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Bheeshma (2020)
Weekend Movie to be Entertained
This Covid-19 lockdown making one into a fan of other language movies, Yes, my whole family is now into Tollywood. To start with we have watched stylish star Allu Arjun movie "Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo" - Will share the review some time. Now finished watching the movie of Nithiin and Rashmika Mandanna star cast "Bheeshma".
The flick plot is very simple, A single frustrated boy who was single for a long time searching for a girl to love with, found a girl, and chasing her to earn her to love him. In the meantime, A organic farming company called Bheeshma Organic, The Owner who did not have a successor to run the company after him proclaiming that a new CEO will be disclosed on the company's fiftieth anniversary. A rival business that was trying to facilitate conventional chemical farming closely following Bheeshma Organic. What happens next is the remaining story.
The screenplay is framed to be confronted with a lot of timing humor and memes quotation. Even in the middle of action sequences, Nithiin is telling some punches seriously but the counter dialogs by Vennela Kishore will make the scene humor full. The intermission scene was predictable but the opposite version in the post-intermission will make us laugh on the expression of Nithiin face. The dialogues too are quirky as the characters in the film and they liven the scenes.
The movie has added some seasonings apart from romance are to show the significance of organic farming against chemical-induced farming subtly without disturbing the humor quotient.
Overall, An Illogical flick but entertaining. If you want to try watching different genres try this movie.
Likes and Dislikes
The comedy scenes are favorable, and the movie kept its speed from scene one to the conclusion.
The songs are decent and limited in length.
Nithin and Rashmika made a cute pair, they both deliver compelling yet nuanced performances.
Sampath Raj as Chaitra's father plays an effective role which would surely carve his performance into the minds of the audience. Especially, his WhatsApp conversation with Bheeshma is so funny that your sides will ache from laughing.
Vennela Kishore gives a stand-out performance with his witty one-liners.
Cinematography has traveled along with the script well.
Sufiyum Sujatayum (2020)
Eternal love went uncooked
Sujata (Mute) portrayed by Aditi Rao Hydari fell in love with a priest called Sufi portrayed by Dev Mohan. He was the one who does the call of the 'azaan', through a harmonious voice and he was one of the disciples the head of the mosque. When Sujatha's father came to know about their love, He made her marry an NRI doctor Rajeev depicted by Jayasurya. When they two lovebirds get separated Sufi left his rosary with her as a symbol of their love.
Rajeev, Who was an NRI doctor in Dubai having a skeptical relationship with Sujatha. Ten years later, the couple came to know that the Sufi was dead. Rajeev plans to take her to their native to attend his ceremony. What happens next is the plot.
The flick has the same pace from the start to the end. The cinematography is usually wonderful, It absorbs the attention of viewers with the ambiance of Kerala. The music is really good and the songs were up to the mark. The movie has tried to show the love between the two which went in a different way.
Overall, The movie has missed being engrossing in the romantic melodrama.
My VR Critique Rating: 4.8/10
Plot: 4/10
Screenplay: 4/10
Cinematography: 6/10
Casting & Acting: 4/10
Background Score: 6/10
Likes and Dislikes
The plot is preliminary and fabby writing which gives an uncooked movie. If the writer focuses on the acting and the expressions of the artists, there might be a likelihood of the movie gone solid.
The screenplay has also followed the same with the plot as it adds too many flavors of suspense which can be easily predictable.
The acting of Hydari is soggy, She was lovely in the screen presence but missed to be eliciting in acting, Since she was mute, Expressions is the most important tool which will add spice to the part, it went cross fired, She didn't do that. Mass blunder to the plot.
The screen presence of the Sufi by Dev Mohan, we can see a halo on him.
The role of Rajeev by Jayasurya, He is the one who clenches the rope till the end as a jealousy husband and as a man who yearns for his partner's romance.
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Aarya (2020)
A Sushmita Sen Show
Aarya is one of the hits for Hotstar after the "SpecialOps" series. Aarya is an adaptation of a Dutch series called PENOZA (BLACK WIDOW). This series is much more special to the spectators as Sushmita Sen has returned to the screen after a decade. She is not aged, still looking young and gorgeous. Her secret of her maintaining her was shown in the movie.
Stepping into the story, it revolves around a rich family of Rajasthan. The series has nine episodes, each episode is about 50 minutes, the director has taken enough to show the whole story and in detailed. Tej (Chandrachud Singh), a family living in Rajasthan along with his wife and three kids. He along with his brother-in-law and his friend does opium work for medicines through a façade of Pharmaceuticals and does some illegal work in the background.
Tej's wife Arya (Sushmita) is the daughter of a don who started this work. Being rich and respectful with fortune, Arya's brother wants to increase it to the next level. There is an entry of cocaine, Tej dies in this fight, and Aarya's brother jailed.
After that, the defaulters harass Aarya, since she started to handle the business. There are many problems in front of her, which is to handle work, handle the family, and to fight the difficulties constantly facing, need to find his husband's killer. There is more to tell but let me stop here to give you a chance to stream it.
The first two episodes may seem slow, but after the third episode, the story picks up a bit. The story may reflect rich families, well-advanced culture, but there is also nervousness in it. How does a woman handle business when she faces difficulties?
The one which I love the most in the series is the songs which played in a loop. Attaching the link of the song, do hear it. "Bade Achche Lagte Hain" The love between Tej and Aarya was remarkable, So touchy.
Overall, A Prodigious welcome of Dutch series to India. Indian Penoza as Aarya has won many hearts through Sushmita Sen.
