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...
Greyhound , a World War-II thriller, directed by Aaron Schneider and starring Tom Hanks , released on Apple's streaming platform, Apple TV+, after a theatrical release became difficult, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Greyhound is based on the fictional nautical war novel The Good Shepherd, written by C.S Forester , which narrates the treacherous voyage of a naval escort group protecting a merchant ship convoy carrying supplies to England. Here is our review on the film. Months after the U.S made it's entry into the Second World War, first-time US Navy Commander Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks), who frequently utters Bible verses and fears his inexperience, is tasked with commanding a Fletcher- class destroyer, codenamed Greyhound, which escorts a merchant ship convoy carrying supplies from the U.S to England. As they enter the 'Black Pit' in the Atlantic Sea, an undefended area beyond the range of antisubmarine aircrafts, Greyhound and it's accompanying escort group face...