Exclusive Malayankunju review: Fahadh Faasil perfects the act in gripping survival character drama Mahesh Narayanan and director Sajimon, uses this character study as a basis of what transforms into a survival drama, and makes us ask, "Do we have to root for an unlikeable guy?". The answer weirdly is a resounding yes...
Exclusive Dear Friend review: A poignant, realistic tale of urban friendships Dear Friend tackles these questions with a breezy, urban setting in Bangalore where five friends find out whatever happened to one of their closest friend who has absconded and what truth lies ahead of them.
New Minnal Murali... a solid small-town superhero origin story that could become a potential franchisee With high expectations and a great marketing campaign (The makers made good use of that Netflix money), the only thing the movie needs to clear is whether or not it delivers big time as far as the content is concerned. Well, the answer is a resounding yes
New The Matrix Resurrections... despite a few glitches within, this is a clever yet meta sequel The most important question is, is it any better than the previous sequels, or even as good as the first one? Well... it's complicated...
New Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea... an undeserving National Award Best Feature Film winning epic It's a bafflingly mediocre movie and the key reason as to why it got such a brutal reaction is that it got the most prestigious award in the country for Best Feature Film of the year. To put it metaphorically, the award is the dead albatross hanging on the film's neck
New Spiderman: No Way Home... the closest thing to a live-action Spider-Verse No Way Home balances highly charged fan-service moments with big emotional payoffs, you swear you're watching the old Spiderman movies.
New Maanaadu... When a high concept genre meets commercial tropes results in a highly exciting thriller Most of the Tamil sci-fi movies use western concepts and to explain such concepts to a wider audience, they masala-fyed them by adding Indian mythos to the concept. Which isn't inherently a bad thing...
New Bheemante Vazhi... a lightweight yet highly likable satire about building a road in a small-knit community Bheemante Vazhi directed by Thamasha fame Ashraf Hamza and written by Chemban Vinod Jose (who also has a role), begins with 3 instances as to how the road comes into fruition.
New The Last Duel... Jodie Comer shines in this bleak, brutally violent period drama A pretty disturbing, bleak tale of the treatment of women in the 14th century as they were treated as property or a symbol of status for men. It's basically a subtle takedown of the misogyny faced at that time period.
New Churuli... Several rewatches and decodings later; WTF is this movie still about? Calling Churuli a mind-bending experience would actually be considered an understatement. Thanks to its confoundingly intimidating narrative, we have a cult classic in the making in Malayalam cinema.
New Annaatthe... the uncertainty of a Superstar Last weekend we saw the Rajinikanth starrer Annaatthe on Netflix and SunNXT, which released in theatres earlier last month with huge fanfare but with negative critical reception.
New Last Night In Soho... When the ending betrays what the movie wants to say. Usually, a mediocre or a bad one might get saved by the 3rd act but does that warrant a good movie-going experience? Or else does it work vice-versa?