My VR Critique Rating: 8.9/10
Story, Screenplay & Direction: 9.5/10
Camera Work: 9/10
Casting & Acting: 9/10
Background Score: 8/10
Likes and Dislikes
The Series is greatly adapted to Indian based series, the screenplay has played a vital role and it is splendid.
The cast and the acting, Sushmita has lived in the role of Aarya, she crafted it very well. Apart from her, ACP Khan portrayed by Vikas Kumar who is coming in almost all episodes desperately finding a hole to bring down Aarya's family. He has acted very well. Apart from that, The role of Daulat, A heavily built-up character but given a less screen presence and the kids of Aarya, matured acting.
The thing I feel missing is the momentum, which was slow in the first, it took two complete episodes to start the hop.
The attempt of bringing Bhagavat Gita, Felt bored and blunder.
Since the series been rated as 15+, the in-depth of the drug cartel and the mafia was not shown. They stickled with limited characters and made an outline of the drug cartel.
Kannamoochi (2020)
Uncooked Kollywood drama
A single widow mother portrayed by Poorna with her dumb daughter Aishu portrayed by baby Aaradhya relocating to Chennai from Bangalore, they rent out a flat in the ninths floor, Priya is suspecting something about the sixth floor since whenever the lift is crossing the sixth floor the lights are flickering and lift malfunctions. Santhosh portrayed by Amzath is a delivery boy who has a backstory, Two years before, he made an accident and a kid got hurt, he deliberately leaves the scene which made him feel guilt till present. He met Priya when she misses her purse in the road, he returns to her. Priya's daughter Aishu got missed when Priya and Santhosh was talking. Priya got panicked and starts to search for her along with Santhosh is Kannamoochi.
Episodes are made intriguingly with the background score and Poorna's acting but failed due to fabby writing, it is making us get boredom easily like the supernatural elements of the sixth floor. The writer deliberately added it seems to add some spice to the plot. Child abuse (Pedophile) is the epicenter of the series which was not taken in a proper way. Few scenes of the perpetrator in his early days were grimace and lecherous. There is a bizarre sidebar about child porn, the scene presses more on a government-issued laptop than child porn itself. Also, the scene of freezing children's bodies are frown made diabolical.
Cinematography has shown the city so beautifully, the lighting and color codes of places are really nice which was eye catchy engrossing our attention to the detailing, but too much in the killer's den which felt horrible.
Overall, Kannamoochi missed being thrilling and horrifying.
My VR Critique Rating: 4.8/10
Story: 3/10
Screenplay: 3/10
Cinematography: 6/10
Casting: 5/10
Background Score: 7/10
Likes and Dislikes
Poorna's acting was realistic, her powerful eyes itself shows so many expressions.
Cinematography is well and good in few places.
The background score has taken up ahead from the start till the end.
The plot is soggy which destroyed all the above.
It should be a short film.
The opening scene was just a timepass, Why director added that.? - Major miss to the screenplay.
Timeline collapses - Like 14 Years before, 5 Years before.
The casting - Kid will be of at least 8-10 years old, but she was 5 according to the movie was averse.
A police investigation was very slow, Inspector role portrayal by Sri Sharan was not suited to him, he better should have taken that delivery boy or husband role.
The backstory of the perpetrator in the last was dawdling the screenplay.
Priya's husband's death bed promises actually frazzled which watch.
Who should watch: If you have plenty of time doing loitering can watch, it will pass some time.
Kannamoochi (2020)
Uncooked Kollywood drama
A single widow mother portrayed by Poorna with her dumb daughter Aishu portrayed by baby Aaradhya relocating to Chennai from Bangalore, they rent out a flat in the ninths floor, Priya is suspecting something about the sixth floor since whenever the lift is crossing the sixth floor the lights are flickering and lift malfunctions. Santhosh portrayed by Amzath is a delivery boy who has a backstory, Two years before, he made an accident and a kid got hurt, he deliberately leaves the scene which made him feel guilt till present. He met Priya when she misses her purse in the road, he returns to her. Priya's daughter Aishu got missed when Priya and Santhosh was talking. Priya got panicked and starts to search for her along with Santhosh is Kannamoochi.
Episodes are made intriguingly with the background score and Poorna's acting but failed due to fabby writing, it is making us get boredom easily like the supernatural elements of the sixth floor. The writer deliberately added it seems to add some spice to the plot. Child abuse (Pedophile) is the epicenter of the series which was not taken in a proper way. Few scenes of the perpetrator in his early days were grimace and lecherous. There is a bizarre sidebar about child porn, the scene presses more on a government-issued laptop than child porn itself. Also, the scene of freezing children's bodies are frown made diabolical.
Cinematography has shown the city so beautifully, the lighting and color codes of places are really nice which was eye catchy engrossing our attention to the detailing, but too much in the killer's den which felt horrible.
Overall, Kannamoochi missed being thrilling and horrifying.
My VR Critique Rating: 4.8/10
Story: 3/10
Screenplay: 3/10
Cinematography: 6/10
Casting: 5/10
Background Score: 7/10
Likes and Dislikes
Poorna's acting was realistic, her powerful eyes itself shows so many expressions.
Cinematography is well and good in few places.
The background score has taken up ahead from the start till the end.
The plot is soggy which destroyed all the above.
It should be a short film.
The opening scene was just a timepass, Why director added that.? - Major miss to the screenplay.
Timeline collapses - Like 14 Years before, 5 Years before.
