Movie Reviews

REVIEW: 12th Man ONE WORD: A watchable suspense movie that will keep you guessing till the end.  RELEASE DATE: 20th May 2022 DURATION: 02 Hours 43 Minutes.  DIRECTOR: Jeethu Joseph GENRE: Investigative Thriller.  STAR CAST: Mohanlal, Unni Mukudan, Saiju Kurup, Sshivada, Anusree, Anu Sithara, Anu...

REVIEW: PUZHU (Malayalam)   RELEASE DATE:13/05/2021  PLATFORM: SONY LIV OTT PLATFORM.  DIRECTOR: RATHEENA PT GENRE: DRAMA  STAR CAST: MAMMOOTTY, PARVATHY THIRUVOTH, APPUNNI SASI, VASUDEV SAJEESH MARAR, NEDUMUDI VENU,KOTTAYAM RAMESH, KUNCHAN, INDRANS.  PRODUCTION COMPANIES: WAYFARER FILMS AND CYN-CYL CELLULOID.  MUSIC DIRECTOR: JAKES BEJOY.  CINEMATOGRAPHY: THENI ESWAR.  EDITOR: DEEPU JOSEPH. SOUND: RASUL...

Review for CBI 5: THE BRAIN:  •Language: MALAYALAM.   •Duration: 02 Hours 43 Minutes.  •Genre: CRIME THRILLER.  •REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI.R  • POSITIVES: 1: Performance of Mammootty.  2:  Background Score.  3: Cinematography.  • NEGATIVES:  1:  Poor Story.  2: Half Baked Screenplay.  3: Weak Making Style.  4: The climax twist was not satisfying.  5: Lengthy Duration...

Review for JANA GANA MANA:  •Language: MALAYALAM.   •Duration: 02 Hours 43 Minutes.  •Genre: POLITICAL DRAMA THRILLER.  •REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI.R  • POSITIVES: 1: DIRECTION  2:  STORY, SCREENPLAY AND DIALOGUES  3: PERFORMANCE OF ACTORS 4: CINEMATOGRAPHY  5: BACKGROUND SCORE 6: EDITING • NEGATIVES:  1:  First half felt a little slow.  2: Excessive use of Kannada...

Review for KGF CHAPTER 2:  •Language: Tamil •Duration: 02 Hours 48 Minutes.  •Genre: PERIODICAL ACTION DRAMA. •THEATRE: ARIESPLEX SL CINEMAS TRIVANDRUM •STATUS: HOUSEFULL (04:00 AM SHOW)   •REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI.R  • POSITIVES: 1: DIRECTION.  2: STORY, SCREENPLAY AND DIALOGUES  3: PRODUCTION DESIGN 4: PERFORMANCE OF ACTORS  5: CINEMATOGRAPHY  6: MUSIC AND BACKGROUND SCORE 7:...

Review for BEAST:  •Language: Tamil •Duration: 02 Hours 36 Minutes.  •Genre: ACTION THRILLER.  •THEATRE: ARIESPLEX SL CINEMAS TRIVANDRUM •STATUS: HOUSEFULL (04:00 AM SHOW)   •REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI.R  • POSITIVES: 1: PERFORMANCE OF VIJAY.   2: MUSIC AND BACKGROUND SCORE.  3: CINEMATOGRAPHY  4: EDITING.  5: ART DIRECTION.  6: FIGHT SEQUENCES.  • NEGATIVES:  1: DIRECTION IS AVERAGE.   2: POOR...

Review for RRR:  •Language: TELUGU.   •Duration: 03 Hours 02 Minutes.  •Genre: PERIODICAL ACTION DRAMA. •THEATRE: LUXE CINEMAS, IMAX VERSION.  •REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI.R  • POSITIVES: 1: DIRECTION 2: STORY, SCREENPLAY AND DIALOGUES  3: PRODUCTION DESIGN 4: PERFORMANCE OF ACTORS  5: CINEMATOGRAPHY  6: MUSIC AND BACKGROUND SCORE 7: EDITING 8: GRAPHICS AND VISUAL EFFECTS 9: SOUND...

Review for RADHE SHYAM:  •Language: MALAYALAM DUBBED.   •Duration: 02 Hours 18 Minutes.  •Genre: PERIOD ROMANTIC DRAMA.  •REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI.R  • POSITIVES: 1: PERFORMANCE OF ACTORS.  2: STORY   3: SONGS AND BACKGROUND SCORE.  4: CINEMATOGRAPHY.  5: PRODUCTION DESIGNS.  6: EDITING.  • NEGATIVES:  1:  DIRECTION  2: WORST SCREENPLAY  3: DRAMATIC DIALOGUES  •ONE WORD: A Soulless Romantic Flick,...

Review for Etharkkum Thunindhavan:  •Language: TAMIL  •Duration: 02 Hours 31 Minutes.  •Genre: ACTION  THRILLER.  •REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI.R  • POSITIVES: 1: Decent Making.  2: Socially responsible topic which the film discusses.  3: Performance of actors.  4: Climax.  5: Music and Background Score.  6: Cinematography.  7: Editing.  • NEGATIVES:  1: Unwanted Comedies  2: Regular family cliches.  3:...

Review for THE BATMAN:  •Language: ENGLISH.  •Duration: 02 Hours 56 Minutes.  •Genre: SUPERHERO THRILLER.  Theatre: Minerva Empire Cinemas Kottarakara, Kollam.  •REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI.R  • POSITIVES: 1: CINEMATOGRAPHY  2: EDITING.  3: PRODUCTION DESIGN.  4: ACTION AND GRADING.  • NEGATIVES:  1: STORY IS PREDICTABLE.  2: SCREENPLAY COULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BETTER.  3: SLOW-PACED MAKING.  4: AVERAGE...