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'Sara'S' review: Anchored by a powerful script, this simple film breaks the conventions of the feel-good template

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Jude Anthany Joseph's third feature, after Ohm Shanti Oshana and Oru Muthassi Gadha, released on Prime Video at midnight today. This seemingly feel-good film, also seemingly made in limited spaces and with a shoestring budget, tackles a concept and issue never tested before in Malayalam cinema  circles. In Sara'S, we follow the life of Sara Vincent (Anna Ben), a young, bubbly, yet unapologetic filmmaker who struggles to make it big in the industry. She continuously assists male directors and is in the scripting works of her dream film. Sara has decided, from her school days, that she would not bear any kids. This is when she meets Jeevan (Sunny Wayne); her relationship with him subsequently brings her ideology and decision into a confrontation with the established norms of society, family and child-rearing.  Anna Ben in Sara'S The best aspect in which Sara'S has excelled, without doubt, is its hard-hitting taut script. Debutant Akshay Hareesh deserves praise for managin
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88th Academy Awards: Pre-show report

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The Oscars are back...

After a long wait, we will now see the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) honor the best of 2015 (click for Top 10 films by Reviewer-The Blog)

The host of the ceremony Chris Rock


As it always is, the Oscars nominate some of the best films of the year and nothing has happened to that tradition this time too- The Revenant received a whooping 12 nominations, Mad Max: Fury Road with 10, The Martian with 7 and Bridge of Spies,Carol and Spotlight with 6.  The nominees were announced on 14 January by Cheryl Boone Issacs (Academy President), actor John Krasinki and directors Guillermo Del Toro and Ang Lee. Nominees for a total of 24 categories were announced.

Here is a pictorial debrief of the nominees for Best Picture:


Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
The Big Short
Mad Max:Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

 Here are the nominees for Best Actor:

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

 Here are the nominees for Best Actress:

Brie Larson (Room)
Care Blanchett (Carol)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

The 88th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theater Los Angeles, California on 28th February 2016.

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