The music carries a heavy 1980's flavour but doesn't really impress.
Despite a few sagging moments, Poraali works because of its one-liners humour and message.
The film has a healthy dose of humour.
Had Sathyasiva managed to keep proceedings as interesting as he does in the first hour, Kazhugu would have turned out a classic.
Director S Narayan has tried a novel way of picturising a love story.
The music scored by Karthik, has its interesting moments, but its lyricists score better.
Despite the interesting milieu, the movie loses out on the most basic requirement -- the story.
The album has nothing new to offer.
For its unconventional story-line, protagonists and plot-points, Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai is a must-watch.
Vaanam with an ensemble cast, is a reasonably good story, with just a few minor lapses.
Sharreth seems to be a music composer who doesn't play by the rules.
The Tamil film takes itself too seriously.
Ponnar Shankar is a remarkably dull Tamil movie.
The film could have been better if it would have been half an hour shorter
The movie aims to be realistic, but is pulled down by lack of logic and a meandering screenplay.
Kullanari Koottam, starring Vishnu might lack logic but it does a reasonably good job at romance.
It's a liberal, Tamil re-working of I am Sam.
In the mood for a spoof on super-heroes? Then watch this.
Uthamaputhiran is fluffy, frothy, impossibly light and has no business with logic or reason.
Velayudham doesn't take itself seriously and doesn't expect you to either, says Pavithra Srinivasan
Pavithra Srinivasan feels that 180 is one of the most stylish films of the year, but the plot extremely predictable.
The film is entertaining even if the pace dips and rises at places.
The movie is just another run-of-the-mill entertainer.
Ayyan strives to be the quintessential Ilaiyaraja collection, although in a rather diluted fashion.
The screenplay is brisk in the first half but loses pace later on.
Directed by M Saravanan, this film is a slice of life.
The screenplay of the film falls apart spectacularly.
Music director Harris Jeyaraj takes a safe route as he offers nothing new in the album.
Yuvan Shankar Raja moves out of his comfort zone with this one.
Directed by Venkat Prabhu Mankatha has a meandering screenplay. Only Ajith is its saving grace.
The movie supposedly a feel-good romance, is quite oridnary.
It's a relief to see less of hero-overtones and more soft numbers.
Ko is a spicy political thriller that engages you. Go for it.
Eesan seems to have the usual collection of kuthu, romantic and energising songs, but there's nothing that scales the heights of musical brilliance.
Virudhagiri serves the purpose to be a political vehicle for Vijaykanth.
Rowthiram, starring Jiiva is just another mindless action masala, with slick production values.
Ratha Sarithram has a lot of things going for it, including charismatic actors and dramatic possibilities. But it doesn't capitalise on those strengths.
Devi Sri Prasad has a reputation for sticking with his regulation format of tunes and here too, you can see it pop up at certain places but there's also a departure from the usual, mostly an influence of Kamal Haasan in both lyrics and music.
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