Tag: vivek
Review: KAASHMORA, A Colossal Waste of Potential and Energy
Look. I'm no dummy. I know better than to be suckered into marketing schemes for upcoming films, especially when those films are coming out of India. I know that when I see an amazing trailer, or a clip of some...
Trailer Time: Tamil Cinema Goes Medieval In KAASHMORA
Last year's Telugu period action film Baahubali broke every box office record in the book upon its release. This year it looks like the Tamil film industry is trying to get in on the act with the pending release of...
Review: Hari's SINGAM 2 Stoops To Ridiculous Lows To Entertain The Masses
There is a concept in South Indian cinema, specifically Tamil cinema, known as "class vs. mass." The idea being that some films are made for urban, presumably more upwardly mobile cinema-goers in great population centers like Chennai and Madurai, and...
More Disembodied, Context-Free Action & Violence In New SINGAM 2 Teaser
It's unfair to pre-judge a film based on a 42 second teaser, right? Well, I'm trying my damnedest, but the first couple of teasers from Suriya's Singam 2 are not yet inspiring confidence. This latest bit of footage introduces a...
The Lion Roars Again In The First Look For Suriya's SINGAM 2
The last time we saw Kollywood's leading action star, Suriya, he was playing kung fu fighting conjoined twins in K.V. Anand's medical action thriller, Maattrraan. That film, while okay, never really delivered on the promise that is inherent in a...
