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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ reimagines the epic beautifully, in a way that’s both fantastical and deeply human
Aakash Baskaran’s ‘Idhayam Murali’ is a not-bad romantic drama where the laughs land better than the love track
Siddharth P Malhotra’s ‘Ikka’, on Netflix, is a courtroom drama with just enough twists to keep us watching
Venkatesh Maha’s ‘Rao Bahadur’ is a unique, original, imaginatively done satire that gives the finger to patriarchal traditions
Chella Ayyavu’s ‘Gatta Kusthi 2’ is like its predecessor, a mix of good comic bits and randomly written drama
Shiv Rawail’s ‘Alpha’ is a by-the-numbers thriller, neither bad enough to hate nor good enough to get involved in
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