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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  *Light spoilers ahead *

  What starts off an an exemplary piece of satire, that addresses the toils of the proletariat in a deep space dystopia, ventures into a lifeless void that is filled with political shoehorning along the lines of immigration laws, climate change, space colonisation and whatnot, rendering the film messy and convoluted by the third act. 

  Instead of focusing on multiple issues, Bong Joon Hos latest Hollywood outing could've channeled  all its  efforts into one overlying plot point.…

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  Ponman 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Feb 2025

  How often do you get to see an individual approach an acclaimed novelist  to write something based on his life, which he in turn makes it into a major motion picture and have the same writer dawn the screenplay. 

  The process that went behind the materialisation of Ponman is something to be studied. It's a lesson in how a novel should be adapted respectfully. 

  The film is a triumph and Basil Joseph is unhinged. 

  The win is personal for me as one of my closest comrades Anand Manmadhan, who played the part of Terrence Bruno, finally caught his big break !

Popular reviews

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  Pravinkoodu Shappu 2025

  ★★★ Watched 16 Jan 2025

  I stepped out from the cinemas thinking this film was a masterpiece, then I realised it wasn't  but just one of those films which I'd like to revisit again for the boundaries crossed in terms of visualisation and camera work. 

  But if you ask my honest two cents I'd say it was an ambitious attempt , watered down by the above mentioned pizzazz until all that was left was an anti climactic resolution to what otherwise could've been an effective  whoddunit tale. 

  Points to each and every technical crew.

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  Mufasa: The Lion King 2024

  ★ Watched 09 Jan 2025

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.