Paul George’s ‘Kattalan’ is an exhausting series of stylised images pretending to be a movie
Two gangs of ivory poachers are at war. Who will win? This stylised and violent film wants us to care about the outcome, but all we are left […]
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Subash K Raj’s ‘Blast’ is a well-written action movie that makes good use of its USP of a family of fighters
Arjun, Abhirami and Preity Mukhundhan play a family of karate fighters. They just want to mind their own business and maybe help a helpless person or two. But
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s ‘System’, on Prime Video, is a decent friendship drama and an undercooked courtroom drama
Jyotika (as a stenographer) and Sonakshi Sinha (as a lawyer) play unlikely friends who become partners in solving cases (or rather, they’re courtroom partners who become unlikely friends).
RJ Balaji’s ‘Karuppu’ has interesting ideas, but they don’t get the space to breathe amidst the generic ‘mass’ treatment
Suriya is in full star mode… and god mode. He plays a deity who comes to earth when courtroom corruption makes justice a joke. He clashes with a
Rathna Kumar’s ‘29’ is a fresh, heartfelt, sincere story about life and love, but it’s a little too poetic for its own good
Vidhu and Preethi Asrani play the central couple, but her goals clash with his. Can love coexist with the harsh realities of life? For that matter, does love
Vignesh Raja’s ‘Kara’: An action drama with potential that settles for being just about watchable
Quick take: Dhanush plays a selfish thief who starts thinking about the larger good when he sees the plight of farmers in his village. The three central characters
RS Durai Senthilkumar’s ‘Leader’ is neither spoofy enough to be fun, nor serious enough to keep us at the edge of our seats
Legend Saravanan stars as a meek man whose action moves tell us that he has a past. Who was he earlier? The answer is revealed in a bland
Someetharan’s ‘Neelira’ is a tight, tense drama about Sri Lankan Tamils during the war
A family is preparing for the wedding of their daughter the next morning. But as darkness falls, danger arrives in the form of IPKF soldiers who take over
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Vijay Ranganathan’s ‘Oh Butterfly’ is an interesting chamber play about three flawed characters
Nivedhithaa Sathish, Ciby, and Attul play a sort-of love triangle, and they’re trapped in a house in the hills as butterflies flutter around them. The concrete physical and
Sivakumar Murugesan’s “Thaai Kizhavi” is an uneven mix of humour and drama, powered by a ‘mass’ Radikaa Sarathkumar performance
Radikaa Sarathkumar gives a broad and very entertaining “mass-hero” performance in Thaai Kizhavi. A song calls her “Sungadi selai katti vandha Superman”. She’s a moneylender, a boss-lady, a kinda-sorta “don”. Everyone
KJ Surendar’s ‘Maayabimbum’ is an old-school, ‘Sethu’-like romantic melodrama
A young man in prison thinks back about his life and his love and his obsession with sex. The result is a drama that’s uneven, but never uninteresting.
KJ Surendar’s ‘Maayabimbum’ is an old-school, ‘Sethu’-like romantic melodrama Read More
Nithish Sahadev’s ‘Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil’ is an entertaining mix of dry comedy and low-key drama
Jiiva plays a panchayat head who has to be a proper politician when a wedding and a death threaten to erupt into trouble. The film’s strength is its