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

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...

Avengers: Endgame- a befitting finale to a decade long saga

  Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel just wasn't enough. The fans wanted more. Ever since The Mad Titan snapped half the population into oblivion in the cataclysmic events in Infinity War, the makers have since then been trying to build the perfect showdown and a befitting ode to the decade long running Infinity Saga (from Iron Man to Endgame). Here's Reviewer's review of the massive ensemble superhero blockbuster.


  Endgame picks up from where we left off. See the rest for yourself. Because you just cannot discuss plot details without revealing essential spoilers. And that would kill the joy of watching this extravagant treat.


  For the makers and the brains behind this huge franchise, crafting an epic conclusion with an exhilarating visual spectacle and mind-blowing action just isn't an easy task. While Infinity War proved that the Russo brothers could successfully pull off a cinematic event with a huge ensemble cast, the director duo reasserts with this finale that they can provide the greatest fan service Hollywood or cinema has ever known. Characters who have developed through five-plus movies over a period of 11 years have found story arcs ending in Endgame. New story arcs are born but it is the emotional bye-bye that makes Endgame the stand out from the other movies the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

  Endgame will be known inevitably as an ode to the superhero genre, a new form of storytelling that has now acquired a gargantuan fan base. As Kevin Feige noted, Endgame is the end to the decade long Infinity Saga, one that began with 2008's hit Iron Man. Journeying through countries and galaxies, the MCU has grown into this big world that still has more potential and more developments to come.




  The Russo brothers create a wonderful visual treat, thanks to an enormous amount of CGI, especially in the battle sequences in the final few minutes of the film. Endgame also works perfectly on so many levels; and has therefore shown that superhero movies are capable of showcasing spectacle beyond the usual CGI sommersault and the cliched hooplas. It is a reminder of the importance of closure in such hugely potential and growing storylines, it wonderfully makes a heartfelt and sometimes tearjerking tribute to our beloved superheroes, who have become household names and familiar characters. 

  The same ensemble cast appears in Endgame (with a few additions), and they do not fail to disappoint. The writers have done an exceptional job in utilizing this gigantic cast to give audiences what they want- an exhilarating fan service and an emotional tribute, apart from the nail-biting screenplay directed to accurate execution by the Russos.

Endgame is that movie which comes once in a blue moon, what with all the assembled superheroes and the massive spectacle it creates. Apart from that, it is the perfect finale to this long saga of superheroes, villains, galaxies and aliens. What started with a movie on a 'genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist', reaches culmination in this epic; giving a befitting tribute to it's characters and bringing more hope for what's going to come next.
Reviewer© rating : 5 stars

MPAA rating: PG-13 (sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and some language)

Runtime: 181 minutes

Reviewer-The Blog©

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