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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...

1917 review- a technically sound masterpiece

Sam Mendes is a director who has made his mark felt with his visually gripping narratives such as Road to Perdition and American Beauty. He even managed to make a spy movie, Skyfall, into a visually engaging masterpiece. Mendes’ new film, 1917, a World War I epic is yet another ambitious movie from the acclaimed director. Here's the Reviewer's review on the war epic. The movie chronicles the journey of two young British soldiers, Lance Corporal Schofeld and Blake who race against time to deliver a critical message that will save thousands of British army men from peril in enemy soil. From the British trenches where they get the message, the two soldiers brave airstrikes, dead bodies and explosions to deliver the message.  What works the best in 1917 is the simplicity of the narrative. There are no complexities in the storytelling, even though the on-screen ordeal of the army duo is indeed complex, if not heart-touching. It touches on the more humane side of the war...