The casting - Kid will be of at least 8-10 years old, but she was 5 according to the movie was averse.
A police investigation was very slow, Inspector role portrayal by Sri Sharan was not suited to him, he better should have taken that delivery boy or husband role.
The backstory of the perpetrator in the last was dawdling the screenplay.
Priya's husband's death bed promises actually frazzled which watch.
Who should watch: If you have plenty of time doing loitering can watch, it will pass some time.
The Mist (2017)
It is all about perspective,Nothing else
An ominous mist rolls into a small town, the residents must battle the mysterious mist and its threats, fighting to maintain their morality and sanity.
The series is based on Stephen king (Horror king) novella, THE MIST, It employs a classic head-fake horror structure.
A series is starting with a military-like a dressed man and his dog waking up, He forgot who he was, and through his tag, he found out his name was Bryan Hunt from a military force called Arrowhead. He observed that a mysterious mist was coming towards the town Maine. When his dog got killed in a mysterious way in the mist, He hurried towards the town Maine to warn the people and they did not believe him at first and realized later.
In parallel, in the town Maine, A happy family Kevin and Eve along with their daughter Alex living peacefully. Eve was a school teacher, she was sent to administrative leave as she taught the students: how to use condoms. She has a girl named Alex who got molested by his crush Jay, a football player. When their family got imploded, A mist was attacking the city hence Eve and Alex got sheltered into a mall along with other peoples, and his husband got strucked in the police station with few others. The mist was attacking peoples where it was not revealed what's in the mist. What happens next is the plot.
A movie under the same name was released in 2007 which has mystery, Goosebumps which was missing in the 2017 web series. None of the horror scenes are constructed to evoke any sense of suspense.
Overall, THE MIST - The characters constantly screaming, "What's in the mist?" it really doesn't matter what's actually within the mysterious fog that takes over the Maine town. The point is how the mist makes the characters react; how fear of the unknown can drive instinctual reactions, and how those reactions reveal their true selves. Among spiritual and existential themes, the mist is about fear, and how we deal with fear.
My VR Critique Rating: 6.1/10
Plot: 6/10
Screenplay: 6/10
Cinematography: 5/10
Acting: 6.5/10
Background score: 7/10
Likes and Dislikes:
It does not show the real plot based on the book, it only shows the mist, few cockroaches, and Giant mist man, nothing more.
Expectation towards the horror part was not honored, which felt really sorry for the director.
Since there was no season 2, Mystery still untold about the Arrowhead and about Bryan Hunt/Jonah.
Casting should be better for Old Raven, Eve, Alex characters.
The end will raise us to a question of whether the mist was manmade? Which was also untold.
Special OPS (2020)
Roller Coaster Ride
Opening scene, Himmat Singh portrayed by Kay Kay Menon known for Baby, Ghazi Attack is waiting to be called for an internal audit by R&AW. During the wait time, he was taking calls and saying Kill him, Leave him which makes us think who he is. He was interrogated on the case of spending twenty eight crore worth of government funds in the last eleven years.
As a part of the interrogation, he was telling about the 2001 parliament attack by five terrorists under the supervision of sixth terrorist Ikhlaq khan who was escaped later. For the process of catching him, he has placed five asserts in five countries where Ikhlaq Khan has business and the funds were utilized for their needs and he refused to reveal their identities. The story is how Ikhlaq was being found and captured is the plot.
Story was happening in 2019, Himmat is narrating the story of his part in the nineteen years of the national significant events and espionage missions were undertaken by India with thrilling events and action-packed. The reveal of the perpetrator was unexpected and great.
From Episode 1 to Episode 8, as a spectator we will not get bored, the entire screenplay has engrossed our attention towards the screen. It is an entertainment pack consists of action-packed scenes, thrilling elements, humor, nail-biting moments, and family drama. I and my wife started yesterday night and finished five episodes in a single sitting, that much interesting and intriguing.
The screenplay of the final seventh and eighth episode was top-notch, it has embraced the thrilling moments and was spellbinding. The characters are appropriate and do their part splendid. The background score has patronized the screenplay to give more addictive topped. The cinematography has absorbed all our attention in showing various countries and color-coding on the environment, dresses, etc..
The writer Neeraj Pandey who is known for "A Wednesday", "MS Dhoni", "Special 26" movies have given a wonderful action-packed thriller. The portrayal of Himmat Singh - Kay Kay Menon has stood like a forte in his acting. His sneer expressions and humor were awesome, actually made his screen presence wonderful.
On a credit note, as respect towards all the officials who are working hard for Indians as Indians out there on the border or out from our house, a Big salute...
Overall, One hell of roller coaster ride for India by Indians.
My VR Critique Rating: 9.5/10
Plot: 10/10
Screenplay: 10/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Casting & Acting: 9/10
Background Score: 8.5/10
Likes and Dislikes
I really liked the plot of the movie, they have taken an occurred incident and made an improvisation changed to a proper plot which was much appreciated.
The screenplay is the hero of the series, which was handled very cleverly.
Cinematography is awesome, can able to visualize how much hard work was invested towards it.
Acting and cast selection was factual and realistic especially the Himmat Singh role.
The background score has very well supported the screenplay and I thought it should be better.
Walter (2020)
A typical commercial movie so called thriller
Story revolves around Kumbakonam, A Temple town of Tamil Nadu. The movie is starting with the introduction of MLA of Kumbakonam constituent Eswara Moorthy and his backstory. An honest police officer Assistant superintendent Walter is on a mission to nab the suspects of two newborn babies of mysterious death are the plot.
