The Force is Overwhelming

5

Reviewed Gravity

Oct 23, 2013 1265

Gravity is an experience rather than a mere viewing.  Its one of the rarest of movies that transports you to a different world that has lasting impression eveRead more...

My List of Top Tamil Movies

Reviewed Ten Best Tamil Movies

Sep 22, 2011 4052

When I started listing out the top tamil movies, I inadvertently evolved the criteria for selection.  As in any personal listings, this is also subjective andRead more...

An Ageless Classic

4

Reviewed Wages Of Fear Movie

Dec 01, 2009 2980

For those who want to know what a geniune thriller is please watch’Wages of Fear’.  If you think that jump cuts, intiutive camera angles, boo momentRead more...

A Mesmerizing Magic

5

Reviewed Prestige Movie

Sep 18, 2009 2782

During its release, ’Prestige’ was dubbed as a cheat by most of the top critics. Either they were too naive or expected another’Memento’(mRead more...

Narration alone not sufficient

2

Reviewed Nepali

May 17, 2008 3313

Nepali is a classic case where substance takes backseat to style.  On afterthoughts, it is not difficult to find out that the so-caled "style" is itself misusRead more...

An Enduring Effect

4

Reviewed Butterfly Effect

Mar 29, 2008 1703

When I watched "Memento", I thought  it was the only movie that satisfied all my psychological aspirations.  I realized the mistake with "Butterfly Effect".  Read more...

Innovation at all angles

5

Reviewed Anjathey

Mar 22, 2008 3208

I believe cinema is a visual medium and only a few knew how to handle it that way.  Mysskin, the director who scripted "Chithiram Pesudhadi", has come up withRead more...

Jolly Ride

4

Reviewed Oram Po

Dec 29, 2007 2115

When you are often infested with cliche ridden movies, it is quite natural to turn your attention to the slightest offbeat movie that comes to the notice.  "ORead more...

Power of Silence

5

Reviewed Mozhi

Mar 27, 2007 3997

There are at times we feel that the money spent on the ticket is worth the cost. “Mozhi” would certainly lead you to such a sense of satisfaction that we seldRead more...

A Silver Lining

4

Reviewed Veyyil

Jan 11, 2007 2831

This is one of the plausible movies that come from Shankar’s S Pictures.  He once again ventures with director, Vasanthabalan, who gives us a solid story withRead more...

God Save Editing

3

Reviewed Vettayaadu Vilayaadu

Oct 05, 2006 3204

In the lines of Kakka Kakka, Gautham Menon has given this time, a more gruesome, violent and almost a sequel of KK. The brighter side is that VV entertains toRead more...

A Modest Attempt

3

Reviewed Acharya

Aug 31, 2006 2781

Firstly, Acharya is not a run-of-the-mill gangster movie. Though having a gangster backdrop, it distinctly stays away from violence. It’s rare to find these sRead more...

A Memento

5

Reviewed Memento

Aug 20, 2006 2719

Having missed to watch Memento in theatre, I pursued a DVD quest for more than a year and finally was privileged to watch it a month ago. I came to know aboutRead more...

Hail Pulicesi !

4

Reviewed Imsai Arasan 23Am Pulikesi

Jul 27, 2006 4262

The first thing I read while flicking through any magazine is the jokes column especially I cherish with the historical ones. They typically portray a cowardlRead more...

Mistimed & Confused

2

Reviewed Uyir

Jul 23, 2006 6366

Welcome to the era of copy of copies. Any movie released this year (no matter how worse it is) is certain to be copied and released in the same year with a diRead more...

A Flower with Fragrance

4

Reviewed Parijataham

Jul 13, 2006 2533

After a long time, Bhagyaraj has come out not only to give a refreshing experience but also to rescue us from the gangster-trodden trend. Parijaatham proves oRead more...

Acid-Test for patience

2

Reviewed Pudhupettai

Jul 09, 2006 5395

As I wrote for “Pattiyal”, Entertainment and realism are seldom found together in Tamil movies. Pudhupettai is the classic example for intolerable realism whiRead more...

Novel but disappointing

2

Reviewed Kokki

Jul 06, 2006 3296

I had great expectations after reading reviews and watching trailers of Kokki. Unfortunately, the great expectations ended up to great disappointments no mattRead more...

One more gangster straw on our back

3

Reviewed Thalai Nagaram

Jul 03, 2006 2292

It seems Kollywood’s think tank has so depleted to imagine any other themes apart from love and gangsters. Or all the directors are trying to prove a point thRead more...

Goosebumper No.1

5

Reviewed Indian - Tamil

Jun 28, 2006 4278

Here comes the best Tamil film I’ve ever seen. Be it entertainment, suspense, insightfulness, technicalities, acting, comedy, everything is there in this moviRead more...