Yeraatha Malai song: Listening to Malaysia Vasudevan’s songs collection the other day brought back old memories. My wife and I started discussing his memorable numbers, range, and emotion. Discussion led to topic of movies where his voice elevated the movie and the first movie that came to our mind was Muthal Mariyathai. So, we decided to watch the movie over the weekend. I had watched the movie first time during
Finally caught up with these two Korean movies from my watch list. Both are on the recommended list of many of the movie critics. Do they fall under mainstream or cult, I am not sure. I am not a big fan of slotting a movie into arty, cult, or mainstream. I go by, did the movie work for me or not. Did the director succeed on what he or she
[SPOILERS AHEAD…] Official Trailer: How does it feel to watch continuously 15 10-minutes porn movies stitched together with the intent of getting a release every 10mts? Jailer feels like one, going from one mass scene to another every 15mts with no plot. No effort to make a connection between the scenes. There is no build-up to the action. The only connection is Rajni. I guess the assumption makers have made
One of my favorite thought experiments is to replay a famous movie with genders flipped and wonder how the movie would have been received. For example, take a movie like Chinna Veedu. Flip the gender of the lead characters. Or movies like Sindhu Bairavi or Mudhal Mariadhai? All these 3 famous Tamil movies are about a guy falling in love with other women while being married. Now that you get
Official Trailer: In the hands of a good director, even a generic serial killer story can become an engaging thriller drama. Por Thozhil is one of those movies. With a clear vision, directors, Vignesh Raja and T.Senthil Paramasivam, narrate the story crisply, don’t digress with unnecessary scenes, and maintain a good momentum building to the tense climax. Movie opens with two cops on night patrol. The topic of conversation between
Official Trailer: What kind of story one can build with a doll? Toys crossover to the real world and writers toyed with ideas of friendship, family, separation, and existential crisis in Toy Story series. Then we have The Truman Show where the hero lives in a made-up fantasy world till the reality hits him. Writers of Barbie use the similar premise and deliver a well-made satirical ride that is entertaining,
John Wick 4, Indiana Jones 5, and Mission Impossible 7 suffer from, what I call, the Sequel Syndrome. The crisp and tautness of the first part gets lost in the sequels. John Wick: Chapter 1, Raiders of the lost Ark, and MI:1 all were under 2hrs run time. Sequels of these movies continue with characters from earlier parts for nostalgia and add new characters to remain fresh and get some
Official Trailer: We know about Cheras, Cholas, and Pandyas from our history classes and books. Most to all of the time the kings are either glorified or vilified. We never had a peek into their lives or subjects other than learning about dates of historical events. How did they live? Their culture? What kind of Tamil they spoke? Why did they go to war? How did they convince their people
Official Trailer: Viduthalai Part I is about the conflict between the government which wants to take away and provide the forest land for mining to a corporate and the villagers who are against it. This conflict pits the police force against the Makkal Padai (People’s army). Makkal Padai has the support of the local population. A simple story of development Vs rights/conservation, good Vs evil. Where Viduthalai differs and gets
A Man Called Otto: Similar to Gran Torino, A Man Called Otto is a story about how an unlikely friendship can change someone’s life for the better. Otto is a grumpy and an unhappy widower who has given up on life following the loss of his wife. He doesn’t let anyone get close to him. He wants to end it all. He is the kind of person who disconnects electrical