But the movie has more characters, Bala portrayed by Samuthrakani. His screen presence was less but it was great as usual. He has done a character of an important member of the ruling party and a good friend to Dr.Arjun portrayed by "Natty" Natraj. Acting of Walter as honest police portrayed by Sibi Sathyaraj was splendid.
Pre-Intermission of the movie has started with the plot and lost its path which finally ended in the climax. The writer has given a new kind of thriller feed to Tamil cinema, Bombay blood group. It is found very interesting and found a gripping one for a thriller movie.
Overall, Walter has missed its thrilling elements due to fabby writing.
Likes and Dislikes
The plot is clean and would have very good thrilling elements but unfortunately, it was missed.
Screenplay was utterly confusing because of fabby writing which leads to boredom scenes.
Cinematography is great in providing screen presence of the actors but it was not only required.
Characters of Bala, Arjun and the actress was not required which is putting soap to the plot for adding some elements since the writer not able to give a medical thriller.
To save Bombay blood group infants, an anti-hero is abducting them and saving them from the perpetrator which found outlandish.
The climax is not that much great, it could be better.
One of Us (2016)
Frenetic whodunit thriller.
Newly married childhood sweethearts Adam and Grace from a rural countryside of Scotland who just came from their honeymoon were brutally murdered in their own apartment. The perpetrator Lee Walsh after killing them stealing a car makes his way through the night to the aforesaid remote countryside, where the two families are living as neighbours.
Due to heavy storm and heavy rain, the killer's car got off the road near to the destination. The families rescued him and started to give him first aid. Once they came to know he is the killer of their loved ones, they locked them in the cage. Next morning, he too found dead in the cage which made more thrilling to the audience. The rest of the episodes deal with unravelling that murder and with what it had to do with the murders of Adam and Grace.
Cops Juliet who has a backstory of dealing drugs for money to save her daughter and Andrew investigate the murders of Adam and Grace.
The director has explained the theme running through the series is what human beings are willing to do to protect the people they love. Also, He explained how family feuds are born in the remote hills of Scotland because nobody trusts or believes anybody. Families have a code of protecting the family against all outsiders, but within the family, they may turn against each other. The climax scene was spell binding and engrossed all our attention.
Overall, it is proven worth to see a series which has shown morality among the people and also explained about the choices we make only decides our future.
Likes and Dislikes:
Cinematography was great in showing the rural part of Scotland and the ambience was too great.
Unpredictable plot to start with and engaging screenplay.
Characters can be chosen in a better way.
Background score can be better as it didn't add more thrilling to the screenplay.
The climax scene between the cops was emotional.
El plan (2019)
Spanish Melo Drama.
When the curtain raises, Three close friends Roman, Andrade and Paco who recently lost their jobs reuniting at Paco's home to go for a match on Andrade's car, since Andrade's car got broken down, they want to spend their day in Paco's home. What happens next is the plot.
Roman was elder than the other two, hence showing expression towards a comedy was matured and we will laugh when he gives a sneering look on the other two when they did something. Paco was a short temper guy who will easily get angry if his plan goes wrong. Andrade is pity among them all.
The Movie was taken inside the home, Cinematography has done a great work. The last twenty minutes of the movie were unexpected and nail-biting. The acting of the three was splendid, Roman's character portrayal, the end was meticulous. The way the expression was given by the three was punctilious.
Overall, the spectators will be confused about the plot and the name of the movie, but it will gives us the importance of friendship and a strong message on gender equality and masculinity (That is the plan of the director)
My VR Critique Rating: 6.9/10
Story: 7/10
Screenplay: 6/10
Cinematography: 7/10
Acting: 8.6/10
Background Score: 6/10
Likes and Dislikes
The screenplay was draggy at first but went interested in the last 20 mins.
Message on how unemployment changes one's life was explained very clearly if he is emotionally weak.
The acting was engrossing.
The humor in the movie was good which goes passably but the expressions will surely make us to laugh.
El plan (2019)
Spanish Melo Drama.
When the curtain raises, Three close friends Roman, Andrade and Paco who recently lost their jobs reuniting at Paco's home to go for a match on Andrade's car, since Andrade's car got broken down, they want to spend their day in Paco's home. What happens next is the plot.
Roman was elder than the other two, hence showing expression towards a comedy was matured and we will laugh when he gives a sneering look on the other two when they did something. Paco was a short temper guy who will easily get angry if his plan goes wrong. Andrade is pity among them all.
The Movie was taken inside the home, Cinematography has done a great work. The last twenty minutes of the movie were unexpected and nail-biting. The acting of the three was splendid, Roman's character portrayal, the end was meticulous. The way the expression was given by the three was punctilious.
Overall, the spectators will be confused about the plot and the name of the movie, but it will gives us the importance of friendship and a strong message on gender equality and masculinity (That is the plan of the director)
My VR Critique Rating: 6.9/10
Story: 7/10
Screenplay: 6/10
Cinematography: 7/10
Acting: 8.6/10
Background Score: 6/10
Likes and Dislikes
The screenplay was draggy at first but went interested in the last 20 mins.
Message on how unemployment changes one's life was explained very clearly if he is emotionally weak.
The acting was engrossing.
The humor in the movie was good which goes passably but the expressions will surely make us to laugh.
Marianne (2019)
A Great itch for Scary
After some period of watching crime, thriller genres thought of changing the subject for some time, hence searched for horror content, found Marianne. A story of a dual fight of witch and a writer.
