Vysakh’s ultra-generic ‘Turbo’ is basically Mammootty saying he needs to chill after ‘Bramayugam’
The film also stars Raj B Shetty, Anjana Jayaprakash. It is yet another mass movie that thinks a star’s swag is enough Towards the end of Turbo, […]
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Vipin Das’s ‘Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil’ is an easy watch, but this solid premise should have generated more laughs
The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Basil Joseph. Not all the jokes land, and the second half, especially, dips in momentum When I interviewed director Hari before the
Dijo Jose Antony’s ‘Malayalee from India’ has some big laughs, but it’s mostly a preachy, very obvious take on Hindu-Muslim brotherhood
The film stars Nivin Pauly, Dhyan Sreenivasan. The message is so obvious that you see the ending from a mile away. The opening stretch of Malayalee from India
Jithu Madhavan’s ‘Aavesham’ is a fantastically written combination of comedy and action and drama
The film stars Fahadh Faasil. Technically speaking, he is not the main character, but the way he owns the film is something else altogether. One week ago, had
Vineeth Sreenivasan’s ‘Varshangalkku Shesham’ is a middling, unfocused bromance that also wants to be a meta-commentary on the film industry
The film stars Dhyan Sreenivasan, Pranav Mohanlal. The laughs keep coming, but the writing needed to be much stronger in the emotional portions. At its most basic level,
Blessy’s ‘Aadujeevitham’ has its moments and gets an A for effort, but given the source, this should have been a far more moving film
Prithviraj Sukumaran shoulders the movie heroically. But the overblown nature of the event-filled narrative never lets us connect with the plight of the protagonist. Seen one
Girish AD’s ‘Premalu’ infuses a familiar story with magical writing and gives us one of the most joyous movies of the year
The film stars Naslen K Gafoor and Mamitha Baiju. Despite the undercurrent of dysfunction, we keep laughing at (and with) these oddball characters. For four years, in his
Chidambaram’s ‘Manjummel Boys’ is a solid, efficient survival story told in broad strokes – flaws and all, the ‘high moments’ work
The film stars an excellent Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi and a bunch of others. The real heroes are production designer Ajayan Chalissery and cinematographer Shyju Khalid. Based on
Rahul Sadasivan’s deeply evocative ‘Bramayugam’ is not so much a horror movie as a movie about the timeless horrors of oppression
The film stars Mammootty, Arjun Ashokan, Siddharth Bharathan. Despite a few reservations, it is a heady mix of fine acting and fine filmmaking. There is a
Lijo Jose Pellissery’s hallucinatory ‘Malaikottai Vaaliban’ is a warrior story that subverts how we see warrior stories on screen
The film, divided into episodes that build into a huge reveal, stars Mohanlal as a disillusioned strongman. For lovers of cinema and this filmmaker’s unique style, it is