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Movie Review 101: Star Wars: Rogue One – Brilliant Side Story of Star Wars

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‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ is a pivotal standalone film that enriches the Star Wars saga by exploring the rebellion’s mission to steal the Death Star plans. Directed by Gareth Edwards, it introduces compelling characters like Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor, weaving themes of hope, sacrifice, and moral complexities within a gripping narrative. With stunning visuals and a powerful score, the film has received critical acclaim and commercial success, solidifying its place in the Star Wars universe. This post analyzes the film’s storyline, character development, cinematography, and its significant ties to ‘A New Hope’, exploring what makes ‘Rogue One’ a memorable entry in the franchise. Image source: Hollywood Reporter

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Tamil Movie 101: Jayaprakash: A Versatile Actor’s Journey

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Jayaprakash, a versatile character actor in Tamil cinema, is renowned for portraying a wide array of roles, often embodying complex, emotionally layered characters such as supportive yet flawed family men, cunning antagonists, or morally ambiguous figures, as seen in films like Pannaiyarum Padminiyum (2014), where he plays the endearing, nostalgic landlord Pannaiyar, deeply attached to a vintage car and his wife, and in Naan Kadavul (2009), where he takes on a darker role as a ruthless villain. Image source: IMDB

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Movie 101: 2011 War Horse’s Heartfelt & Beautiful Pre-Credit Closing Scene

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War Horse (2011) earned USD178 million worldwide in the box office worldwide, making it the 40th top-grossing movie at the domestic box office first released in 2011. War Horse was recognized as one of the ten best films of 2011 by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review. It also received several award nominations, including Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing. Image source: IMDB

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Tamil Movie Review: Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan Part 2 – Rushed & Not Engaging

Ponniyin Selvan Part 2 Mani Ratnam Tamil Movie

Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan Part 2 is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated Tamil movies of recent times. As a sequel to the first part, this film continues the epic saga based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s historical novel. Image source: IMDB

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Tamil Movie Review: Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2023, Better But Not Great

Nelson Dilipkumar Rajinikanth Tamil Movie Jailer 2023

After watching Vijay starring in Beast Tamil movie written & directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and then Kamal Haasan starring Vikram written & directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, it was like day and night when it came to quality, storyline and action. It was no doubt that Beast was the dumbest movie for the year 2022. Then we had Rajinikanth starring Jailer written & directed by the same Nelson Dilipkumar. So what could possibly go wrong, right? Poster source: IMDB

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My Favourite Tamil Song 101: Azhagae Sugama – The Pain of Separation

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The 2001 Paarthale Paravasam Tamil movie directed by late legendary director K. Balachander and starring Madhavan and Simran, the movie did not do well at the Tamil box office but then again, the soundtrack from A.R. Rahman namely one titled Azhagae Sugama has become one of the must-have songs in the Tamil song playlist. Image source: Amazon.

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Mouna Ragam’s Hopeful Sad Mandram Vandha Song 1986

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One of three of Mani Ratnam’s classic, epic movies of the 1980s, and 1990s is the 1986 Mouna Ragam which means the Silent Symphony and stars Mohan, Revathi, Karthik & the very funny V. K. Ramasamy. It is a love story that has 2 parts –one is a current that tells of a forced marriage and another is a flashback tragic love story. Image source: Amazon.

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Sivaji Ganesan As The Hardworking Babu & The Beautiful Idho Endhan Deivam 1971

Tamil Movie Sri Devi Sivaji Ganesan Babu 1971

A screengrab from the 1971 Tamil movie, Babu starring the late Nadigar Thilagam, Sivaji Ganesan and a very young Sri Devi. It was pointed out that the first of October was Sivaji Ganesan’s birthday and had he lived, he would have been 94 years old this year.

Sivaji Ganesan passed away on 21st July 2001 at an age of 72 and by then had acted in some 288 movies; a majority of it has been in Tamil movies.

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Sad Kamal Haasan’s Solo Dance In MSV’s Simla Special 1982

Kamal Haasan Simla Special MSV 1980s Tamil

There has always been a showcase of Kamal Haasan’s talents in whichever movies that he is involved whether it is an aspect of storytelling, acting, dancing, singing or direction and to play the romantic, tragic hero in his movies, Kamal Haasan always has that look that simply melts the heart of anyone who watched him in tense moments. Image source: Kokilavin Kolangal Blog.

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Tamil Movie Review: Vikram 2022 – Rolex’s Powerful Entry Scene Analysed

Vikram Surya Tamil Movie Rolex

I did a review of the 2022 Vikram Tamil movie back in June 2022 but somehow I feel the final scene when the feared drug lord Rolex comes to meet the gang needs further analysis as there are so many things happening in the background. Mind you that Sandhanam played by the brilliant Vijay Sethupathi was so afraid of Rolex that he even killed others without any hesitation. Image source: Times of India.

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Tamil Movie Review: Vikram 2022 – Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Rock Solid & Action Packed Movie

Vikram 2022 Movie Tamil Lokesh Kanagaraj Kamal Haasan

After watching one of the worst movies of the year for 2022, I had higher expectations of the latest Kamal Haasan movie, Vikram written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj who also did the excellent Kaithi which I rated the best movie of 2019. Another reason for the high expectation is that it is a Kamal Haasan movie which means perfection from the master himself. Poster source: IMDB.

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Tamil Movie Review: Beast 2022, All Plot Holes, Mistakes, Goofs & Blunders Here

Beast Vijay Tamil Movie Review

The Vijay acted movie, Beast was so bad that I did not have the interest to write up a post until I read somewhere a Vijay diehard fan said those who said the movie was bad must be blind and another said entertainment is more important than logic. The movie was directed by Nelson who also directed poor taste subject in the Doctor and also starred Pooja Hegde, Selvaraghavan, VTV Ganesh & Yogi Babu. Poster source: IMDB

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