What Really Happened to Sukumara Kurup
A fictional take on what happened to the infamous fugitive Sukumara Kurup, imagined as a crossover between two, movies and some imagination.
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Snapshot Movie Reviews – Episode 001
Snapshot reviews of A Call to Spy, Stranger than Fiction, Drive, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 12 Monkeys
Redemption
An alternate ending to the season finale of the TV Series The Man in the High Castle.
Dan Brown and the Origin of Pointlessness
If you haven’t heard yet, renowned writer Dan “Da Vinci Code” Brown has brought forth upon the world another brick featuring renowned purveyor of symbols, connoisseur of the arts, fanatic of history and enthusiast of Mickey Mouse watches, renowned Professor of Symbology Robert Langdon embarking on an all-new spell-binding adventure to save the world! Offering the…
Oppam, Drishyam and how Police are Depicted in our Movies
Oppam was a much-hyped Malayalam movie starring Mohanlal, hyped because it was directed by Priyadarshan. The actor-director duo who are real-life childhood friends had once upon a time produced a string of Malayalam comedy and drama movies, all of which have become cult classics and shaped how Malayalis think and laugh, even three decades since….
Dr.No (1962) – The Name’s Bond. James Bond.
Dr. No (Doctor No) was the first James Bond movie. In his first ever outing on the silver screen, James Bond would save the world from the nefarious schemes for world domination of Doctor Julius No, evil mastermind and SPECTRE member, in a very 1960s way. Dr. No introduced the world to the secret agent and…
‘Laila O Laila’ – A Pathetic Parade of Passé Clichés
Laila O Laila was bad. It was horrible. There was absolutely nothing in the movie to watch. It shows an overweight Mohanlal with an aversion to shaving razors romancing girls half his age while putting substantial effort into things like running and romancing. He seems to be choking on something all the time and looks…
An Ode to the Fast & Furious Franchise. Godspeed Paul!
[dropcap]It[/dropcap] was fourteen years ago when I first met them in a dingy movie theater in the town of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India. They lived in a universe completely different from mine, lives not even remotely approaching mine. And that was why I was drawn to them. Brian O’Connor, Dominic “Dom” Toretto, Leticia “Letty” Ortiz, Mia…
The EMP Question of The Matrix Series
Matrix Revolutions, the third installment of the Matrix trilogy was disappointing to many including me. Many people didn’t like the ending of the series with Neo “dying” and the humans making a pact with the hated, evil machines who were keeping human beings as power-generating batteries for a thousand years. But I was fine with that…
The Masters of America! Your Visa to Many Laughs!
“Amreeka is how real Punjabis pronounce ‘America’” says Atulya Mahajan in his “Amreekandesi – Masters of America“, a 310 page opus chronicling of the lives and times of a group of Indian students roughing it out it the US of A trying to make their dreams come true while describing life in America in general…
Neram – The Simplicity of the Complexity.
Neram is another one of those “new-gen” light-hearted movies which are pure fun to watch. Seemingly an “Indie movement” with lesser known actors, experimental themes, no drama, foot-tapping songs with meaningless lyrics, loads of fun and solid plots, “new generation” (as they are called) Malayalam movies whose attitude revolve around “realism” and style are making Malayalam…
Goodbye Sukumari Amme… A Tearful Tribute
Malayalam cinema today lost one of its pillars. One of the “shilpis” and evergreen actresses of Malayalam cinema, S. Sukumari fondly called Sukumari Amma by her fans and industry friends passed away in a Chennai hospital today, March 23 2013 as a result of a Cardiac Arrest. To the uninitiated, she was one of the…