#CelluloidCritic

                                                                                             Critic - No.108 Director:  Radha Mohan Casts: Arulnithi, Vivek, Tanya, Senthil, Cell Murugan Music: Vishal Chandrasekhar Language: Tamil Genre:  Comedy Drama Plot:   A jovial, deaf and mute barber, Kannan (Arulnithi) bumps into his favourite actor Vivek. Their bond progressively enables Kannan to see life in a different shade. However, Kannan’s dark hidden past starts to resurface one day.   Review: Radha Mohan is one of the respectable, family friendly filmmaker who has made notable films like ‘Mozhi (2007)’, ‘Abhiyum Naanum (2008)’ and ‘Payanam (2011)’. After a brief hiatus, he is back with his favourite genre of comedy ...

                                                                                             Critic - No.107 Director:  Mike Flanagan Casts: J ohn Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco  Language: English Genre:  Thriller Plot:  A deaf and mute writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight against a masked killer who appears at her window one night. Review: Half of the battle is won when a film has a vulnerable protagonist against a deadly, twisted antagonist. The biggest strength of this film is the carefully engineered format that speedily intensifies step by step. It is very interesting to watch the mystery writer, Maddie (Kate Siegel) facing her own night of terror and due to ...

                                                                                           Critic - No.106 Director:  Ridley Scott Casts: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston , Billy Crudup , Danny McBride Language: English Genre:  Sci-fi Action Plot:  The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination. They must attempt a harrowing escape to avoid a disastrous streak of killing. Review: After a decent redemption with the Oscar nominated ‘The Martian (2015)’ , Ridely Scott returned to his beloved genre of sci-fi and this film garnered lots of expectation. Happening after about 15 years later from the previous film, ‘The Prometheus’ , Scott focuses on ...

                                                                                           Critic - No.105 Director:  K.Rajagopal Casts: Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Huang Lu, Seema Biswas,Udaya Soundari, Indra Chandran, Nithya Rao Language: Tamil Genre:  Drama Plot:  An ex-convict who sets on a quest to reunite with his family forms a complex bond with an illegal Chinese sex worker while serving as her bodyguard. Review: Right from the first frame, K.Rajagopal’s ‘A Yellow Bird’ flows like a silent symphony and sets off deeper as a character study of the protagonist, Siva as it progresses. We get to see the frustration of a man who is walking on a thin line between his unaccepting family and the shunning society. ...