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Sharan in ‘Choo Mantar’ | Photo Credit: Anand Audio/YouTube At one point in Choo Mantar, we see the chilling hide-and-clap scene from The Conjuring being played on a tablet. It’s a terrific scene that relies more on concept than sound. Karvaa Navaneeth’s latest horror drama needed such out-of-the-box thinking to achieve its full potential. Choo Mantar has…
Sonu Sood in a still from ‘Fateh’ | Photo Credit: Zee Studios/YouTube Early in Fateh when a strapping Sonu Sood, dressed in a sharp black suit, enters a large room full of cocky goons, he is told that there is no space for him inside. The 120-minute bloodbath becomes a metaphor for the struggle of the sincere…
Like Bala’s recent films, ‘Vanangaan’ too suffers from a wafer-thin plot, but the bigger issue is its problematic gaze on underprivileged women Source link
A still from ‘Madraskaaran’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement One of the oldest tricks in the cinematic book of twists is introducing car accidents. Tamil cinema’s tryst with it has been a long-standing one. Just a small flip through the memory reminds me of films like Kushi, Kovil, Manmadan Ambu and even recent flicks like…
At a pre-release promotional event, director Shankar mentioned how his new film, Game Changer, considers the audience’s diminishing attention spans, shaped by Instagram Reels, and delivers engaging sequences in quick succession. This is perhaps why two-hour 45-minute film feels like a patchwork of segments opting for hurried transitions rather than seamless segways. Is Shankar’s first…
‘Nimma Vasthugalige Neeve Javabdaararu’. The public safety reminder of “please take care of your belongings” is often considered redundant until we lose something valuable owing to our negligence. Even if we do end up being a victim of a clever robbery, all we do is curse the crook and move on. Keshav Moorthy’s Nimma Vasthugalige…
A still from ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ What is better than one Jim Carrey? Two Jim Carreys, obviously! And there is also Keanu Reeves channelling his inner Baba Yaga as Shadow, the powerful and vengeance-driven alien hedgehog. Based on the videogame series, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 sees Sonic (Ben Schwartz), the superpowered hedgehog and his…
A still from the film ‘Identity’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If someone were to narrate the story of Identity, directed by Akhil Paul and Anas Khan, chances are that halfway through, the person will get lost in a maze of complicated side stories. It need not have been that way, for at its core,…
July 21, 2023 will be known for years to come as the day of Barbenheimer – the cinematic event of the year, with two of the biggest releases of 2023 going head-to-head in a contrasting fight for dominance. However, eagled-eyed entertainment fans will have noticed that one more big release was planned on the same…
A still from ‘Kraven the Hunter’ A long, icy road is the first shot of Kraven the Hunter, the sixth film in the infamous Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU). Given how all the other films, except the Venom movies, turned out to be fiascos, the very first shot of Kraven felt like a metaphor for the…
