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The Substance 2024
Hats off to the filmmaker for taking this idea all the way, but there isn't much of an idea to begin with. Not particularly powerful as satire and the horror is a bit too predictable, even becoming ludicrous towards the last part. Fantastic prosthetics, but I still prefer something like The Fly. A similar but far superior film is Fruit Chan's 'Dumplings', although I must admit that it doesn't have a satisfactory ending either. The Substance, however is ultimately (though…
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Kottukkaali 2024
While the film is certainly 'raw' and has a look of authenticity, it is completely one-note. Especially for someone familiar with the milieu, the film hardly does anything at all. There is not an ounce of mystery or intrigue. Vinothraj looks at a rural community with disdain, through the boringly familiar bouquet of 'modern' lens(es) - Misogyny, patriarchy, superstition, blind belief etc that is completely devoid of nuance. The characters bear no markings of humanity at all and are akin…
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Monkey Man 2024
Ludicrous! Dev Patel has no understanding of India whatsoever, be it the mythology, the social structure or even its injustices. His vision of India bears very little resemblance to the real thing and is similar to the construction of Wakanda - an arbitrary amalgamation of various African motifs, only while the latter is a place of prosperity, the India shown here is in decline. It is like a bunch of hashtags were fed to an AI, which, keeping in mind…
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