The Great Wall: For the eyes, not the heart

Talking of stale ideas, even the all-important plan of attacking the monster queen isn’t novel, and was most recently employed in the horrible Independence Day: Resurgence. As inspirations go, you couldn’t do worse.

Bogan: Arvind Swamy in full form in an all-right potboiler

Arvind Swamy really plays to the gallery with his portrayal, and seems to revel in the character’s hedonism. He brings a sophisticated charisma to the role that Tamil villains have long lacked, a certain swag that some heroes would die for.

Gangs of Social Media

It was the utopian place where opinions could be shared without limitations of status. It was where you could voice ideas without fear of denouncement.
It was.

The Crew: A turbulent journey

You know how they say that every writer plays god with his characters? Director Nikolay Lebedev, in The Crew, seems to have played a particularly merciless version.

The Gentleman Director

“During Kaakha Kaakha, Suriya had fought with Jyotika and seemed crestfallen. When he told me about it, I asked him to go, touch her feet and say sorry.”