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'Kalamkaval' Movie Review: Mammootty Like Never Before In This Genre-Defining Thriller

Vinayakan is surely the film’s driving force, but Mammootty also shows us a side to him that we haven’t yet witnessed before

BY Vishal Menon
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'Victoria' Movie Review: Meenakshi Jayan's Rock-Solid Performance Anchors This Moving Sisterhood Drama 

Written and directed by Sivaranjini, 'Victoria' is a moving drama, peppered with humour.

BY Vishal Menon
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'Ithiri Neram' Movie Review: Roshan Mathew and Zarin Shihab Have Sparkling Chemistry In This Night To Remember

Despite the detours, 'Ithiri Neram' leaves you feeling both the pleasures of returning to a dreamlike moment in the past and the pain that only long-lost love can make you feel, albeit for a little while.

BY Vishal Menon
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'Diés Iraé' Movie Review: A Relentless, Unnerving Psychological Drama From Rahul Sadasivan

The horrors of Rahul Sadasivan’s work go beyond jump scares and camera tricks, taking you to places in your head you never wanted to go to.

BY Vishal Menon
Rima Kallingal in 'Theatre: The Myth Of Reality’
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‘Theatre: The Myth Of Reality’ Movie Review: Rima Kallingal In An Astute Take On Truth And Superstition

The Malayalam film, through the story of an isolated mother-daughter unit, nudges us to look beyond the optics of social media, and for the truth

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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'Karam' Movie Review: A Generic, Lifeless Action Movie Written Around Genre Cliches

Vineeth Sreenivasan trades Kerala’s heart for Europe’s cold streets in a thriller so generic, it forgets to feel

BY Vishal Menon
Mirage
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'Mirage' Movie Review: Jeethu Joseph Ties Himself Into Knots

Asif Ali stars in a Jeethu Joseph film that’s surprisingly devoid of thrills.

BY Vishal Menon
Kathir in a still from 'Meesha'
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'Meesha' Movie Review: A Solid Survival Drama That Loses Its Way In The Forest

Kathir and Hakim Shah's complex characters deserved a better film.

BY Vishal Menon
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'Janaki V Vs State Of Kerala' Movie Review: Suresh Gopi's Dated Courtroom Drama Belongs In A Different Era

It’s not just the film’s dated making and clunky dialogues that give you the feeling of watching a 30-year-old movie. It’s by design that it wants to take you back to a time when Suresh Gopi was a legit superstar

BY Vishal Menon
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'Vyasana Sametham Bandhu Mithradhikal' Movie Review: A Hilarious Tragicomedy With Pitch-Perfect Casting

Each of the film's sub-plots has been written around one broad joke, but the casting is so perfect that we’re constantly looking forward to the reactions of these actors

BY Vishal Menon
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'Moonwalk' Movie Review: A VHS-Era Dance Movie With The Meanest Of Moves

'Moonwalk' delivers the best kind of nostalgia, made with so much love that you can’t help but get with the beat

BY Vishal Menon
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'Narivetta' Movie Review: Tovino Thomas' Cop Drama Has a Slow But Sharp Ascent

Anuraj Manohar’s film inverts the conventional film cop trope, and instead tells us about a reluctant cop who discovers his purpose in life at a land rights protest.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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'Padakkalam' Movie Review: Suraj Venjaramoodu, Sharaf U Dheen's Comedy Is One-Note, But Still Infectious Fun

'Padakkalam' takes a few outrageous steps to give us a plot that goes beyond the basic setup-payoff pattern of most body-swap comedies.

BY Vishal Menon
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'Sarkeet' Movie Review: Asif Ali Stars in Affecting Drama About Two Lost Boys And Their Boyhood

Despite its underwhelming and predictable turns, you never doubt the inherent goodness with which the film says what it wants to.

BY Vishal Menon
Mohanlal in 'Thudarum'.
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‘Thudarum’ Joins ₹100-Crore Club: After 'L2: Empuraan,' Another Win for Mohanlal

Directed by Tharun Moorthy, the film hit theatres on April 25, 2025, and has been receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from both critics and audiences.

BY Team THR India
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'Thudarum' Movie Review: Mohanlal For All Seasons in a Satisfying, Primal Thriller 

It may not be all that it promised to be, but with solid performances from Prakash Varma playing the relentless villain, and the many nostalgic versions of Mohanlal, 'Thudarum' is an enjoyable mix of massy action and rooted drama.

BY Vishal Menon
'Maranamass' Movie Review
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'Maranamass' Movie Review: Basil Joseph's Motley Crew Hustles Through A Wobbly Caper Ride

As a tale of two halves, Sivaprasad's film is great fun in the first half but sees a dip in the second; thankfully, the ensemble cast saves the day

BY Swaroop Kodur
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'Love Under Construction' Series Review: Neeraj Madhav Stars in This Neatly-Written, Passive Viewing Comedy 

The slice-of-life dramedy comes across as a modern take on the age-old problems of every middle-class man and the not-so-classy people he’s surrounded by.

BY Vishal Menon
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'Painkili' Movie Review: A Wildly Original, Mildly Frustrating Comedy 

If you’re willing to let go of your defences, 'Painkili' becomes a mausoleum of madness, a citadel of cringe that gets you to laugh for the kind of jokes you’ve never seen or heard of before.

BY Vishal Menon
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'Ponman' Movie Review: A Stunning Basil Joseph Shines In This Stressful, High-Stakes Drama

As viewers, it’s never easy to hitch your loyalty to any one character in 'Ponman' in which all the great writing decisions are complemented with equally great performances

BY Vishal Menon