Before getting into the plot, I want to give a brief about Marianne. Marianne is an evil undead witch, she haunts you in dreams, makes you weak, and take possession. While leaving you, she won't leave empty-handed. In the sixteen century, Marianne was found involved in demonic activities, hence she was wrapped under the foot of god with a seal and do rituals by cremating her to make the demonic possession goes away, instead people has cremated her without doing the rituals, hence she was undead and waiting for someone to get her saved.
Now, let's dive into the story. Emma, Protagonist of the story, A famous writer who made famously and fortune on Lizzi Larck Series giving her last book interview on horror which made her audiences unhappy. When she did that supernatural thing has started havoc in her native Elden and her uninvited friend Caroline came to visit her to tell that Marianne is back and she is on her mother, She wants Emma to write again and hung herself after she gave a hoax bag to Emma that her mom wants it to give it to her. From that same night, Emma has got haunted dreams of Marianna which was gone away fifteen years back.
Elden is a tiny, picture-perfect coastal town that Emma left behind for good. The moment she visits Madame Daugeron to talk about Caroline, her daughter, Emma's life goes for a tailspin. Everyone including her parents, Camille, the town priest, and her gang of friends from childhood are confronted by the wrath of Marianne. Emma's presence seems to galvanize everything evil about the town. She decides to put an end to the suffering.
The initial episodes send us chills down on our spine, will possibly knock us out, the propulsive performance of Madame Daugeron was standout which made a firm foundation in the initial episodes.
The director of the series has created an entertainment package like comedy, love, emotions, without disturbing the horror content. He has shown it as a book reading. Every scene is organized as chapters and interlink to the chapters are cleverly shown which found how tough it is to read books. Marianne's character was well created and terrifying which gives you Goosebumps in all her horrifying scene presence.
Marianne has given its potential show that does justice to traditional horror, which will give satisfying itch for your scary stuff.
My VR Critique Rating: 7.8/10
Story: 6/10
Screenplay: 7/10
Cinematography: 8/10
Acting: 9/10
Background Score: 9/10
Likes and Dislikes
Good plot and great screenplay on Marianne scenes.
The background score has won it all, Made horrifying moments.
Hiccups on new characters like the friend's gang which made few scenes bore.
If Daugeron's role play as Marianne extended it would be an extraordinary one.
Missed the inspector the role which was good at the start and ended without nothing.
The Climax scene, entry of the priest, and the closure by him were found bizarre since he was not seen for a very long time. He was asked to do the climax since the director has killed others.
One major miss by the director in plot, if Emma started to search the hole of Marianna from the start it would be much engrossed and appropriate, instead he has added gang of friends.
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The Spell (2019)
Movie is only for horror genre lovers
After years of living in the city, Nak and his wife Thida move to his childhood home in the country, close to the beach. Planned on starting a family, both already dream of raising their children in this beautiful environment surrounded by the jungle and next to the ocean. As Nak used to work in the city, Thida lives alone along with her housekeeper quite often.
However, soon enough strange events keep Thida awake at night. Beginning with tap running and pools of water in the house which mysteriously disappear from one moment to the other, the young couple soon senses another presence in the house. And when the spirit starts attacking Thida, the young woman realizes their lives are in great danger.
In the case of "The Spell" director cleverly relies on the background score, which, combined with the atmospheric lighting which provides an environment of more and more hostile as the film progresses.
"The Spell" is a moody, tense horror film blended with family drama. "The Spell" is a worthwhile entry into the genre with many scary scenes and imagery.
Likes and Dislikes
The plot is known and tasted a lot like this which is making bored.
Cinematography is good in places like the detailing of the house, outdoor places.
Screenplay was great on some Goosebumps moment but draggy on the rest.
Characters are not appropriate which made fabby in screenplay.
Marcella (2016)
Marcella ended as an affluent Mother.
Season 3
After two seasons of the series, this time story moves to Belfast. We get to know a lot of new characters which actually feels like we're almost watching a spin-off now. Marcella (Anna Friel) is still the lead character and Rav (Ray Panthaki) also plays a key role in the season, so there are familiar faces still.
In the City of Belfast, Maguire's family is a mob-like family that runs everything like drugs, sold guns, human trafficking. Eighteen months later, Marcella herself is now called Keira and we soon come to find out that she's working deep undercover in the Maguire family actually part of the family even after they know she was a police officer. How she infiltrates the family mob is the plot.
"Eighteen months later" subplot was well explained about the transformation of Marcella to Keira. Once again, the life savior Rav, who saved Marcella from jumping off a building in season two becomes part of the series. This time his role is very engrossing and he is very slogging towards the role.
When he does get involved with the crime family of Belfast, it's because son-in-law of Maguire's, Bobby, kills the son of a high ranking politician at a night club in London. Bobby is not popular as it is, but Marcella helps the family by using her police officer experience to keep him safe.
Martin McCann does a wonderful job of portraying Bobby, the cast is great, but felt like there are too many new characters. This means we see less of Anna Friel who remains brilliant as Marcella or Keira.
Overall, if you've watched the first two seasons of this series, then you obviously need to watch this third season as well. It's a whole new ball game in many ways, but Marcella is still the same old, who follows her own moral compass.
Likes and Dislikes
Anna Friel is standing unique in her role and proven great this time as usual.
Katherine Maguire portrayed by Amanda Burton stood tall with the steely-eyed head in the entire series. I really loved the character.
Entire plot of the season is new and fresh this time, it is a prequel of Marcella, only Marcella herself embraced. Even directors of this season are also new.
