The music director tries to come up with something different but lands up into familiar territory.
The Tamil film has an interesting collection of songs.
Directed by debutant director Shantakumar, the movie starts off as a cliche but the climax comes with an unexpected twist.
Director Thiagarajan's re-worked Mambattiyaan, starring Prashanth, is lacklustre.
Despite a few sagging moments, Poraali works because of its one-liners humour and message.
Shankar strikes the balance between science fiction and masala quotient in the Rajnikanth-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-starrer.
Despite a good cast and interesting premise, Krishnaveni Panjaalai fizzles out on-screen
Thuppakki's music is a rehash of Jeyaraj's earlier tunes.
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.
This Tamil movie delivers a solid message.
Comedy is the flavour of the season right now, and Vendhar Movies' Paagan seems to have taken advantage of it.
Directed by Natty Kumar and Dr Jay, the film has an interesting premise
The movie aims to be realistic, but is pulled down by lack of logic and a meandering screenplay.
A remake of the Telugu hit Dhee, Mirattal is full of cliches and has nothing to offer.
It's a liberal, Tamil re-working of I am Sam.
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 screenplay is brisk in the first half but loses pace later on.
Yuvan Shankar Raja moves out of his comfort zone with this one.
In the mood for a spoof on super-heroes? Then watch this.
Ko is a spicy political thriller that engages you. Go for it.
Kalakalappu does have its funny moments but only a few of them work.
If there is a minus, it could be that the leads lack spark; so much of the story revolves around too many characters that their tale is sidelined at times.
Santhanam is the only reason you could sit through most of the film.
This cat-and-mouse game does work, most of the time. Fewer songs and a taut climax would have made for a more exciting watch.
A lot less histrionics and a more realistic screenplay, and this movie might have scored. As it is, Seedan doesn't live up to expectations
Gautam Vasudev Menon's This Tamil movie is supposed to be a psychological thriller, but is complete devoid of any thrills.
R K Films' Thambikkottai is a throwback to the masala flicks genre, with a few interesting moments.
Had Sathyasiva managed to keep proceedings as interesting as he does in the first hour, Kazhugu would have turned out a classic.
Aside from the sweetly melodious Ennamo Edho, the other numbers are all mish-mashed versions of Harris Jeyaraj's earlier hits.
Ilaingnan is a wasted effort, in spectacular fashion.
Listening to the Tamil album as a whole, you'll have to admit that while the songs aren't terrible, they never do rise to any sort of musical brilliance.
Manmadhan Ambu is Kamal Hassan's film all the way!
If the director had shored up the second half just as much he's worked on the first, Eesan would have been a brilliant effort all over.
This Tamil flick is nothing but two and half hours of wasted potential.
This Tamil movie starring Jai and Shahzahn Padamsee could have been good, if it actually had a story.
Engeyum Kaadhal might sound, at times, like it's a mishmash of Harris Jeyaraj's previous works, but it does have its melodious moments, and those make the album worth a listen.
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