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Prashanth Vallavan

Dungeons and Dragons: A rollicking adventure about affable heroes

Everything great about Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves is perfectly encapsulated in the way the film portrays a dragon who we encounter halfway through the story.

14 hours ago

The inexorable charm of old-school adventure

The director duo, best known for helming the 2018 action-comedy Game Night, have also penned the screenplay, based on fifty years of game lore.

30 Mar 2023

Director Rohin talks about his Jai-Aishwarya Rajesh starrer 'Theera Kadhal'

Hesitant to call it a story about a love triangle, the director says, “It is a relationship drama between three characters.”

29 Mar 2023

John Wick spinoff 'The Continental' to premiere in September on Peacock

The ensemble cast of the series includes Mel Gibson, Ayomide Adegun, Ben Robson, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Jessica Allain, Mishel Prada, Nhung Kate and Peter Greene

28 Mar 2023

Varalaxmi teams up with Dhayal Padmanaban once again

With directors pushing for a theatrical release now, Dhayal believes that a direct-to-streaming release was the natural choice.

27 Mar 2023

From the heartbreak of Chola Chola to romance in Aga Naga

With the sublime composition of AR Rahman running as a common thread between them both, another similarity is that both the songs have been written by Ilango Krishnan.

20 Mar 2023

'Shazam 2' movie review: The perils of synthesised lightheartedness

Perhaps one of the most conspicuous problems with Shazam! Fury of the Gods is the eponymous gods and their supposed fury.

18 Mar 2023

Taking sounds of the south to all corners of the world: Music composer Santhosh Narayanan

But one would think a film music composer, who spends a lot of his time in a recording studio, would feel out of place when suddenly thrust under the blinding lights of the stage.

15 Mar 2023

'Daredevil: Born Again' begins filming

With Charlie Cox playing the titular role, the series is said to be different from the Netflix Daredevil series that the actor was earlier part of.

10 Mar 2023

Hansika’s women-centric thriller is titled 'Man'

Even in an imaginary situation, we know this is how it will go.

09 Mar 2023

'Creed-III' movie review: While it misses a few, the punches that do land, land hard

Full to the brim with high-voltage fights, emphatic performances, and focused storytelling, Creed III is captivating long enough to mask the cracks.

07 Mar 2023

‘There is nothing wrong in stars calling the shots’

Mu Maran’s original plan was to make a romance with Udhayanidhi but the actor had different ideas.

07 Mar 2023

'Bagheera' movie review: An eccentric Prabhu Deva shines through a chaotic script

The teddy bear then goes on to kill them with a needlessly complex murder weapon, which is basically a syringe attached to a hammer.

04 Mar 2023

'Cocaine Bear' review: The bear is on barely enough cocaine

In a time when our eyes are assaulted by a barrage of audio/visual content on a near-constant basis, films have to go to exorbitant lengths to incite curiosity in their audience.

03 Mar 2023