Cinifolio

This semi-autobiographical tale narrates the life of Samay from the moment he discovers the beauty that is cinema and falls in love with it. The cute boy with a sharp tongue who knows to humorously explain the reason behind his parents naming him Samay (Time) gets mesmerised by the idea of a film. Not wanting to make a film, his obsession begins with bunking classes to catch a film and when he doesn't have the money to watch one, he learns to bribe the projector guy Fazal to let him watch the films from the projector room. Thus begins his journey through the basic lessons of screening a film, taught by the Fazal. The film spends quite a bit of time at the projector room with Samay feeling the light and how intrigued he is with what he sees on screen as well as the process that goes through to bring life on screen, turning light into stories. He has his bunch of friends back at home, with whom he experiments with showing film reels, each of these scenes were really charming. The cin...

So this is a show made by Amazon (who has acquired the rights to the Lord of the Rings franchise), telling the tale of Galadriel and a couple of other major characters, before the timeline of the original films. I could sum it up as "bargain store Lord of the Rings". Don't get me wrong, the actors seem to be trying their best here, and the CGI is quite good. But it just DOESN'T come close to the quality and scope of the original Lord of the Rings films by Peter Jackson. The actors are OK and serviceable, but nowhere near the majestic and iconic actors such as Viggo Mortensen or Cate Blanchett. There are also the limitations of a mini-series, having to pack things in 1 hour episodes. The scenario itself is nothing to write home about. My biggest criticism is the style. It is definitely a more colorful middle earth, less dark fantasy than the original films, but that goes in line with a show made by Amazon for the modern crowd. Finally, they've of course...

Movie is faithful to the book and author. They made the real classic with enough class and mass moments. If you read the book, you can enjoy every hidden things, if not still you can enjoy this epic with its majestic presentation. The songs are choreographed very well and most of the songs over in the first half itself. The placement of the songs are so good and they didnt break the flow. The camera work is so good, whether war scene or horse race, everything is captured so well and each and every frame is so class even with difficult angles. The best example is Karkalan forgiving the Rashtrakoodan scene from his horse. This is real milestone in Tamil cinema, Mani Ratnam did it without any compromise. The Pazhuvettaiyar anger towards Kundavai, Nandini interaction with other characters, Kundavai Vanthiyathevan first love are not shown...They omitted all this because of Movie and its timing. The only disappointment was Poonkulali character intro missing. My biggest worry whil...

While most superstars in South India struggle to surprise their audiences and have fallen into the status-quo trap, 3-time National Award Winner for Best Actor Mammootty has continuously managed to deliver roles that are far off the beaten track. In his very first production under his newly launched banner "Mammootty Kampany", the veteran thespian delivers a completely out-of-the-box revenge thriller that breaks every convention in Mollywood, giving us an immserve, brooding dark thriller that staggers with its mood-setting, buildup and its chilling conclusion. Mammootty stars as Luke Antony, a mysterious NRI who turns up one day in a sleepy village hamlet, having seemingly lost track of his wife after they both were involved in a car accident. Hell bent on finding her or the perpetrators behind his disappearance, the stranger takes up residence in the town and eventually find out that the outwardly simple-minded villagers all have something to hide and their own s...