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...
Disney's dalliance with live-action retellings and interpretations of its beloved characters and stories continued with its latest venture- Cruella, which was set to establish an origin story for Cruella De Vil. the primary protagonist of The Hundred and One Dalmatians, an animated classic beloved by many. Disney roped in some of the popular names in the industry for the project- Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Mark Strong, Craig Gillespie (director of Oscar-nominated I, Tonya) among others. Here's the review of Cruella. Young and rebellious Estella witnesses the death of her mother, of which she believes she was the reason. Guilt-ridden and orphaned, she meets teenage grifters Jasper and Horace. From there, her swindling days slowly takes her to the Baroness (Emma Thompson), a very popular fashion designer whose very presence can intimidate and frighten those in front of her (sort of a 70s era Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada ). Estella's ambi...