Thittam Irandu Review

The final twenty minutes of the film converges all the loose ends and makes us re-imagine the previous portions. Every dialogue holds a strong feeling and one has to wait till the end to witness the...

Ishq (Not a Love Story) Review

The slow pace sort of tests your patience. But we tend to forgive it because the first act is a decent build-up to an impending catastrophe in the shape of moral policing....

Thimmarusu Review

The telling of the murder from different points of view is another noteworthy ingredient. However, it would have worked better had it not been for the initial minutes of the film....

Sarpatta Parambarai Review

There are several high points in 'Sarpatta Parambarai' to start with its long drawn out boxing sequences that are so authentic that you feel the punch and the pain....

Sarpatta Review

True to his style, the director enriches the second half with a pronounced social commentary. The protagonist gets some solid lines, backed also by a group of well-rounded characters around him....

Narappa Review

The scenes between the father and his two sons are an outstanding feature of the movie. They feel like portions gleaned from a novel (the film is based on a Tamil-language novel)....

Vaazhl Review

Debutante T.J. Banuparvathy Murthy plays Yatramma a complex character with such authority that like Aditi Balan in 'Aruvi' she is not only easily the best performer in the film but also in Tamil...

Jagame Tantram Review

'Jagame Thandhiram' is not a typical gangster flick in so far as it touches upon racial politics and handles the concerns of stateless people with a little bit of empathy....

Jagame Thanthiram Review

What works best in 'Jagame Thandiram' is the first half where Dhanush's antics in Madurai and London hold the interest. The different locales of London are well shot and are a treat to the eyes. The...

Ardha Shathabdham Review

There is the rose flower on the one hand. And there are machetes and knives at the other end of the spectrum. This symbolic contrast should have been brought out in a better way....

Malaysia to Amnesia Review

What works in 'Malaysia to Amnesia' is that its an easy watch evoking its share of more than a few genuine laughs. Even though the subject is adultery there are no squirmish scenes or sequences...

Anukoni Athidhi Review

The element of hypnotism hasn't been milked cleverly. And we never understand how come the villain is not on his toes until the climax when his days look numbered....

Ek Mini Katha Review

The film's part-family comedy beats keep the viewer engaged, by and large. The comedy quotient goes up in the second half, with a lot of quirky characters populating the script....

Battala Ramaswamy Biopikku Review

Films have always made fun of womanizing babas and polygamous men. This film brings the two sets of cine outcasts together to create a farcical comedy....

Cinema Bandi Review

The small-time charm is impressive but only to a certain degree. The team of the film within the film being oblivious to their surroundings all of a sudden smacks of convenient story-telling....

Thank You Brother Review

The film's run-time is 92 minutes or thereabouts but the length would have been shorter had the characters known how to come to the point in a life-and-death situation....

Shukra Review

Call it a flaw of the sound design or whatever, but the characters suddenly talk in a low voice. There are amateurish camera angles, and repetitive slow-motion shots....

99 Songs Review

The pacing of the story is attuned to the genre. The narrative style is not straightforward, which is again in keeping with the nature of the subject. It's all heavy and dense. ...

Dheyyam Review

The problem with the post-2000s RGV is not that he is overrated. The problem is that he is prolific to boot. This film was made in 2013 or so....

99 Songs Review

What works best in '99 Songs' is first and foremost the story written by ARR that contains heart touching elements of young love, the totally contradictory mother and father sentiments...