All the film reviews I’ve written so far.
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Mahaan Movie Review: An Unbearable Film About Unhinged Men
At two hours and forty two minutes, Mahaan is a self-indulgent and vacuous film. At its best, it’s tiresome. At its worst, it’s an abomination.
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Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee Movie Review: This Zee5 Film Should Have Been A Music Album
This Darbuka Siva film is proof that there is a limit to nostalgic value too.
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Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa Review: Madhumitha Shines In This Otherwise Middling Anthology
Given the nature of emotions it explores, Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidhyaadhaa is easy to relate to. But, it offers no more satisfaction than a Twitter conversation with a stranger.
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Naai Sekar Movie Review: Despite Sathish’s Best Efforts, This Film Is A Wreck
A premise so flimsy, writing so unimaginative, filmmaking so tiresome, Naai Sekar is dog poop on the screen.
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Blood Money Movie Review: This By-The-Book Film Struggles To Engage
The film can’t decide if it wants to be an investigative thriller or an emotional drama — it makes a combination of the two that fails on both counts.
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Jail Movie Review: A Tedious Film That Cannot Make Up Its Mind
In an industry that gave us Kaala, Karnan, Asuran and the like, Vasanthabalan’s film feels trite. Like an idea gone to screen too soon.
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Bachelor Movie Review: An Uneven And Tone-deaf Film About Toxic Relationships
Without a persistent voice to balance the testosterone overdose, Bachelor is vacuous at best, and downright boring at its worst
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Maanaadu Movie Review: This Quintessential Venkat Prabhu Film Gives Simbu His Do Over
Maanaadu is entertaining not because the two leads are smart, but because they are ridiculously ordinary.
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Pon Manickavel Movie Review: Prabhu Deva Power-Walks Through An Inept Film About An Incompetent Cop
The film is unwatchable, so hopefully, the impact it would have on public consciousness will be minimal.
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Sabhaapathy Movie Review: This Santhanam-Starrer Is A Test Of Patience
This attempt to be unlike your regular quick-wit and ‘counters’ Santhanam film, suffers precisely because of it.
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Enemy Movie Review: This Vishal-Arya Action-Film Is Formulaic, Rudimentary, Predictable And Pretty Fun
Enemy is like Vishal’s dance — full-bodied, hard-working, energetic, confident, but entirely devoid of knack. That doesn’t make it unwatchable though.
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Jai Bhim Review: A No Holds Barred Film on Institutional Violence
Jai Bhim is a solid film held together by craftly writing, thoughtful filmmaking, restrained performances and a true incident of the justice system restoring hope.
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Review Of Yennanga Sir Unga Sattam, Out On Sony Liv: A Skill-less Film Reeking of Intellectual Dishonesty
Given that this is a duplex film — two films for the price of one — I demand twice my money back
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Rathnan Prapancha Movie Review, On Amazon Prime Video: Superficial Writing Sinks An Interesting Premise
Focusing more on a physical journey rather than self-discovery, the film is more in line with the travel genre than a coming-of-age film.
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Udanpirappe Movie Review, On Amazon Prime Video: This Jyothika Film Is An Unsatisfying Compromise
Grandstanding dialogues, relationships without connections and a convoluted climax sequence make this film barely passable.
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Doctor Movie Review: Nelson Delivers an Unbelievable, Yet Utterly Enjoyable Film With An In-Control Sivakarthikeyan
The film’s biggest success is how writer-director Nelson brings together a motley group of quirky fools, led by a somewhat intelligent but also clueless doctor, to navigate a dangerous and high-stakes mission.
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Rudra Thandavam Movie Review: An Ill-Intentioned Bore
The film is a self-obsessed lament of the oppressor convincing himself that his violence is benevolent.
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Annabelle Sethupathi movie review: Clever, entertaining, but rarely complex
With a little more complexity in screenplay and some wit in dialogue, Vijay Sethupathi and Taapsee Pannu’s horror comedy could have been an absolute feast.