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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...

The decade that was Marvel

Like it or not- the decade that passed belonged to the superhero genre, or more specifically, to Marvel. No other entity has been able to create the impact that Marvel brought into filmmaking, pop culture, fandom and above all, the movie business. Despite its’ humble beginnings in 2008 with Jon Favreau’s Iron Man, the Marvel Cinematic Universe grew in popularity and scale, that finally culminated in the cinematic event that was Avengers: Endgame.  Here’s a look into how Marvel owned the 2010s. The establishment of a production house solely dedicated to the making of films based on the Marvel superhero canon and its’ acquisition by the media juggernaut, Disney, was in fact what turned the tables in favor of Kevin Feige and Co. In the hands of a big powerhouse, Feige would have clearly seen the possibility of fulfilling his dream of creating a cinematic universe with all of the comic books’ characters in it. Fans are certain, even today, that the Marvel Cinematic Universe di...