Sudhir Srinivasan

Mortal Kombat Movie Review: This uninspired adaptation extracts a fatality in you

“Films like this don’t seem to understand that gratification from action sequences is often a consequence of the buildup preceding it. This film’s idea of build-up is to move from one rushed introduction to another, leaving you apathetic towards them all.”

RIP Vivekh: An important humourist departs

“The actor will be remembered as a man with the laugh of a child, as a comedian who inspired us to laugh so.”

Paramapadham Vilayattu Movie Review: Hilariously strange events happen in this rudderless dud

“The most conviction you spot in this film is when actor Richard barks. There’s a sentence I never thought I’d ever type in a film review.”

Karnan Movie Review: Mari Selvaraj’s dance of defiance makes for glorious cinema

Each time, Karnan shows spunk, these angels rise. They appear in dreams as guides; they appear as voices of encouragement and applause. They even dance about, when, finally, war seems inevitable. There can be no peace when the real authorities, police officers tasked with the role of being guardians, turn out to be agents of oppression instead. ‘Utraadheenga Yappo’ calls them ‘thoppi potta pei’ and warns, ‘kandavana adikka varaan; kanavayellaam posukka varaan’.

Sulthan Movie Review: Bad villains and forced messaging stifle a great premise

“At the foundation of this film is the almost mythical relationship between Sulthan and his uncles, with there being half-hearted attempts to show these men of violence some empathetic understanding. The same film that argues for their humanity, also keeps undercutting it by showing them as creatures driven by bloodlust. In one scene, they are all sleeping, but the mere whiff of a blood drop is enough to get them all aroused. Sulthan is also often shown whipping about his beloved uncles, like they were cattle to be shepherded.”