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Psycho (2020) Review – Disabled and Dangerous

*Includes spoilers

I’ve admired Mysskin for being the very few filmmakers in Tamil cinema that paves a path for indie filmmaking, using fresh faces and for having a style that is signature Mysskin. A large number of us would walk into a cinema just for the sheer curiosity of what he would bring for the audience. But halfway through, I was tired and couldn’t wait for the final act.

The film…

The raindrop, descending from the murky clouds falls into my gaping mouth. I love the saltiness of it communicating to my tongue. A raven, perched on the rooftops placed above my apartment, gazed at me as if it was disgusted and flew away letting another one fell inside me. I was wondering before the exchange of stare between the dashingly beautiful man and the dark coloured bird just why the…

Trisha Illana Nayanthara (2015) Review – A Lingam suffering with ED

Director : Adhik Ravichandran Starring : GV Prakash, Anandhi, Manisha Yadav, Simran, VTV Ganesh *contains mild spoilers TIN (Trisha Illana Nayanthara) is a film marketed as an adult comedy with further distinction by receiving an “A” certificate from the censor board of India. What does that mean to us all the way here? Nothing much, although with such a badge one would expect some serious gilma…

Uttama Villain (2015) Review - More Virtuous Artiste Than A Villain

Director : Ramesh Arvind

Starring : Kamal Haasan, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, K.Viswanath, K.Balachander, Urvashi, Nassar,,Jayaram, M.S Bhaskar, Parvathi Menon.

*includes mild spoilers

2015 so far has produced lame stories and overhyped projects, like the disappointment I had watching Shankar’s I and GVM’s Yennai Arindhal, and I certainly didn’t wish this to follow suit. I woke up yesterday and…

Director : Mani Ratnam

Starring : Dulquer Salmaan, Nithya Menen, Prakash Raj, Leela Samson

The first thing that gets to me reading the title of this movie is Kamal Haasan crooning to his large catch Kushboo in Singaravelan. Good times.

O Kadhal Kanmani (OK Kanmani) is Mani Ratnam’s latest venture after 2013’s Kadal, a movie that dabbled with faith in the almighty and a love story between a…

Kanchana 2 (2015) Review – How To Entertain Idiots

Direction : Raghava Lawrence

Starring   : Raghava Lawrence, Taapsee Pannu, Kovai Sarala, Nithya Menen.

* includes spoilers

You know, for an artiste who gets labelled as a kind hearted man who goes to no bounds when it comes to charity and giving the underprivileged a chance, Raghava Lawrence as the writer, director and lead actor for Kanchana 2is one of the main contributors to why Tamil cinema…

Ennakul Oruvan (2015) Review - Cheap Buzz

Director : Prasad Ramar

Starring : Siddharth, Deepa Sannidhi, Shrusti Dange, Aadukalam Naren, John Vijay

Eventually it is to be compared, and it had to be. Kollywood’s attempt to recreate Lucia, a successful project with minimal funds and doing so in style, remains until today one of my favourite Indian films of late. The concept of Lucia isn’t something that is outright fresh or thought…

Anegan (2015) Review – When You Take Shit Too Far

Director : K.V Anand Starring : Dhanush, Karthik, Amyra Dastur, Aishwarya Devan.

(includes spoilers)

Let me first say that I’m an admirer of K. V Anand, and his work is certainly highly appreciated in the industry. I thought Ayan was different at it’s time, and Ko interesting. His debut as a director in Kana Kandenis also a movie that had an engaging plot. However his last project before this was…

Director : R.Balki

Starring : Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan

*includes mild spoilers

If there’s no whisky, the water is nothing and it doesn’t affect the drinker. But at the end of it all, water is a primary component in producing whisky, which fails to register inside the head of a liquor guzzling, graveyard residing Amitabh (Amitabh Bachchan). It is the metaphor which separates…

Yennai Arindhal (2015) Review – Menon’s Bread & Butter Once Again, Ya(wn)y

Director : Gautham Vasudev Menon Starring : Ajith Kumar, Anushka, Vivek, Trisha, Arun Vijay, Parvathy Nair

It began from Anbuselvan, progressed to Raghavan and ends at Sathyadev.  The cop dramas Gautham gave the audience over the years has it’s own scent and persona, and at it’s peak was refreshing compared to over the top police dishyum. At Kaakha Kaakha up to Vettaiyaadu Villaiyaadu, it was…

Isai (2015) Review – Sexual Suryahtion

Director : SJ Suryah Starring : SJ Suryah, Sathyaraj,Sulagna Panigrahi,Ganja Karuppu.

An almost ten year hiatus in Kollywood. The cinema world felt a little less pervert-ish since gilma’s favourite son played it low. But here he is now with Isai,  a movie he wrote, directed and composed songs and BGM for.

Is it any good? Well that’s really down to the viewer really. Isaihad tons of flaws and…

Aambala (2015) Review – Brain Melter

Director : Sundar C Starring : Vishal, Hansika Motwani, Prabhu, Ramya Krishnan, Santhanam, Vaibhav.

*includes spoilers

Piracy is cruel, but what’s even more cruel is burning bandwidth to download Aambala. It’s 2015 and here we have a project so terribly milked to the point it feels like gramma’s nipples brushing against your lips when you’re sleeping, the curd on the tip leaving a residue that…

I (2015) Review- Shankar’s Orgy

Director : Shankar Starring : Vikram, Amy Jackson, Suresh Gopi, Santhanam,Upen Patel.

*includes spoilers

With just a vowel, Shankar’s Ihas created countless debates between moviegoers and caused massive hysteria and jerking off sessions. It was 2014’s most highly anticipated movie but it dragged until 2015. By moving it forward, perhaps the audience will get a better end product. And why wouldn’t…

Jessie and The Pussyhunter

  It was raining cats and dogs. She turned on the water heater,the steam of it does wonders to her body. It was a long day at the office. Her pervert of a manager can’t stop suggesting her to wear the mini skirts that most women wear in the corporate world, it accentuates her figure he said. But deep down that old fart fantasizes her stroking his shaft, ethanai naal tha Vaseline pottu…

Alien Isolation (2014) Review – Cat and Mouse in Sevastopol

reviewed on PlayStation 4

SEGA, looking to erase the disappointment of 2013’s Colonial Marines has teamed up with Creative Assembly to create this, perhaps the game that will finally satisfy us Xeno-lovers and horror buffs. Make no mistake, the Alien franchise is mainly science fiction in genre but you can take nothing away from the fear of being hunted down by the Xenomorph, whether it’s in the…

Kayal (2014) Review – Third Time Unlucky.

Director : Prabhu Solomon

Starring : Chandran,Anandhi,Vincent

Mynaa kickstarted Prabhu Solomon’s career as a director after a string of movies that fail to gain admiration. Although some may argue that Lee was his initial rise, the impact of Mynaa was huge, to the point of Prabhu Solomon creating a trilogy of love-tragedy stories, Kumki and now Kayal.

This time the story is set on 2 orphans,…

KollyCurry-The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of 2014

This year has been a swift one, and with it’s swiftness the amount of movies that came in were just as quick. 2014 has produced approximately 195 Tamil films give or take, some of which are high budgets and had massive marketing campaigns and most of them fall into the B grade or C grade. This article will go not go into each and every one of them of course, rather this is an article based on the…