January 12, 2011
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There is a very complicated sequence in Juan José Campanella’s Argentinian crime thriller, The Secret in Their Eyes. The camera flies through the dark night sky and we see a brightly lit football stadium. As the camera flies over the … Continue reading
January 10, 2011
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Rajesh Pillai’s debut movie, ‘Hrudayathil Sukshikkan’ which came out in the year 2005 was a poor copy of the Hollywood hit ‘Meet the Parents’. But his second movie ‘Traffic’ which is also the first Malayalam release of 2011 is not … Continue reading
December 27, 2010
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Lal’s third outing as an independent director,’Tournament: Play and Replay’ after the decent ’2 Harihar Nagar’ and the mediocre ‘In Ghost House Inn’ ends up as a disappointing film.The script goes haywire post intermission,the twists get repetitive and culminates in … Continue reading
December 17, 2010
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Kandahar has that quality which even brought vc back to life from life support. We cannot take this movie in isolation. Instead just being a flop, it shows a worrying trend for Mohanlal, who again and again proves that he … Continue reading
July 20, 2010
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Oru Naal Varum evokes nostalgia, unfulfilled potential and leaves you with a sense of incompleteness. Srinivasan’s characterization: Srinivasan’s role as a corrupt Asst. Town Planning Officer is half baked and confusing. We are not sure if Srinivasan became corrupt for obtaining … Continue reading
July 18, 2010
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Reviewed by Nikhi Menon. What should you do if you think you are talented in doing more than a task at a time? Focus on the one in which you are the best in and try to improve more, else … Continue reading
July 10, 2010
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S N Swamy and K Madhu enthralled us with the CBI series of movies, each of which progressively declined in quality. It reached a point when the parody became more entertaining than the original movie. So when S N Swamy … Continue reading