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John Luther Movie Review: A Well-Made Atmospheric Thriller

  • Posted on May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
  • by Vishal Menon
The lead character’s inability to hear adds elements to a thriller we rarely get to see. This makes John more real and vulnerable and it also makes these cases more dangerous than they would otherwise have been
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Asif Ali
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A short film idea stretched out to two hours

  • Posted on December 25, 2021
  • by Vishal Menon
The film doesn’t even try to double-guess the already tired viewer, nor does it subvert the themes used obsessively in the Vineeth Sreenivasan cinematic universe
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Sara’s, On Amazon Prime Video With Anna Ben, Is A Satisfying Feel-Good Entertainer About Difficult Choices
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Sara’s, On Amazon Prime Video, Is A Simple Film That Deals With A Complicated Issue

  • Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021
  • by Roopa Radhakrishnan
The opportunity to make more films natural progression of making the first one; and children are considered to be the natural progression of a marriage
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A Lightweight, Lighthearted Family Drama About A Fallen Superstar

  • Posted on May 22, 2021
  • by Vishal Menon
All this positivity can take a toll on the viewer especially during such a time. It is comforting like a packet of Maggi even though you know it’s unhealthy
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Vellam Jayasurya
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Vellam Is A Watered-Down Depiction Of Alcohol Withdrawal

  • Posted on April 13, 2021April 13, 2021
  • by Ashutosh Mohan
An interesting question that runs through the film is: how much can self-awareness help an alcoholic?
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Review Of Varthamanam, Starring Parvathy: A Talkative, Stagey, Cry To Unite Against Fascism
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Varthamanam Is A Talkative, Stagey, Cry To Unite Against Fascism

  • Posted on March 12, 2021
  • by Vishal Menon
Given the timeliness of its message, there’s no denying its importance or even its relevance. It’s the verbosity of its dialogues and the stagey making that drains the film of its value.
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Drishyam 2, On Amazon Prime Video: Mohanlal And Meena Return In Jeethu Joseph’s Solid Sequel, Which Swaps Tension With Existentialism
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Review Of Drishyam 2, On Amazon Prime Video, With Mohanlal And Meena

  • Posted on February 19, 2021February 19, 2021
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
Like Part 1, this is more a writer’s film than a director’s film. But what a plot! My jaw kept dropping at its inventions and its sly philosophies.
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What Was The Biggest Malayalam Hit In The Year You Were Born?
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What Was The Biggest Malayalam Hit In The Year You Were Born?

  • Posted on July 19, 2020
  • by Team FC
Malayalam films are known for their content. But, every year has also thrown up a fair number of films that worked wonders at the box office. Meera Venugopal draws up a list of such films from 1990.
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Sreeja And Raveena Ravi
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It Really Is A Blessing To Have Fans For Your Voice: Mother-Daughter Duo Sreeja and Rav...

  • Posted on May 4, 2020December 4, 2020
  • by Meera Venugopal
How often have you heard of both mother and daughter lending their voice for the same actress? Sreeja Ravi and Raveena Ravi have done that for Nayanthara. They speak to Meera Venugopal about this less-acknowledged category in filmmaking

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Flops of Glory: Iblis, Asif Ali’s Fantasy Film That Has An Afterlife Of Its Own
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Flops of Glory: Iblis, The Fantasy Film Starring Asif Ali That Has An Afterlife Of Its Own

  • Posted on January 21, 2020May 9, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
The world-building in director Rohith VS’ Iblis is fascinating, and the film feels like listening to a fable.
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‘Big Brother’ Movie Review: Mohanlal Sleepwalks Through An Exhausting Action Drama That Works Against Director Siddique’s Every Instinct
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Big Brother Movie Review: Mohanlal Sleepwalks Through An Exhausting Action Drama That W...

  • Posted on January 16, 2020May 4, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
Siddique sets out to make a full-length action drama, but struggles to make even the smallest of emotions stick. 
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Mammootty in Ganagandharvan, directed by Ramesh Pisharody
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Ganagandharvan Movie Review: Ramesh Pisharody’s Second Film Is An Excruciatingly Pain...

  • Posted on September 27, 2019May 4, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
A film so tackily made, it leads the list of trainwrecks starring Mammootty.
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