Avinash Ramachandran

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HIT 3 movie review: Why doesn’t John Wick die? Why doesn’t Ethan Hunt die? Why doesn’t any bullet even graze the shoulders of our heroes when they have insane precision with their shots? How do the henchmen die with a couple of slashes by a machete but the hero survives a thousand blows? Of course, there is no point asking these questions simply because we know the answer. He is the hero, and at the end of the day, he has to walk into the sunset with a girl in tow even if he is a bloodied mess.

2 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Avinash Ramachandran

Retro begins with someone narrating the story of Lord Krishna, even as we are introduced to the Tuticorin gangster Thilagan (Joju George) and his wife Sandhya (Swasika). Through a series of unfortunate events, a boy born on Krishna Jayanthi finds himself under the aegis of this couple. No points for guessing who this boy turns into, but there is a wonderful way in which all of this unfolds. The rather upbeat narrative soon culminates in the Kanimaa sequence, which is definitely worth all the hype.

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Tourist Family movie review: Our world is very cynical. Everything around us screams cynicism, especially in the social media era where everyone is judged, and everything is scrutinised. Probably why our minds love to forget all of that and watch good things happen to good people on the big screen. Even if it might seem ‘cringe’ or ‘boomer-ish’, these films still put a smile on our faces simply because for those couple of hours, we want to feel everything is right and good in this world.

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Avinash Ramachandran

Sumo movie review: The first time you meet Yoshinori Tashiro in Shiva’s latest film, Sumo, he is wearing a mawashi, the outfit worn by Sumo wrestlers. Apparently, he washed up the shores of Chennai, and has the mental makeup of a 1.5-year-old child. And somehow, that means, the wrestler’s only focus is to satiate his tremendous appetite. He finds an immediate connection with Shiva (Shiva) because… well, you need a reason for the movie to move on, and they didn’t find anything else to do.

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Avinash Ramachandran

Gangers movie review: Sundar C is a rather enigmatic filmmaker who understands the kind of nuanced conversations around cinema on social media, and still makes a film that would invariably be contentious in such a space. In fact, in a recent interview, Sundar C said that his films don’t have a lot of bloodshed, voyeuristic camera angles, double-meaning dialogues, and glamour for the sake of it.