End of the season finale is a neat and clean state. Tale of Mother-Police to Undercover cop to the only mother.
Little draggy and felt boredom during the blackouts of Marcella.
Penguin (2020)
A whodunit thriller missed to be intrique
Movie is happening in the town of chilling Kodai, the atmosphere, the ambience is wonderful and eye-catching. Cinematography has played its role gratefully which satisfies the eyes of viewing. While watching for the first 20mins, I really missed theatrical experience as the viewing experience will be more beautiful on the large screen.
Curtains opening with a scary nightmare of a pregnant mother dreams about the killing of a child by a clown masked man and getting vanished into the river of Kodai.
The protagonist of the movie, Padma Shri Keerthy Suresh portrayed as a frazzled and depressed pregnant mother Rhythm who had a struggled past like raised as an orphan, divorced by her first husband missed his first son to be abducted at his age of two. How a pregnant mother along with her charming dog Cyrus finding out the mystery of all children abduction and the perpetrator behind that.,
Keerthy Suresh has done the acting so realistic during the scenes of finding her missing child and when her child was found in the dark moonlight which engrossed all our attention towards her realizes how painful it would be if we miss ours. The Labrador "Cyrus" is also a hero of the movie, one cute genius dog, I really like its presence like Snowy with TinTin.
Director also explains about psychiatric feelings of the missing Kid Ajay portrayed by Advaith. Pre-Intermission of the movie was punctilious and tempting to know more.
I made a break during the intermission of the movie to feel to be cinematic and had juices and snacks.
Post-Intermission of the movie has impeded the temptation of the first half, felt draughtier during the face to face interview game and catch of the psycho killer. The extreme climax scene was passable but the whydunit is outlandish.
Overall, Movie has missed his trophy by its unconvincing screenplay and choosing of characters.
Likes and Dislikes
The plot is really nice which has serious mystery beneath it.
Screenplay has gone flawed in the second half like uncovering of the child killer, speaking face to face by playing a game which is all time dragging and not appropriate.
The untold mystery of the kid speaking fluently in the end.
The most flawed thing happened in the movie, the character of the doctor particularly, actually the way he acted as a doctor was really nice. Child killer portrayal is really frowned while watching and not suitable, felt bad.
The place of killer's play den was contrived and grimace while watching.
The background score of the movie is good at first which faded away.
Sul (2019)
Worthy but Incinerated by the screenplay
Lisbon, is the coastal capital city of Portugal which is spread between the Tagus River. A suicide of a young girl Sara daughter of a construction company owner, the body was found in the north bank of the river. Crime police Humberto and his partner Alice is taking up the case.
The protagonist of the story, Humberto is divorced, keen to his work, Work alcoholic where Alice is a family woman, hard worker, married living with her husband and her baby, keenly searching for a job in states to relocate, Loyal to Humberto.
While closing down the case, they found an unsolved case matches the profile which happened a week ago and it connects the victims made them suspect to dig more.
The writer and the director has shown a shape of the city of Lisbon where construction was canceled due to some issues in the south bank of the river, due to which unemployment leads to poverty because of Poverty crime rates are increased.
Neat and clean whodunit thriller which uncovers the killer and the chamber who ordered the killing which was explained was passable.
The way it was taken was intriguing at first went soggy till the eighth episode and engrossed in the last one.
Ghost (2020)
Subtle but Unwanted
Tony, retired ex-Convict released from prison, directly going to see his family where his wife has not shown interest at first of taking him, son, having his internal issues, like pregnant girlfriend trying to reconnect with his dad by tagging along with him for a whole day. When all get unites, to get a legitimate job, Tony is visiting his friend Dominic who is a drug dealer at present.
Dominic asked him to come again to the drug dealing business as he wants a trustworthy person under him to handle the business. Since Tony disagreed.
The same night, Dominic abducted Tony and his son, and torture Tony son to make his father confess to working for him. As everything went out of his hands, Tony killed everyone to save his son.
Likes and Dislikes
Screenplay
1.Draggy screenplay, showing the artist walking, smoking weed. The entire plot will be just thirty minutes but made a runtime of 90mins which actually making boredom.
Cinematography
1.Visuals of the movie is eye-catching, the places which were shown in the movie was holding one to watch it.
Acting
1.The acting of the father character TONY is really matured.
Background score and others
1.No proper music is there in the movie, Movie is taken in the live recording which we can feel while watching. Hence, the dialog audio is very less.
Will I recommended others: Only for those who like to watch a drama.
Auto Shankar (2019)
Good gripping tamil web series
Auto Shankar, A tamil web series is part fiction inspired by legends about the man and part based on facts collected from the investigation which led to his capture. The series is divided into 10 episodes which are each around 30 minutes long and carry titles which trace the trajectory of Shankar's rise and fall.
The entire series is intriguing, The first few episodes take some time getting used to - the background score is often jarring and the colourful language looks forced into the dialogues just to give a touch of "authenticity". Not that the profanity itself should draw criticism, but not all the actors look equally comfortable rattling off cuss words. The '80s time period has been recreated with appropriate hairstyles and clothes, advertisements, film posters and newspaper clippings from the time which tell us about what's happening in the state as well as Shankar's case. The series appears to have been made on a tight budget, depending largely on these signposts and filters to create the illusion of shifting time periods.
Auto Shankar could have truly been a mature series. As it stands, it's a good addition to adult Tamil web series content but falls short of hitting the mark.
Drive (2019)
Bollywood fantasy drive.
