Rohith V S is at it again with another experiment, after his decent attempts in Adventures of Omanakkuttan and Iblis. This time he has come up with an out and out action thriller that has expert craftsmanship written all over it. Kala’s storyline is a single day event and it revolves around an upper class […]
Aarkkariyam (2021) is cinematographer Sanu Varghese’s first outing as a director. Movie revolves around couples Sherly and Roy and their return home after the covid-19 pandemic broke them financially. Sherly’s father Ittiyavara is ready to sell his property for helping them financially but they must overcome an issue with the property in time before selling […]
*****Warning***** Heavy spoilers ahead!! **** Please don’t read if you haven’t watched the movie already***** As discussed in my review about Aarkkariyam, I have found the movie quite remarkable on my second watch. There were plenty of hidden details and minute expression changes from characters which I found quite fascinating and here, I am noting […]
Written and Directed by the debutant Tharun Moorthy, Operation Java(2021) is a cyber police procedural. It is based on several real life cyber crimes. The movie has a structure similar to 2016 police drama film Action Hero Biju. But compared to Biju, Operation Java gives you the mood of a thriller as most of the […]
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Karnan(2021)
Mari Selvaraj is back again as the voice for the oppressed through his latest film Karnan. Though Karnan is another story of conflict between two castes, he has packaged it with plenty of metaphors, symbols, detailing and his own mythological subversions. If his previous outing Pariyerum Perumal served as a refreshing dialogue between the oppressed […]
The father opens to melodramatic scenes of Ann struggling to cope with her ailing father Anthony, who is suffering from dementia. She is unable to move on with her life as Anthony doesn’t trust any of the carers she appoints. The movie establishes the characters in these initial sequences and we develope this deep emotional-sync […]
A powerful drama in which the lead performance and the remarkable sound design stands tall among all the other great aspects of the movie. Riz Ahmed portrays Ruben, a heavy metal drummer, who loses his hearing overninght. The whole world turns upside down for him, with his career, love-life and everything he ever dreamt, stands […]
Martin Prakkat’s latest outing ‘Naayattu’ is a police story revolving around 3 officers who are on the run after being framed as the murderers of a dalit man. Initial sequences established the characters and then movie turns to a taut thriller. The makers were successful in building the tension right until the very end and […]
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Another Round(2020)
The umpteenth movie on drinking and addiction. But this Danish movie directed by Vinterberg will serve as the best of the lot. Here’s why Movie doesn’t start with a habitually drunk person/group. It starts with four 40+ high school teachers who are just stuck to their routine official and family life which most can […]
Cartoon Saloon, the irish animation studio started its journey a decade before its first animated feature film, the secret of Kells (2009), the first installment of its unofficial Irish Folklore Trilogy. The movie bagged oscar nomination in 2010 and the studio went on to repeat the feat with the next installments of the trilogy, Song […]
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