movie reviews

February 2009

Oscars 2009: Milk – Review

By |2020-05-15T21:49:53-05:00February 14th, 2009|talkies|

Dan White: Society can’t exist without the family. Harvey Milk: We’re not against that. Dan White: Can two men reproduce? Harvey Milk: No, but God knows we keep trying. Cannes [...]

September 2008

Thalappavu – Review; Go Watch it!

By |2020-05-15T21:49:53-05:00September 12th, 2008|talkies|

Thiruvonam Greetings! Hope you had a great one! Onam comes every year, but “Thalappavu” comes once a decade. There couldn’t be a better Onam gift for Malayalis and Malayalam cinema [...]

July 2008

Madambi Vs Parunthu – Review!

By |2020-05-15T21:49:53-05:00July 29th, 2008|talkies|

“Madambi” and “Parunthu” should go together, for the sheer hype and controversy around these movies, the two superstars playing moneylenders, almost the same cast, and the fact that both the [...]

June 2008

April 2008

Innathe Chinthavishayam – Review

By |2020-05-15T21:49:53-05:00April 13th, 2008|talkies|

Mohanlal has a super Hit, finally. After a strange procession of blockbuster flops,"Innathe Chintavishayam" might just save the year for the actor. But sadly this has very little to do [...]

Mulla – Review

By |2020-05-15T21:49:53-05:00April 2nd, 2008|talkies|

Driving up and down the National Highway last week (some 800 kilometers), I would have used the “M” word a few hundred times (thanks to the road rash). I often [...]

February 2008

Oscars 2008: Atonement – REVIEW

By |2020-05-15T21:49:53-05:00February 24th, 2008|talkies|

Cecilia Tallis: [in a letter] My darling, Briony found my address somehow and sent a letter. The first surprise was she didn't go up to Cambridge. She's doing nurses' training [...]

Roudram – Review

By |2020-05-15T21:49:54-05:00February 7th, 2008|talkies|

Roudram does exactly what its expected to do. I've watched Ranji Panicker's Commissioner a couple 'o dozen times, same with King and even Bharat Chandran about six times in the [...]

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