A robbery has been encounted at a jewellery store in Delhi which was commited by a guy called King, he lefts a clue that he is going to commit a heist in Rashtrapathi Bhavan. Case was handed over to a guy called Irfhan (Boman Irani) nomitated by Prime minister office personally to handle it off the record. He along with Hamid (Pankaj) and his boss Vibha started to investicate. There is a story in parallel between Hamid and his boss Vibha who do integrity issues and a gets share from the uncaccounted money of the personals and store it in the private vault of Rashtrapathi bhavan.
Tara (Jaqueline Fernandas) aka real KING along with his team members trying to find the copy cat who did the hiest in the jewellery store. In the mean time Samar (Sushant Singh Rajput) did some fancy stunts to join their trust group and they came to know that Samar was the copy cat. They plan together to do another heist in Rashtrapathi Bhavan.
Did they commit that hiest successfully or not considering the securities of the Bhavan is the apogee.
Unbelievable story line which actually made our security check point in Rashtrapathi Bhavan looks vulnerable. CGI of entire movie is disgusting and horrible which we can easily identify and feel unbearable. Too much of light effects makes us to feel bad.
We can clearly see why this movie not released in the big screen. Obviously in the second show itself there will be show cancellation.
Biggest career damage for Sushant singh rajput and Karan Johar.
If you really wanna watch car chasing movies, best try F&F movies which are widely available which will give you goosebumps and atleast some scenes will actually make you to belive.
Mrs. Serial Killer (2020)
Mrs.(NO) SERIAL KILLER
Movie started with a happy tone but while after News is rushing that Dr.Mukkerjee has brutally murdered 5 single pregnant girls and the bodies was found in the doctors old isolated bungalow. He was arrested by the cop and sent to jail and whoever people of that town praised him started to shout "Hang the Killer"
Doctor's wife with the help of a lawyer(Mr.Rastogi) tried to get a bail which was gone in the air as evidence was very strong against him, hence she tried to replicate the same type of seriel murder to save his husband with the help of the lawyer.
What happens next? did she saved her husband or not? Who actually murdered all the single girls? Who is that cop?
Movie started in a way with full of suspense but in the end it went too much in taking it ahead. Manoj Bajpayee has done his role perfectly from the start to the end. second half screenplay is slow when compared to its first.
Color tone in the movie is really good, thanks to Dolby Vision, Suggests to watch it in high definition with HDR support. Movie is released in Hindi and dubbed in Tamil as well.
As far as the concern, Movie is not upto the mark, but one time watchable if you watch it without expectation.
The Valhalla Murders (2019)
Gripping Series
Police investigates Country's first serial killer.
Netflix original series, Original title is BROT, Icelandic language dubbed in English. Gripping series revolves around the environment of Iceland. Plot is really worth watching which will keep us guessing who will be the murderer of the killings till the last episode. In smart words "The Whodunit Thriller".
Wonderful and worth watching series, From Episodes 1 to 3, we are able to see 4 brutal murders and Iceland police detectives were struggling to find the killer since no clue was there to identify. At the end of E03, an old pic was identified in each of the victims' homes which was an eye opener for the police.
From E04 to E06, they decode the persons in the pictures and come to know the dead victims are the teachers of Valhalla and the rest are all kids. Valhalla, a state run homage for boys who have a really bad past. Story moves around the pictures as detectives started to investigate with the alive from the picture and got to understand there was a connection to another case in which police were investigating earlier.
Iceland detectives discovered skull bones of a young boy which resulted in it being Thomas and the killer was not identified which matches the current Valhalla murders.
At the end of E06, detectives identified that the Valhalla murder killer was Thomas Father who already knows that boys of Valhalla are being raped and treating very badly by the caretakers of the homage, which is why his son was disappeared. Hence he has taken revenge for his son.
But later, Kata, the case in charge along with the head police has found that the murder place of Thomas which was inside the Valhalla place. Hence they planned to reopen the case as they suspect the chief commissioner of police might be the killer due to forgery of documents which was rejected twice by the department, hence Kata has taken it to the media to bring down the real killer.
Later found in E08, that the Valhalla homage in charge himself who was now the state prosecutor raped all the boys and killed Thomas, kept the chief commissioner of police in his hand.
From E01 to 08, there was gripping but the main doubt is why Thomas' father planned to take revenge after 30 years.
Got time to read some blogs on Valhalla murders, actually they compared the series with the Norse Mythology which actually good and acceptable, might be the creator himself scripted in such a way.
The actors of the series have done their part very well. The series has thriller, crime, and emotion.
Trivia: The detectives don't carry guns because most Icelandic Police Officers don't carry guns in the course of their day-to-day work. They are all trained in firearms, and police vehicles have firearms in special lockers, in case firearms are needed. There are also special teams of police who do carry firearms in the normal course of their duties.
Worth a watch during lock down.
Broadchurch (2013)
Best Mystery, Crime, Thriller series
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
It tempted me to watch when my super boss asked me to check this series 2 months back. My bad, since watching some other that period and back to back had other series as well. At last got a chance to watch it on a dusk of rainy Friday.
To start with, Broadchurch a small fictional town in England with wonderful mesmerizing scenery. Apart from the plot, Cameras has played wonderfully. We love to go and spend time there that kind of impulse will create inside us.
Actually, I started to watch on Friday night by 11PM, Each and every episode from the start will give twist and turns which you never ever think of before thought of watching this season. I completed 3 episodes in the same day and forcefully closed my IPAD to sleep, if not I would have completed the first season before the dawn.
