Reviews – SHalady

Lucifer | Malayalam | A thoroughly entertaining Thriller for Mohanlal Fans.

March 30, 2019 J 0

The Prithviraj Directorial debut, Lucifer, truly quenched the longing for an entertaining Mass movie from Mohanlal. It’s truly ‘the thriller’ that many of the recent high profile Malayalam movies promised to deliver but was unable to deliver. I must confess, I was not at all a fan of the recent […Click here to read more]

Triple Frontier | A half decent Action Flick

March 16, 2019 J 0

Netflix had hit he ground running in 2019 with a host of big name Originals in The Meyorowitz Stories, Dumplin and Velvet Buzzaw. Triple Frontier now adds to the list. The movie however failed to deliver to the fullest of its potential. Triple Frontier leads us through the lives of […Click here to read more]

Alita: Battle Angel – A likable movie with certain obvious flaws

February 15, 2019 J 0

The movie left me with mixed opinions. One part of me absolutely loved the VFX, the heroine and bgm. The whole premise was pretty new to me due to my ignorance of the ‘Manga’ world. I certainly understand what the craze is all about. However, when a movie ends with […Click here to read more]

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Netflix | An enjoyable take on the childhood classic

December 11, 2018 J 0

Andy Serkis version of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (Jungle Book) might have been the millionth take on the legendary tale by Rudyard Kipling but it still surprised me with the an engaging 90 minutes. Big names such as Chritian Bale, Kate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch and Andy Serkis did justice to […Click here to read more]

The Kominsky Method | Netflix | Brilliant, thought provoking, well made comedy for adults.

November 25, 2018 J 0

Some friendships never get old, says the tagline and that is precisely what ‘The Kominsky Method‘ is all about. Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin star in this story about a couple of senior citizens who are at an uncompromising crossroad that life threw at them at an age that […Click here to read more]

Ratsasan | Tamil | One of the truly great thrillers ever made in any language.

November 4, 2018 J 0

Vishnu Vishal and Amala Paul weren’t necessarily the dream cast, nor did Ram Kumar strike me off as a director, whose movies I was eagerly waiting for. Hence, I do probably belong to the majority of fans who decided to give it a go after the numerous brilliant ‘by word of mouth’ reviews. Ratsasan (2018), didn’t disappoint. In […Click here to read more]

Bodyguard | Netflix | Another fantastic edge of the seat, British Thriller with an odd ending.

November 3, 2018 J 0

It has been a while since a quality British thriller hit the small screen and the trailer of Bodyguard (2018) suggested that the wait might go on for a little longer. Bodyguard, starring Richard Madden (David Budd) and Keeley Hawes (Home Secretary Julia Montague) was griping from the word go. A fantastic opening episode introduces us […Click here to read more]

The Haunting of Hill House | Netflix | When the genre is Horror, this is the closest to perfection one can ever get.

October 17, 2018 J 0

I wouldn’t call myself a sucker for the genre ‘horror’, nor am I usually inclined to get started on a series if its anything but a thriller. The trailer was interesting yet it was not that enticing. This is why The Haunting of Hill House (A Netflix Original) haunted and thrilled me […Click here to read more]

Chekka Chivantha Vaanam | The Return of Mani Ratnam and the powerful Gangster movies.

September 30, 2018 J 0

After a disastrous dud with the previous outing, Mani Ratnam is well and truly back to his Nayakan days with Chekka Chivantha Vaanam. From the day the trailer of this multi-starrer hit YouTube, there had been a lot of intrigue surrounding it. A huge and powerful star cast consisting of Vijay Sethupathi, Arvind Swamy, Jyothika, Arun Vijay, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rajesh and […Click here to read more]

11.22.63 | Hulu Original | A mystery Sci-Fi Thriller that starts off brilliantly, eases off a bit and then ends with a bang !

September 29, 2018 J 0

Jake Epping (James Franco ) is a high school teacher who travels back in time to 1960, through a time portal that was revealed to him by his friend and cafe owner Al Templeton. The time portal located in Al’s Cafe closet lets them travel back to October 21’st 1960 every […Click here to read more]