His new film, yet another Made in Kanhangad venture, 1744 White Alto, also explores a similar space, but this time in a quirky… Continue reading 1744 White Alto Review | A Quirky Crime Comedy That’s Definitely Worth a Watch

Solomante Theneechakal

Recently in the conversations happening in social media groups and even in troll groups, one particular scripting trope was under scrutiny. It was about this “wait, I can explain” – “no, we don’t want to hear anything” scenario in movies that were released a few years back. What I found most irritating about Lal Jose’s… Continue reading Solomante Theneechakal