Most importantly, the cliff near to the sea, no words to express, in every season end episode, the backdrop of sea and the cliff will be shown when DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and DS Ellie Miller (Ollivia Colman) discuss about what to do next. Actually we won't listen to the dialogs instead we will watch the beauties' of the scenery.
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End of season 1 was unbelievable, shocking when the plot was completed in season 1 then what is it going to be in S02, Questions started inside me with so much of curiosity.
The season 2 - Courtroom seasons was cleverly handled and it was flawless, has lot of tension, Suspense, Poignancy. We ourselves will thought yes, apart from confessions of the murderer nothing is there to prove him guilty.
Writer understands his viewers, if we show the courtrooms surely we will have rapid fall in likings of the series, hence he added new characters of DI Alec Hardy old unsolved case "THE SANDBROOK CASE" which made a thriller ride at the end of the season 2.
Fine, Season 2 is completed, but there is S03. Again we will have doubts with increased heartbeat what plot is going to be. Yes, new characters, New case to the Wessex Police department particularly DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller.
Season 1 and 2 is about paedophile (Child Abuse) and Season is 3 is about Rape. All 3 seasons are wonderfully and carefully projected where we nowhere felt bad or wickedness.
Background music has played a very good role which will create a live environment of the atmosphere. Better use good headphones or good speakers to get immersed into the livelihood.
Here comes to the heroes of the season, DI Alex Hardy portrayed by David Tennant, wonderful acting, takes everything seriously, work alcoholic, hard heart like stone with machine inside. DS Ellie Miller portrayed by Ollivia Colman, an Oscar winner. A real actor with lots of emotion with her, a wonderful mom, Truthful wife, Human being, great team player. She has done everything in this series. I really liked her the way of showing the emotions.
Overall, Best Mystery, Crime, Thriller series. It will be in my watched list and obviously will share with all my partners in crime who are watching series like me..
El cuerpo (2012)
If you watch the movie with skipping the songs, U will surely like it..
The movie starts with a car accident wakes the superintendent SP Jairaj Rawal (Rishi Kapoor) in the midnight when he gets a call from his subordinate Pawan saying that a cadaver is missing from his jurisdiction morgue.
Ajay Poori (Imran Hashmi) came from a middle class family married Maya Varma (Sobhita Dhulipala) a wealthy, intelligent and egoistic business women. A obsessive love life is going between them which ends in the death of Maya Varma by heart attack.
Due to the disappearance of Maya Varma cadaver, Police SP who having PTSD problem trying to find out the truth of death of the business women. The screen play moves so extensively, SP found out Ajay Poori is having an affair with a girl Vedika which made them to poison the wife Maya Varma. Ajay committed himself as he was seeing his dead wife for avenging her death of him and her lover.
Hold on, that is not is the end, here comes director Jeethu Joseph touch, he comes with a different ending.
Jeethu Joseph, all of his movies makes us to involve depthly with heart beat on like "Drishyam", "Papanasam" "Thambi"
One thing is missed from the original content of "The Body" is the slow making songs which is not really required, off course it's Indian movie it needs songs.
Choked (2020)
Money will Speak..Hear it Wisely
A bank employee weighed down by her jobless husband's debts - and her own broken dreams - finds a secret source of seemingly unlimited cash in her home.
How money is important in one's life is the main plot of the movie. There is a proverb saying, The one who gets a monthly salary is one step away from the poverty line which is applicable to all middle class people who are in need of money to run their daily life.
Many of us used to save money in hard cash at home from the salary which we get. During demonetization, many suffered a lot in terms of exchanging notes from old one. From this movie, Director Anurag Kashyap has made it remembered the days how people from poor to rich desperately required money as everyone has their own requirements of spending money.
If a working class family got hands on dirty money what they will do, they will close their debts, buy new things for their home without raising friends or neighbourhood doubts and they would also be choked with fear for having more money than before with them as evidently explained here.
There was a scene in the climax where the neighborhood people took the dirty money and not revealed it to the Shushant's family who are being investigated by Income Tax that shows none will come to help even if you are in need but they will use us.
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Overall, Movie gave us a chance to think about spending money wisely in these tough times so that we don't want to search for dirty money to get ourselves choked.
V1 Murder Case (2019)
Surprising Gripping Movie with New Faces
An intelligent forensic officer Agni starts investigating a murder, but he faces a slew of challenges as he suffers from nyctophobia. Will he be able to solve the case?
The film begins with the murder of a girl who was in a live-in relationship. The investigation, led by Ram Arun Castro (Agni) and Vishnu Priya (Luna), begins with her partner and another roadside Romeo who was after her.
With some decently written scenes and performances by the lead, the story manages to engage us in the first half.
However, the latter half goes impeded as the logic goes haywire and the plot takes unnecessary diversions. Few scenes make us test our patience like the role of Avinash and his confessions. The crucial climax scene, where the killer and his reason for murder are established, lacks conviction because of the weak performance of the killer.
The two positive aspects of the movie are the absence of songs (God's grace) and the presence of a strong female lead with whom the protagonist Agni doesn't have any romantic track. Ram Arun and Vishnu Priya are apt in their respective roles.
The principal challenge while writing a whodunit is to maintain the suspense element until the end with zero compromises on logical loopholes. There have been films made in the genre which started off promisingly but failed to hold the attention as the sequences which unfold in the latter half couldn't match the initial portions.
V1 Murder Case, which features comparatively new faces, is the latest to join the list of such attempts.