Anugraheethan Antony Is A Light But Effective Drama About Afterlife
The film is about what it means to be a soul after one’s death and drives home its points through characters (and ghosts) that feel very human.
Malayalam Review
Malik Tells A Hero’s Story In The Most Unheroic Manner
It’s one of those movies that will continue to reveal more as you rewatch it because it’s densely packed with information. It’s a spectacle, not a grand spectacle but an intimate one.
Malik, On Amazon Prime Video, Is A Rewarding Gangster Saga
Even minor characters have a way of coming back later on to show us their impact and place. And that’s how a film with so much vastness in both scale and subject manages to affect us so emotionally.
Malik Examines The Tragic Interplay Of Religion And Violence
Fahadh Faasil combines delicate melancholy with majesty and becomes, in every way, a malik
Randuper, On Neestream, Is An Edgy And Amoral Chaos
Randuper religiously avoids cliches in its first half, only to surrender to them in the second.
Chathur Mukham Has Inventive Writing But Waters Down Genre Thrills
The three threads in Chathur Mukham give us a mostly engrossing depiction of a smartphone haunting. But the frequent genre shifts also mean that you don’t get the sustained reward of a single mood
Sara’s Is A Feel-Good Entertainer About Difficult Choices
Sara’s looks at a woman’s plight from a woman’s perspective. It’s about Sara’s confusions and doubts, the conflict between what she wants to do and what society wants from her.
Sara’s Is A Sweet, If Simplistic Film Held Together By Anna Ben
With her most complex character yet, Anna Ben appears strong without making it look like a statement, just like how she doesn’t have to do too much to come across as vulnerable.
Aanum Pennum Feels Like Snapshots That Aren’t About Anything
The anthology is made up of stories about strong women set in three different time periods.
Cold Case, On Amazon Prime Video, Is A Slow-Paced And Talky Thriller
The film wants to be a leisurely investigative thriller that’s different from the usual, but it doesn’t end up becoming anything more than a generic watch.
Cold Case Is A Pulp Crime Goldmine That Takes Itself Too Seriously
You feel the pulpy, trashy fun slowly melt away to make way for a high-concept thriller that’s trying too hard to be cool.
Aanum Pennum Tells The Timeless Story Of Man And Woman
What holds each chapter and the anthology together is the focussed exploration of the most fundamental, timeless parts of what makes and shapes a man-woman relationship.
