The Greatest of All Time Review | An Aged Script With an Unnecessarily De-aged Vijay

The Greatest of All Time by Venkat Prabhu is a wannabe film that tries too hard to be this Mission Impossible kind of film. The problem is that the script has certain bullet points for the story to move from one point to another. But the writing is struggling to move things smoothly. On top… Continue reading The Greatest of All Time Review | An Aged Script With an Unnecessarily De-aged Vijay

Vaazhai Review | A Well-Crafted Tale That Depicts the Depth of a Tragedy From a Different Point of View

Vaazhai from Mari Selvaraj is a story that is based on something that really happened in the director’s life, and at the end of the film, we get to see photos of newspaper articles of the main event that took the lives of 20 people. What is cinematically compelling about  Vaazhai is how Mari Selvaraj uses the visual… Continue reading Vaazhai Review | A Well-Crafted Tale That Depicts the Depth of a Tragedy From a Different Point of View

Kottukkaali Review | A Fabulously Subtle Drama With Minimal and Effective Expositions

f you have watched Koozhangal/ Pebbles, the very first directorial of PS Vinothraj, you would understand that he loves to create imagery and events that can be interpreted according to our ability to notice all the details. And character exposition is something he doesn’t do deliberately. Much like Kooazhngal, his latest film,  Kottukkaali,  The Adamant Girl, is… Continue reading Kottukkaali Review | A Fabulously Subtle Drama With Minimal and Effective Expositions

Demonte Colony 2 Review | A Fairly Compelling Sequel That Sets the Stage for a Bigger Third Part

Ajay Gnanamuthu’s debut film  Demonte Colony had a charm of its own largely because of how the movie tried to tackle its limitations in terms of budget by being innovative in presenting the story. A larger chunk of that film, which had a runtime below two hours, was in a very confined place, and in the entire… Continue reading Demonte Colony 2 Review | A Fairly Compelling Sequel That Sets the Stage for a Bigger Third Part

Thangalaan Review | Feisty Performances Keep This Political Tale From Pa Ranjith Afloat

Pa Ranjith’s movies have always been highly political, and with  Thangalaan, he is trying to narrate a tale of land politics. Blended with some fantasy, which is used as a tool to connect history with the story, this well-visualized movie has the support of stellar performances. But despite having an authentic attire in depicting the struggles,… Continue reading Thangalaan Review | Feisty Performances Keep This Political Tale From Pa Ranjith Afloat

Andhagan Review | A Great Example of How Lack of Nuances Can Make Even the Most Exciting Script Look Dull

When you observe the writing of Sriram Raghavan’s  Andhadhun, it feels like anyone can direct that movie and make it a good or great film. The placement of twists, how it keeps us guessing, the realness in the performances, etc., keeps you excited about the story’s development. If you want to tell someone how minute things… Continue reading Andhagan Review | A Great Example of How Lack of Nuances Can Make Even the Most Exciting Script Look Dull

Mazhai Pidikatha Manithan Review | A Hastily Assembled, Worn-Out Secret Agent Thriller

The movie  Mazhai Pidikatha Manithan starts with this elaborate character exposition, where they have used these AI-generated images to show us the history of our hero, who was a soldier and then an undercover super agent. The plot explained in those bits is so elaborate that I thought if these things were presented in the main narrative,… Continue reading Mazhai Pidikatha Manithan Review | A Hastily Assembled, Worn-Out Secret Agent Thriller

Raayan Review | A Bloodbath That Started off Compellingly and Ended Generically

The first half of the new Dhanush film, Raayan, written and directed by, Dhanush himself, is thoroughly absorbing. There is a deliberate effort to walk away from the conventional treatment of a mass hero film where the leading man’s only mission is protecting his family. There is only one instance in the entire first half… Continue reading Raayan Review | A Bloodbath That Started off Compellingly and Ended Generically