Official Trailer: The opening stretch is one of the creative and energetic openings for a movie I have seen lately. Agan, the protagonist, enters the reception of his ex-girlfriend and wants to know the reason why she ditched him. In the heat of the moment when he tries to stop her, he inadvertently pulls the thaali from her neck. The ruckus that ensues uses is wonderfully shot using props one
Even though evolution was covered in school curriculum, my curiosity awakened when I came across Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. Selfish Gene gave me a better understanding of genes and evolution with less scientific terms without dumbing down or simplifying too much. It had the balanced approach of handholding us while forcing us to apply our thinking to get the scientific concepts. Selfish Gene led to running through other books
Watched Fool Me Once series on Netflix without knowing it is based on a novel by Harlan Coben. Thriller is an interesting watch. So checked the writer and found out about Harlan Coben. Thanks to you may also like AI (need to bring in AI somewhere to sound I am also up to date on tech), found out Netflix is flooded with series based on Harlan Coben novels. Hasn’t read
Official Trailer: Do we think twice before deciding to buy a secondhand item online? Should we? After watching Target, the latest Korean thriller, we may think twice before we buy or sell online!! Target works for most part before it ends up in a conventional way. It builds the tension progressively notching it up higher and keeps us intrigued about the happenings. The protagonist buys a used washing machine online.
Official Trailer: The plot revolves around an ex-cop turned pimp who gets in to a situation where his girls go missing. Initially he thinks they have left him. The last girl left her mobile in the car. Ex-cop tracks down the number of the caller who picked up the missing girls and they are from the same number. He can’t locate the address since the caller asks the girls pick
I am a music listener. I don’t have much understanding of technicalities of music. For me, the composition has to connect, stir something inside, call it feeling, emotion or just pure joy. Poo Potta Dhavani Song from the movie Kakki Chattai – falls under club dance that was typical of 80s and 90s movies. Not sure whether this can be bucketed as item number in today’s parlance – since the
News of actor Rajesh’s sad demise took me down the memory lane. Reminiscing about his movies – Achamillai Achamillai, Kanni Paruvathile, Antha 7 natkal, Sathya, Veli, Mahanadhi – movies where I can recollect his character. One thing led to another, and I landed on Kanni Paruvathile. I don’t recollect the story much, but the songs are still fresh in my memory. It was a successful album when the movie came
Official Trailer: Tourist family reminded me of another movie Ayodhi. There are many similarities between the two. Sasikumar the easy one. Rameshwaram another. Basic movie making gets elevated by strong message of humanity without thrusting the message in your face. Be human, that is all there to make our life lively. Where they differ is Tourist Family lightens the mood with good dose of comedy. Full credit to Abishan Jeevinth’s
There is a big difference between bus and train journeys now and a decade plus ago. It is the mobile phones (just mobile moving forward). No let me correct that….it is the people with mobiles. A decade ago, the big nuisance would be people talking loudly or worst-case loud snoring if the passenger next to you happen to sleep. I don’t include the crying of babies since these journeys are
Official Trailer: On paper the writing sounds funny and interesting. But it is whole another challenge to stage it visually on the screen. Things fall flat on screen. The Residence is a masterclass on how to stage and narrate the story. Director, Writer and Editor have paid close attention to details on the dialogue, visuals, when and where to cut. The outcome is visually striking – the quick cuts add